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Cat Vs. Monkey: Scorecard so far today...


1 AM:

Cat: *sits on manuscript*
Monkey: *removes cat*
Cat: *sits on manuscript*
Monkey: *removes cat*
Cat: *sits on manuscript*
Monkey: *removes cat*
Cat: *sits on manuscript*
Monkey: *removes cat*
Cat: *sits on manuscript*
Monkey: *removes cat*
Cat: *sits on manuscript*
Monkey: *removes cat*

(etc)


2 AM:

Monkey: Cat, the CEM is done. I'm going to bed.
Cat: *sleeps on couch*


3 AM:

Cat: *wakes up alone in the living room. wanders around the apartment crying in distress*
Monkey: Grah? Wha? Cat, I'm in the bedroom!
Cat: *wanders around the apartment crying in distress*
Monkey: Cat! I'm in BED!
Cat: *wanders around the apartment crying in distress*
Monkey: Cat! I'm in! The bedroom!
Cat: *wanders into bedroom, crying in distress*
Monkey: Cat?
Cat: Oh! There you are! You should have told me you were going to bed!
Cat: *settles in beside monkey, purring*
Monkey: ...


4 AM:

Cat: *walks on monkey's hair*
Monkey: *swipes at cat*
Cat: *walks on monkey's hair*
Monkey: *swipes at cat*
Cat: *walks on monkey's hair*
Monkey: *swipes at cat*
Cat: *walks on monkey's hair*
Monkey: *swipes at cat*
Cat: *walks on monkey's hair*
Monkey: *scruffs cat, picks her up, shakes her gently, and tosses her off the bed*
Cat: *huff*


5 AM:

Cat: *sleeps*
Monkey: *sleeps*


6 AM:

Cat: *sleeps*
Monkey: *turns off alarm*
Monkey: *sleeps*


7 AM:

Cat: *sleeps*
Monkey: *sleeps*
Cat: *wakes*
Monkey: *sleeps*
Cat: *pesters*
Monkey: *sleeps*
Cat: *pesters*
Monkey: *sleeps*
Cat: *pesters*
Monkey: *swipes*
Cat: (brightly) As long as you're up, I can haz brekfest????
Monkey: No more computer for you.


8 AM:

Cat: *pesters*
Monkey: *washes dishes*
Cat: *pesters*
Monkey: *waters plants*
Cat: *cries*
Monkey: *flicks water at cat*
Cat: *cries AND pesters*
Monkey: *sets bread dough to rise*
Cat: *cries*
Monkey: There is food in your bowl, you little monster.


9 AM:

Monkey: *plugs in Crock Pot*
Cat: 0.0 !
Cat:
*nowhere to be seen*
Monkey: Right. Guess I'd better actually try to get some work done....
Cat: Huh. You're not busy? Well, I guess you can pet me. Move that laptop, please?


Comments

my elder dog got me up at 6 this morning. I knew it was coming, because the thunder storm woke me up, and right on schedule, in she bursts. *g* I was a bit cranky, as it's one of my lazy days, but such is life.

the crock pot, eh? Chess correctly identifies it as a sign of food, so she's good with it. the dread vacuum, on the other hand... ^_^
My crock pot is big enough to seat a Cat.
smart cat.
They know I'm serious when I toss the herbs tied between two celery stalks in theere with them, and reach for the lid.

Except for the one who tries to eat the herbs.
I know what you need! You need another Cat!
So they can keep each other out of trouble. :-P
And no howling for Monkey at 2 a.m.

What else they might howl at, in stereo, I leave unspoken.

Edited at 2008-03-05 04:02 pm (UTC)
they do. Take it from me.

Two-cat-monkey
We used to have Siamese. We lived in the woods in Maine. One evening, when our young cat was waiting to be spayed and we had had to stow her in the carriage house up the road a piece to keep the local tomcats away from her (and give our ears a break), a visitor become progressively more uneasy. Finally she said, "You...don't have any wildcats in these woods, do you?"

Oh, no. No worries. That was just the banshee.
P.S. Maine Coons? Very quiet.

Though prone to logging on and committing lj comments.
Heheh. Yep. Maine Coons tend to chirp and squeak, rather than meow, and that's when they bother to say anything at all.
I'll have to try that "Crock Pot as deterrent" technique with our own pestiferous cat and see if it works as well.
Must have been going around last night -- all 3 of mine were extremely pestiferous last night as well.
That's going to require a bigger crock pot.
*offers to loan out electric roaster*
Yet more proof -- as if any more were needed -- that all cats are card-carrying members of the anti-literacy league!
A crock pot? What is it about the crock pot that's upsetting?


Also, I must remember to try this with babies....

something going around? Mine chased her pink ball around and then deposited it in front of me. I threw it once. She brought it back and then swore at me when I didn't throw it again. Brought it upstairs after I went to bed and walked around on my hair...
Your cat is made of pure, unadulterated pestiness.
Cat rules

(1) The cat always wins.
(2) When in doubt see Rule 1.
(3) The Ancient Egyptians got it right.
Yep, that's a cat, all right. I literally laughed out loud over this entry.
Ah, the glamorous life of a professional writer...
Heh... One of my cats does the whole 'wandering around crying' thing. He knows where I am but he still does it. I am foolish enough to get up from whatever I'm doing, find him, and then carry him back with me. *sigh*
Since you started posting the "cat vs. monkey" conversations, our cats and dogs have mysteriously started referring to us as "monkey" as well. How odd.

P.S. Is 0.0 the symbol for Big Eyes that they get when scared? Never seen it before.
It is!

There's also 0.o, for a quizzical or shocked expression.
"Score card? What score?"

"As you know, Bob, use of the term score card is a strictly human foible, related to a kind of ironworking. . ."

"Of course, Bob, and all the rest of us know sarcatsm when we read it, so stop talking and watch the game!"
<helpful> Re 1am, did you try removing the ms instead? </helpful>

Is your crockpot particularly noisy? Boots only behaves that way around the vacuum cleaner, lawn mower, and the machine the floor sander brought in.
Heeee!

So far my household has been peaceful, but I leave hairball light dry food out all day for them to nibble when they want. Unfortunately, even with this lightest cat food I can find, Saki and Moo are way too tubbiferous. (Tuxie, so far, has kept his boyish figure,) So I'm starting to put it away between meals times and during the night to see if I can get them to slim down to a healthier size. Due to this, I suspect I am going to start having adventures more like yours with Cat in the near future.
We lock the cats in the bedroom at night so they don’t have far to wander. Cleo usually settles on my ankles pretty quickly, but Yeti usually has an episode of “Where aaaaaaaaaaaaaare you?!?” calling before hopping up and settling on [info]obsessivewoman’s shins. When he gets really troublesome, I say “Someone needs a kitty hug!” and snuggle him mercilessly until he squirms away.
*hee*

Neither of my boys is scared of the crockpot. Although Rowan despises water--even if it's the tiniest of drops, he reacts like he's a vampire being hosed down with Holy Water and runs.

My other cat likes to just sit in the basement and meow. He's a loud boy--you can hear him through the whole house. Fortunately (for him or me, I'm not sure), he does not tend to do this in the middle of the night.

The other morning (and by morning, I mean somewhere around 2 or 3 a.m.ish) I had to kick both cats off my bed cus they woke me up with their play fighting. *sigh* Luckily, I was able to get back to sleep pretty quick.... So, yeah, having two doesn't guarentee you won't be bothered in the middle of the night. Or the early morning....
There's a reason why cats are featured in I can has cheezburger photos...
I think your cat is secretly giving my cat lessons.
You've probably seen this before, but in case you haven't... Simon's Cat. It's about a minute and a half long.
Thank you.

Hey, sorry to read about the life stress/frustrations. Hang in there, okay?
Thanks. :) Hanging in there is what I do best.
Very much a cat. *grin*

My theory is that cats are cute so that humans won't strangle them when they insist on being utterly annoying.
I can has parodied!
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