Pixel really does seem to fit her. Gets me thinking about The Matrix again. If this life as we know it is indeed the Matrix, then she's just a program made up of code and she's seen as a group of pixels on the computer screen in the real world, lol. I actually considered that name for one of my babies, but "pixel" implies "tiny" or "pixie" and neither of them are the least bit on the dainty side!
Good luck with your decision, she's so sweet! Munchkin kitties are so adorable!
Haha thanks! Yeah, Pixel is really appropriate in a lot of respects, both from the tiny sense of the word and that our circle of friends are almost all Heinlein fans. Interesting that you mention The Matrix, since those movies had a very gnostic take on the unreality or illusory nature of things, and Heinlein focuses on that a lot in his writings as well.
"The name Vespurr made me chuckle too..."
Yeah, Elsa's current cat is Prrrl (Purr + Pearl) so Vespurr would fit into that theme too, hehe.
You guys are too cute with your cat names! I love it! I've got two monsters right now- Pepe and Rogue. Pepe is named after Pepe Le Peu the cartoon skunk, because he was a stray and smelled really bad when they bought him in to the vet clinic, he he. Rogue is named after Rogue of the Cruxshadows, and it's funny because he kinda has the funky hair going on too since he's part Maine Coon. He's got the tufts in his ears and the mane around his neck. He's agile, quick on his feet, loves to be the center of attention and is extremely vocal- the perfect kitty version of Rogue the human! Rogue was really amused when me and Jim told him that we named our cat after him. In fact, I think that's how he remembers us so well every time we attend a CXS show!
I will definately have to check out Heinlein's work sometime. I've heard the name, but don't know that much about his writing...
on Heinlein...midgardsormApril 20 2006, 21:13:19 UTC
That is hilarious that you have a cat named Rogue, our friend Jvstin happens to be a big Cruxshadows fan as well.
Ah, I consider Heinlein to be one of the greatest sci-fi/speculative fiction writers of all time -- and I do not think I am alone in the matter. He handled social issues, politics, and human interrelationships and character development in his novels with the same skill and wit as hard sci-fi topics.
For starters I recommend: The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, Stranger in a Strange Land, and Starship Troopers (an excellent book made into a fairly horrible movie which managed to leave out most of the concepts and writing that made the book so good!)
Job: A Comedy of Justice, Glory Road, and The Cat Who Walks Through Walls are all excellent too, but since they tie together a lot of the plots and characters from previous novels they are not good books to start with.
Re: on Heinlein...evilinyoureyesApril 22 2006, 04:01:31 UTC
Cool, thanx for the recommendations! I've been in desparate need of new reading material. And I do love Science Fiction. Big fan of William Gibson. I really wanna start reading some of his books over again, too. I used to work in a library and that's when I picked up "Neuromancer" one day when I was bored (lol) and I just got all caught up in his work.
Good luck with your decision, she's so sweet! Munchkin kitties are so adorable!
The name Vespurr made me chuckle too...
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Haha thanks! Yeah, Pixel is really appropriate in a lot of respects, both from the tiny sense of the word and that our circle of friends are almost all Heinlein fans. Interesting that you mention The Matrix, since those movies had a very gnostic take on the unreality or illusory nature of things, and Heinlein focuses on that a lot in his writings as well.
"The name Vespurr made me chuckle too..."
Yeah, Elsa's current cat is Prrrl (Purr + Pearl) so Vespurr would fit into that theme too, hehe.
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I will definately have to check out Heinlein's work sometime. I've heard the name, but don't know that much about his writing...
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Ah, I consider Heinlein to be one of the greatest sci-fi/speculative fiction writers of all time -- and I do not think I am alone in the matter. He handled social issues, politics, and human interrelationships and character development in his novels with the same skill and wit as hard sci-fi topics.
For starters I recommend: The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, Stranger in a Strange Land, and Starship Troopers (an excellent book made into a fairly horrible movie which managed to leave out most of the concepts and writing that made the book so good!)
Job: A Comedy of Justice, Glory Road, and The Cat Who Walks Through Walls are all excellent too, but since they tie together a lot of the plots and characters from previous novels they are not good books to start with.
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