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cassandrasimplx April 19 2006, 22:19:49 UTC
Do not name a cat Eris!. I speak from personal experience.

I like "Arecibo" in honor of her huge reciving dishes.

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*LOL!* midgardsorm April 19 2006, 23:52:35 UTC

Hehe, yeah, Eris was not one of my more serious suggestions in that list. It is unlikely she would get that name unless she immediately starts lobbing golden apples and hot dogs (sans buns) when we pick her up. I take it you had a cat that liked to carve the word 'καλλίστη' into her victim's foreheads?

"I like "Arecibo" in honor of her huge receiving dishes."

HAHA!

(For anyone unfamiliar with the reference look here.)

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Re: *LOL!* cassandrasimplx April 20 2006, 14:15:42 UTC
I take it you had a cat that liked to carve the word 'καλλίστη' into her victim's foreheads?

Yes. Also she liked to run sideways along things like walls and the back of the couch. Once a friend came over and saw her stuck to the glass halfway up our 2-story bay window. Not on the curtains, on a windowsill, or on one of the metal crossbars -- clinging to the glass.

Apparently, gravity did not apply to her. But she loved making gravity apply to any- and everything else. Bad habit in a potter's apartment full of overlooks and balconies used as display space. She once tried to kill a roommate by shoving a 5-pound candle off a ledge about 10 feet above his head.

Her one and only appealing trait was her habit of playing Fetch. If you rolled something across the floor, she would run get it and bring it back to you.

No, I never did try this with any kind of apple. I was too afraid.

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evilinyoureyes April 19 2006, 23:50:19 UTC
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!

The name Vespurr made me chuckle too...

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midgardsorm April 20 2006, 00:09:10 UTC

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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evilinyoureyes April 20 2006, 03:33:22 UTC
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...

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on Heinlein... midgardsorm April 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.

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galadrielmoon April 20 2006, 02:11:41 UTC
Name her Pushkin. That was one of the names I had chosen for my sweet Kitara. It is Russian but I can't remember what it means.

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corviderrant April 20 2006, 04:25:07 UTC
Mirabella is the cutest name for her, IMO, and H (my wiffle who had a massive attack of the "OMIGODSHEISSOCUTE!!!!!" squees upon seeing the picture) thinks Pixel is adorable too. She is the cute, to say the least, but kittens are always that way when they're that teeny-tiny and squeaking instead of meowing.

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Rosie Cotton the munchkin... midgardsorm April 20 2006, 22:07:45 UTC

Hehe, I know you will appreciate this then. Here is a picture of Rosie Cotton, the Barmaid:


... )

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kathrynthefair May 3 2006, 03:31:42 UTC
oh! i have *always* wanted one of those! im so jealous. ive never even seen one in real life. perhaps some day when i get a house ill be able to get one...

happy birthday and enjoy your new present!:)

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munchkin kittens FTW! midgardsorm May 4 2006, 18:28:16 UTC

Thanks! (Am I correct in assuming this is Katy (littlesisdeath), just under a different nom de guerre?)

As a friend (and former HoD-er), feel welcome to drop by and meet the kitten if you are in town. Elsa & I will be picking her up this Saturday... and, needless to say, we are excited!

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Re: munchkin kittens FTW! kathrynthefair May 4 2006, 21:09:15 UTC
oh oui, c'est moi! im sorry i didnt say at first, ive had this lj for years now. started a new one once i moved to austin.;p

i dont get to houston much these days since my car probably wouldnt make it, but once i graduate from UT in may '07, my boyfriend and i might actually move back down there. and honestly, as cute as she will be as a kitten, i think id rather see her as an adult b/c i believe there would be a larger contrast from the norm. but thanks for the offer, i might take you up on that some day.:) and then, im sure id probably have to get one of my own. youll get me hooked! but i really do think my kitten needs a friend.

but either way, yay for you!:)

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