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Music: I was finally able to finish my tribute song for Mouse under my [Philistine on the Sidewalk] project yesterday, and it’s entitled “My Best Friend in the World”. It’s a near 10 minute eerie chill-a-thon in which Mouse played the keyboards, as well as adding accompaniment through meows and purring. Check it out! Fitness: I thought I was stuck between 197 and 198, but I must have been eating too much salt, because I’ve dropped back down to 193.8 and my stomach is the smallest it’s been in ages. I think 185 may be where I want to head to in order to get rid of the rest of it, but that’s only another nine pounds and entirely doable with perseverance. On to more pictures of Mouse! |
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I was going through an old desk drawer recently and discovered another 10 envelopes full of pictures, some of which had more pictures of Mouse from the early-to-mid 1990s. Not all of these pictures have much of a story behind them, but I can always post the pictures and describe them the best that I can. Birthday Kitty When I was a lot younger, I used to go to Baskin-Robbins and they served ice cream sundaes in little plastic baseball helmets that had all 26 teams (at the time) on them. As I was a fan of both, I had quite the collection of these. Of course, with a new kitten, you want to play with them and I was curious if these miniature baseball helmets would fit Mouse. They did perfectly, though he wasn’t exactly thrilled at the prospect. The Santa hat from the last Chronicle post went over a lot better than the baseball helmets did. However, the thought was that they could be brought out on special occasions as not to annoy Mouse too much. Then the idea occurred that I could write a number on a piece of paper, tape it over the baseball team logo, then put the helmet on Mouse when it was his birthday and get a few pictures. It’d have to be done before giving him his present, otherwise he’d be too wound up or ‘nipped out.  As you can see here, this is from his second birthday, and these are the last ones I’ve found. There are pictures from his first birthday too, but he looks a lot grouchier, which is unsurprising. I don’t remember he got for his second birthday, but he certainly made out well after his first.  Then again, he didn’t necessarily need a present to enjoy himself – sometimes the wrapping was enough.  The Choice of a New Generation Another thing about Mouse was that he was easy enough to photograph when he had something in his paws, so the thought occurred to make it look like he was drinking a Pepsi.  One thing that’s funny to me in retrospect is that I probably weighed as much there as I do now. As for the picture, Mouse never drank any Pepsi, though he was spotted a couple times later in life lapping up coffee. It should have been more concerning that he did so, but seeing Mouse buzzed was entertaining and not too dissimilar to a catnip high. More Mouse and Cuddles I found a couple more pictures of the two together, and it looks to me as if Mouse thought Cuddles was a toy.  I guess karma came back around to Mouse many years later once Bootsie showed up and started hissing and swatting at him, though I suppose that’s a little different. This next picture makes it look like Mouse is either hugging Cuddles or eating him.  They got along all right once Mouse grew up some more (as evidenced in Part One), but Cuddles didn’t spend much time out of his cage once Mouse got here. He Was Everywhere  I guess he did sleep on clothes when he was in there.  How does a cat lose his balance on a pillow? The mind boggles.  There, he righted himself. Sleeping on the pillow next to mine was a common place to find him, as I think that was his favorite place to sleep for a good two-thirds of his life.  He looks rather concerned in this one, but there’s another shot at a different angle where he looks fine. I guess he was caught off guard.  Here’s Mouse, getting ready for a TV party tonight. Alright! For a while, he was the official channel changer, whether a request for changing the channel was made or not.  He really did enjoy being outside when he was let out. It’s kind of a shame that he wasn’t let out after the age of 14, but when I talk about the “punk rock kitty” incident in the next chronicle, you’ll see why that decision was made. The Snuggler I’ve got two more pictures of him snuggling with me when I was younger, one of which is highly embarrassing, but I’m going to post it anyway.  This is the non-embarrassing one, as I’d crashed out on the couch for a nap and Mouse came to join me. Sleeping on someone’s lap or chest was another of Mouse’s favorite pastimes and he’d purr up a storm while doing so if he wasn’t sleeping. I also see I’m wearing a 3XL shirt at the time, which is pretty wild to me since now I can wear a Large without any trouble. One company even makes Mediums that are way too big for me. Wild stuff. Part Five on Friday I’m going to wrap things up this week because there’s really not much else going on that I haven’t written about already, and I’ll likely be getting a new addition to the household this weekend, so it’s time to put the memories to rest. Our collaborative song is done, the pictures and movies will soon be exhausted, and there’s only a little bit more to retell. I’m not sure if these chronicles are helping me with the grief or helping me hang on to him for a little while longer, though I think it’s about half and half. I could keep going, but I’ll save any more last thoughts for the last part of the chronicles. Here’s the embarrassing picture to which my old friend Ben quipped “Who’s your girlfriend?” I can’t help but laugh at that now, and I can’t help but think that this picture is a perfect example of how happy we made each other over the years.  Discuss this post at [The Forum of Jason Vincion]! Posted on April 14th, 2010. |
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[A Farewell to Mouse] [Preparing to Lose an Old Friend] [The Chronicles of Mouse, Part One] [The Chronicles of Mouse, Part Two] [The Chronicles of Mouse, Part Three] [The Chronicles of Mouse, Part Five] [The Chronicles of Mouse, Part Six] [The Chronicles of Mouse, Part Seven] |
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