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Fitness: After the passing of Mouse and a rather brutal week of work, the part of my brain telling me not to eat and drink too much this weekend went out the window. I managed to gain about six and a half pounds, which put me at 199.8 – just below the 200 pound mark. I’m going to have to be very diligent from here on out to achieve my fitness goals. On to more pictures of Mouse! |
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I found even more old photos of Mouse this weekend, but I didn’t get a chance to scan them in and they’re chronologically somewhere between parts one and two. At this point, it’s looking like I’ve got at least a five part blog, though I’m going to hold off a bit on parts four and five. I’ve got some other things to write about this week and I’ll definitely need next weekend to get all the pictures together, as this weekend was relatively unproductive. This set of pictures comes from his middle era from 1999-2003, as the pictures all come from sets I got back from the printers that had 3.5 inch floppy disks with the pictures included. Not a Fan of Vacations One thing that I always found amusing about Mouse is that as soon as I got back from a vacation, he’d be up and lounging on an opened or unopened suitcase before it had been unpacked.  I think it was his way of saying that he wasn’t a fan of me taking off for long periods of time and that I shouldn’t go anywhere without him. That wouldn’t have been feasible, as having him crammed in a hotel room and cruising around with him in a crate for a good majority of the day wouldn’t have been very enjoyable for him.  When my folks were taking care of him while I was in Tennessee for over two months back in 2000, they told me that he was rather beside himself for quite a while after I’d gone, as I’m sure he was wondering where I went. I know when I finally did come back to Seattle, he ran from me the first time I saw him. The bonds were rebuilt quickly thereafter. His Favorite Toy I remember at one point I had found an old tennis ball sitting around in the house and I had a bottle of spray-on catnip that I used to freshen up his other toys. I decided to put the two together and I made Mouse a toy that he enjoyed the most of all of them.  Any time I’d show him the tennis ball, his eyes would go wild and I’d toss it in his general direction. He’d get a hold of it with his front paws, kick at it with his back paws, and tear at it with his teeth.  When he’d get too tired to keep attacking it, he’d often just stop and crash out with the ball still firmly in his possession, like he was snuggling it.  Out in His Element Mouse was always the happiest when he was outside. He was an indoor/outdoor cat until the “punk rock kitty” incident, which wasn’t until just before his 14th birthday. In his younger years, it was quite common to see him prowling the sidewalk, making sure his territory was free from renegade cats.  He was fine with the neighbor’s cat City Kitty coming to hang out in the yard, but if one of the other cats in the neighborhood came into the area, he was on the attack and they would take off quickly. He would always find a good place to perch to survey the surrounds in order to get the jump on any trespassers.  As much as he liked to go outside, he knew when it was a good idea to stay in and watch the world from a window.  Sleeping in Unusual Places Last time, I talked about how he used to sleep in strange places – I don’t have a lot to add, but this photo may top any of the others.  He was sleeping on old drapes which were on top of a clothes basket, which was on a table, which was behind the television set. It was out in the open in a potentially loud area, but he was perfectly content to sleep away the day there. Part Four Next Week I think I’ll go back through the older photos I found of Mouse this weekend in part four, and save the final years of his life for part five. It gives me a great deal of joy to know that the wherewithal was had to document Mouse’s life so well, as he was truly a one-of-a-kind cat. I’ll close this one out with a picture of us at Christmas in 2002 – the holiday had its pitfalls for him (see the pic), but he usually made out pretty well with a new catnip toy and lots of love.  Discuss this post at [The Forum of Jason Vincion]! Posted on April 5th, 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 Four] [The Chronicles of Mouse, Part Five] [The Chronicles of Mouse, Part Six] [The Chronicles of Mouse, Part Seven] |
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