tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762516221437572032024-03-13T10:46:38.489-07:00The Tragic Life of Gilly the CatJaramy Connershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02224144048093178860noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876251622143757203.post-6237428721945996312011-08-28T12:39:00.000-07:002011-08-28T14:28:31.070-07:00The Siamesers' Evil Plot - Part III<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">You have no idea what I’ve been through! </span><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Months of laying low and pretendering I don’t know anything. Pretendering something awfully terrorifying wasn’t about to happen.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Months without being able to contact you—or anyone!</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Because they’ve been watching me.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pqLb7YCb32k/TlqnKhlUq4I/AAAAAAAAAKQ/rgsXokNBUlU/s1600/Siamesers%2Bat%2Bcomputer.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pqLb7YCb32k/TlqnKhlUq4I/AAAAAAAAAKQ/rgsXokNBUlU/s400/Siamesers%2Bat%2Bcomputer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646008882117782402" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">But I wasn’t lazying around.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Or napping my days away.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Oh no!
<br /></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">I was getting to the bottom of the Siamesers' dast...dastard...awful deeds!</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">I've been investigating...</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0Te7Bs1Gqv4/Tlqw_GMm9LI/AAAAAAAAAKw/C23gXTKYsn4/s1600/working%2Bhard.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0Te7Bs1Gqv4/Tlqw_GMm9LI/AAAAAAAAAKw/C23gXTKYsn4/s400/working%2Bhard.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646019680904082610" border="0" /></a></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">(Honestly, I've been working very, very hard. Most of the time. But a cat needs her beauty rest. And her early morning rest. And her mid-morning just before early afternoon rest. And...)
<br /></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">And what I discovered when I wasn't napping is more terrorifying than I could ever have dreamed.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Pipkin has given up trying to recruit other kitties, and now he's moved on to something even worse.
<br /></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">He's conspiring with non-cats!
<br /></p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">He went to the river and sent word to the king of the squawky things.</span><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j18Q5BRBmsg/TlqnLAvO6WI/AAAAAAAAAKY/X1DTUPJypRM/s1600/The%2Bducks.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j18Q5BRBmsg/TlqnLAvO6WI/AAAAAAAAAKY/X1DTUPJypRM/s400/The%2Bducks.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646008890480847202" border="0" /></a></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">But they wouldn't listen--thank goodness!
<br /></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">But before they could even swim away, Pipkin was hatching another evil plot.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">He set a trap in the yard.
<br /></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">He caught a fluffery yellow dustbuster who liked to leap and yap--it was the scariest little thing I've ever seen!</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aYxxwSJtzbc/TlqnJ-IZbwI/AAAAAAAAAKA/_7C3vVDDQ3o/s1600/Duckling.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aYxxwSJtzbc/TlqnJ-IZbwI/AAAAAAAAAKA/_7C3vVDDQ3o/s400/Duckling.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646008872601218818" border="0" /></a></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">But then the little guy's mommy demanded the Siamesers set him free.
<br /></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">So the Siamesers are still searching. Still lurking around the yard. Still sending scouts. Still working on their terrible, evil, twisted, Siameserly plot to...</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">to...</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">to...</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">No. It's just too terrorifying to say!</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">But I have to.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">You have to know.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">You have to help me stop them.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">They're trying to...</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">They're...
<br /></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">They're trying to find me a new best friend!</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Just like...</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Like...</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Like them!
<br /></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Dt64Ivmyqis/Tlqtt6iboXI/AAAAAAAAAKo/XDds_Gg5HWM/s1600/BFFs.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 399px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Dt64Ivmyqis/Tlqtt6iboXI/AAAAAAAAAKo/XDds_Gg5HWM/s400/BFFs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646016087181730162" border="0" /></a></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Yuck!
<br /></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Can you imagine?</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">How can they be so cruel? So diabobsical. So so so…</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">So evil!</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Don’t they know, I’m ascared of new friends?</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">All new friends!</p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">New friends are very, very scary. Especially the furry kind. Or the squawky kind. Or the dustbustery kind. Or...</span><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Or every kind except the moms and dads kind. I like the moms and dads kind. But only them. And sometimes the grandpa kind. And the grandma kind. And the Uncle Ryan kind. And that nice friend of Mommy's who I let pick me up when nobody else can. But that's it!
<br /></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">The rest are terrorifying.
<br /></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"> But I’ve come up with a plan. Those Siamesers aren't making me no new friends! No way! I’m going to my room, and I’m never, ever ever coming out again! </p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Unless Daddy says it’s time for din-din. I’ll come out for din-din.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">But only din-din.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Definitely not for any scary new friends.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_8_xrWtmw2E/TlqnKZRW7RI/AAAAAAAAAKI/2WYDs4ZYTeg/s1600/Gil%2B-%2Bnever%2Bever%2Bcoming%2Bout.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_8_xrWtmw2E/TlqnKZRW7RI/AAAAAAAAAKI/2WYDs4ZYTeg/s400/Gil%2B-%2Bnever%2Bever%2Bcoming%2Bout.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646008879886560530" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">The end.
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<br /></i></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">This post is dedicated to Tempe the Cat. </i><span style="font-style: italic;">I never met Tempe, but he smelled interesting. And if I was braver and faster and could have made it out the back door before Daddy noticed, I would have at least said Hi before I ran aways. And maybe we could have been friends. I still would have hidden from him, because even nice kitties are scary. But it would have been a friendly hiding.</span>
<br /></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Gf4hamKhMP8/TlqnLwGPgJI/AAAAAAAAAKg/2if51biM4VE/s1600/Tempe.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Gf4hamKhMP8/TlqnLwGPgJI/AAAAAAAAAKg/2if51biM4VE/s400/Tempe.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646008903193821330" border="0" /></a>Tempe the Cat
<br /></div>Jaramy Connershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02224144048093178860noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876251622143757203.post-81682339744550212282011-05-03T15:55:00.001-07:002011-08-28T14:29:59.662-07:00The Siamesers' Evil Plot - Part II<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">It's been a long time since I've been able to write. I've been forced into hiding.</span><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Stalking the Siamesers. Sleeping in the trenches. <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vV8-KnNRRus/TcCOlI28IkI/AAAAAAAAAI4/7lxcS0aQXSU/s1600/Hiding%2Bin%2Bthe%2Blaundry.jpg"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style=""></span></span></a></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vV8-KnNRRus/TcCOlI28IkI/AAAAAAAAAI4/7lxcS0aQXSU/s1600/Hiding%2Bin%2Bthe%2Blaundry.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vV8-KnNRRus/TcCOlI28IkI/AAAAAAAAAI4/7lxcS0aQXSU/s400/Hiding%2Bin%2Bthe%2Blaundry.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602634705133118018" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Gathering information. Trying to stop their horriblish, awfullish plans.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">I was right. They're plotting something. Pipkin is planning to takeover.
<br /></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">He's going to take out his enemies one by one. <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xpJcnoqqdLY/TcCOlr43BrI/AAAAAAAAAJA/OKNjZWHhDc4/s1600/Pipper%2BTakes%2Bout%2Bhis%2Benemy.jpg"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style=""></span></span></a></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xpJcnoqqdLY/TcCOlr43BrI/AAAAAAAAAJA/OKNjZWHhDc4/s1600/Pipper%2BTakes%2Bout%2Bhis%2Benemy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xpJcnoqqdLY/TcCOlr43BrI/AAAAAAAAAJA/OKNjZWHhDc4/s400/Pipper%2BTakes%2Bout%2Bhis%2Benemy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602634714536412850" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">And he's stepped up his recruiting.
<br /></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"> He spends all day in the window, whispering to the other cats, mewing at the birds, sending his message far and wide.
<br /></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">And now he has a secret plan for Thursday too: <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KrrUDv23o2c/TcCOmJ2h33I/AAAAAAAAAJI/yBKKCLQ6J9E/s1600/Shipping%2BThursday.jpg"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style=""></span></span></a></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vi6W-OIC4r4/TcCVYXmdwUI/AAAAAAAAAJY/VrECeiErPRI/s1600/Shipping%2BThursday.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vi6W-OIC4r4/TcCVYXmdwUI/AAAAAAAAAJY/VrECeiErPRI/s400/Shipping%2BThursday.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602642182333645122" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">They're going to unite cats everywhere. Get them to rise up. To come together.
<br /></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Could it be any more horrible?
<br /></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Cats can't unite. They can't commun--
<br /></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Commu--
<br /></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">They can't t<span style="font-size:100%;">alk to each other! Other cats are scary. Very, very scary.
<br /></span> </p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I don't want any more cat</span>s here! Two Siamesers are already more than I can handle.
<br /></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">I'm out of here!</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5hgUy-0rUNA/TcCOf13GFoI/AAAAAAAAAIw/ELov8iG3730/s1600/Gil%2Bis%2Bout%2Bof%2Bhere.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5hgUy-0rUNA/TcCOf13GFoI/AAAAAAAAAIw/ELov8iG3730/s400/Gil%2Bis%2Bout%2Bof%2Bhere.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602634614134150786" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">I've tried to warn Mom and Dad, but they don't believe me.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">They think Pipkin is a sweet, sweet boy.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">He has them all fooled!</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fXnZy81U-C0/TcCRDfv3LFI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/JdlXqpaEhkY/s1600/Pipper%2Bplays%2Bsweet.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fXnZy81U-C0/TcCRDfv3LFI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/JdlXqpaEhkY/s400/Pipper%2Bplays%2Bsweet.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602637425696779346" border="0" /></a></span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Whatever happens, know that I tried to stop them.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">I tried to warn you.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://gillycat.blogspot.com/2011/08/siamesers-evil-plot-part-iii.html">Go to Part III</a>
<br /></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=" line-height: 200%; Times New Roman","serif"; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ></span></span>Jaramy Connershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02224144048093178860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876251622143757203.post-79096122854894954192011-03-03T18:07:00.000-08:002011-08-28T12:38:26.459-07:00The Siamesers' Evil Plot<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Siamesers are definitely up to something.</span> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Something terrible. </p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Something horrifying.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Something sinis—</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Sinuses—</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Sinista—</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Something Evil!</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qPKecBkoE14/TXBKfbB_I2I/AAAAAAAAAII/qrfQUftyMD0/s1600/IMG_8646.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qPKecBkoE14/TXBKfbB_I2I/AAAAAAAAAII/qrfQUftyMD0/s400/IMG_8646.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580041842004534114" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">They’ve stopped talking to me.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Instead, they’re using a super secret language of blinks and squints.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-t0RglkoT7EI/TXBKfbMsLaI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/6ZmYcWRqV8Q/s1600/IMG_8637.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-t0RglkoT7EI/TXBKfbMsLaI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/6ZmYcWRqV8Q/s400/IMG_8637.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580041842049428898" border="0" /></a>It's creepy!<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mbSEAuSvAM0/TXBKfjhZxCI/AAAAAAAAAIY/1BOijpGYpIw/s1600/IMG_8647.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mbSEAuSvAM0/TXBKfjhZxCI/AAAAAAAAAIY/1BOijpGYpIw/s400/IMG_8647.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580041844283786274" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Creeperifically creepy!</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">And there’s something else. Something so awful, I can hardly write.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">But I have to.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">You have to know.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">This is very, very important. </p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">It’s not just in my house.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">They’ve started to spread the word. They held a secret meeting—</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">With ANOTHER Siameser!</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6WZWrZnpvmY/TXBKfw06iPI/AAAAAAAAAIg/t8RqadZ1qoY/s1600/IMG_1807.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6WZWrZnpvmY/TXBKfw06iPI/AAAAAAAAAIg/t8RqadZ1qoY/s400/IMG_1807.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580041847855286514" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Whatever they're up to, it's spreading.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">I can’t handle this.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">What sort of evilish evilness can they be up to?</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-McRBxalkCEA/TlqYn4Sc44I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/QT4B3YjsyKE/s1600/Pipper%2B-%2BEvil.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-McRBxalkCEA/TlqYn4Sc44I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/QT4B3YjsyKE/s400/Pipper%2B-%2BEvil.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645992893754434434" border="0" /></a>The worstest kind, if he’s in charge.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://gillycat.blogspot.com/2011/05/siamesers-evil-plot-part-ii.html">Go to Part II</a>
<br /></p>Jaramy Connershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02224144048093178860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876251622143757203.post-11234413750146772552011-02-20T09:32:00.000-08:002011-02-20T10:01:17.885-08:00Sweet Thursday<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Once upon a time, Thursday was a super cute little kitten. So tiny and special and precious and perfect.</span> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5S8bfuxrCLo/TWFVxjvp3XI/AAAAAAAAAH4/GRJViv8wRdo/s1600/PICT0024.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5S8bfuxrCLo/TWFVxjvp3XI/AAAAAAAAAH4/GRJViv8wRdo/s400/PICT0024.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575832123558452594" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">And she could squeeze under anything. </p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ogYgfK8RGxo/TWFRUqxVfMI/AAAAAAAAAHo/S7Hkvb1-iS4/s1600/PICT0027.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ogYgfK8RGxo/TWFRUqxVfMI/AAAAAAAAAHo/S7Hkvb1-iS4/s400/PICT0027.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575827229181836482" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">And she brought joy and happiness and perfectness to everyone who came near her. She was the bestestest kitten in the whole wide entire world.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SPzQUE5dC_Q/TWFRUAIuL5I/AAAAAAAAAHg/3Nm68BMkpDk/s1600/PICT0025b.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SPzQUE5dC_Q/TWFRUAIuL5I/AAAAAAAAAHg/3Nm68BMkpDk/s400/PICT0025b.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575827217737199506" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">And then she started to grow up and she was bestest buds with everyone. Especially her uncle Buddy.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e1kVEbZx_Y0/TWFRT_zMeYI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/BqZs90XHdkM/s1600/PICT0025.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e1kVEbZx_Y0/TWFRT_zMeYI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/BqZs90XHdkM/s400/PICT0025.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575827217646909826" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">They couldn’t get enough of each other, because Thursday is the sweetest and most wonderfullest kitty ever.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cNJ4Cs38tpE/TWFRUG4hiNI/AAAAAAAAAHY/6FPqMNMQOdg/s1600/PICT0028.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cNJ4Cs38tpE/TWFRUG4hiNI/AAAAAAAAAHY/6FPqMNMQOdg/s400/PICT0028.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575827219548309714" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Sometimes she still talks about Uncle Budward. She says he was bester than any kitty—</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">But I think I’m winning her over. She’s the bestestest big sister a kitty could ever ask for.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D15tBLS6lGE/TWFVxsMGdNI/AAAAAAAAAHw/YAUSurOz8-E/s1600/IMG_7888.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 248px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D15tBLS6lGE/TWFVxsMGdNI/AAAAAAAAAHw/YAUSurOz8-E/s400/IMG_7888.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575832125825250514" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Don’t believe anything you’ve just read.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">It’s lies. </p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Lots and lots of badder than baddest lies.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">The worstest of lies.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">My blog has been Pippernapped—</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Or Pipkin blognapped it—</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Or...Or..or—</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Pip stole my blog!</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">I don’t love Thursday. She's not the bestest kitty ever. Really, truly, mostly definitely it wasn’t me!!!!!</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">It was him!</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kftsw84GN0k/TWFRT_kH8RI/AAAAAAAAAHI/ayQ5KZM56fo/s1600/IMG_1778.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kftsw84GN0k/TWFRT_kH8RI/AAAAAAAAAHI/ayQ5KZM56fo/s400/IMG_1778.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575827217583698194" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">No I have to fix everything. Undue everything he's done!</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">This is exhausting! 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mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style> <![endif]--><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I had my suspicions about Pipkin.</span> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">He can’t be a real. All that sweet, cute, happy-with-life stuff all the time.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Impossible!</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">He’s not a real cat. He’s an evil clone of Thursday!</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">I’ve tried telling Daddy, but he wouldn’t believe me.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Until now.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Now I have proof. A photogr—</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Photoraf—</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">I have a picure.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Observe. Thursday enters the box.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bgF3DPilOgI/TVtWOx9STgI/AAAAAAAAAG4/3S52VGmuKwA/s1600/IMG_8041.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bgF3DPilOgI/TVtWOx9STgI/AAAAAAAAAG4/3S52VGmuKwA/s400/IMG_8041.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574143775729667586" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Thursday leaves the box.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8PUWxIM00PE/TVtWPKqKHaI/AAAAAAAAAHA/gJxpyG7E5GI/s1600/IMG_8042.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8PUWxIM00PE/TVtWPKqKHaI/AAAAAAAAAHA/gJxpyG7E5GI/s400/IMG_8042.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574143782360325538" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">And then...</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Wait for it...</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">You’ll never believe it...</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">But I saw it with my own eyes...</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DlZsRLVVOX4/TVtWOhhzviI/AAAAAAAAAGw/ACXpe8GreB8/s1600/IMG_8039.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DlZsRLVVOX4/TVtWOhhzviI/AAAAAAAAAGw/ACXpe8GreB8/s400/IMG_8039.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574143771319451170" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">I told you! Pipkin’s nothing more than an evil clone!</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Probably out to destroy the world.</p>Jaramy Connershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02224144048093178860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876251622143757203.post-27986113834338148402011-02-14T18:15:00.000-08:002011-02-14T18:23:18.620-08:00Valentine's Day<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:";" >“Happy Valentine’s Day to me.</span> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >Happy Valentine’s Day to me.</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >Happy Valentine’s Day to Gilly!</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >Happy Valentine’s Day to me.”</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >What’s the bestest present I could get for Valentine’s Day?</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >Pipkin did this to Thursday, not me!</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qLFTVNly1pM/TVnjJiUD5sI/AAAAAAAAAGo/iPKtDFCHbrg/s1600/IMG_7880b.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qLFTVNly1pM/TVnjJiUD5sI/AAAAAAAAAGo/iPKtDFCHbrg/s400/IMG_7880b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573735766816974530" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >Disgusting!</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >Thank you, Pip. Sometimes you’re not that bad—when you don’t come anywhere near me.</span></p>Jaramy Connershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02224144048093178860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876251622143757203.post-22864378508146242482011-02-13T20:54:00.000-08:002011-02-13T21:14:19.671-08:00The Siamesers are Everywhere<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I can’t get away from them.</span> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">I went to play with my favorite toys and...</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-o4hrl8WW46Q/TVi4cVnnovI/AAAAAAAAAGY/RHl-3JNXlnA/s1600/IMG_7884.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-o4hrl8WW46Q/TVi4cVnnovI/AAAAAAAAAGY/RHl-3JNXlnA/s400/IMG_7884.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573407335850156786" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">I tried to curl up with Mommy on the couch and...</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kZrWlOhmEL8/TVi4clzE4gI/AAAAAAAAAGg/N1Ot_pug7FU/s1600/IMG_7929.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 285px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kZrWlOhmEL8/TVi4clzE4gI/AAAAAAAAAGg/N1Ot_pug7FU/s400/IMG_7929.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573407340193178114" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">I ran upstairs to find Dad – he always has a place for me!</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">But...</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xP3qMTvpi8k/TVi4bwhZ_eI/AAAAAAAAAGI/snMLObZHcas/s1600/IMG_1775.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xP3qMTvpi8k/TVi4bwhZ_eI/AAAAAAAAAGI/snMLObZHcas/s400/IMG_1775.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573407325891984866" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">So I gave up.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">I decided to take a nap.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">On my favoritest spot at the end of the couch.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Where nobody ever bothers me...</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N0l6_7NqfxE/TVi4b_z1a5I/AAAAAAAAAGQ/HV6KrsRz0_w/s1600/IMG_7859.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N0l6_7NqfxE/TVi4b_z1a5I/AAAAAAAAAGQ/HV6KrsRz0_w/s400/IMG_7859.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573407329995811730" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo!</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">How do they always know?</p>Jaramy Connershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02224144048093178860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876251622143757203.post-6189177689058709312011-02-12T08:24:00.000-08:002011-02-12T09:08:02.954-08:00Back Out of Hiding<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Sorry it’s been so so so long.<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Daddy’s been hogging the computer. Working on his nophel...or novle...or something like that. I’ve tried to sneak in and get a message to everyone...<br /><br />But Daddy’s never alone.</span> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xkbi5h7GSbo/TVa52QJ70CI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/yp_o2oL4PBI/s1600/IMG_7835.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xkbi5h7GSbo/TVa52QJ70CI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/yp_o2oL4PBI/s400/IMG_7835.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572845930618277922" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">So I’ve done what I do best.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">I hid.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iclI7s2tfv4/TVa52svKIAI/AAAAAAAAAFY/zXD28nldvlQ/s1600/IMG_7956.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iclI7s2tfv4/TVa52svKIAI/AAAAAAAAAFY/zXD28nldvlQ/s400/IMG_7956.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572845938290597890" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">And hid some more.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DMoGoCEPeEY/TVa51ywhLOI/AAAAAAAAAE4/Opq1mWQbWPc/s1600/Hiding%2B1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DMoGoCEPeEY/TVa51ywhLOI/AAAAAAAAAE4/Opq1mWQbWPc/s400/Hiding%2B1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572845922727046370" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">And ran away from the Siamesers - very very fast.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8GNMux0E97U/TVa6qucgVWI/AAAAAAAAAFg/DHRg9Gr_mJs/s1600/IMG_7959.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8GNMux0E97U/TVa6qucgVWI/AAAAAAAAAFg/DHRg9Gr_mJs/s400/IMG_7959.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572846832102430050" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">But life hasn’t been all awful.<br /></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">One good thing happened. </p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">The monster in the basement went home! </p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B9DyjAWEwv4/TVa52OGEO8I/AAAAAAAAAFA/ltIQBJIZFo0/s1600/Home.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B9DyjAWEwv4/TVa52OGEO8I/AAAAAAAAAFA/ltIQBJIZFo0/s400/Home.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572845930065181634" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">So the basement is safe (but still super scary, even without a monster!).</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">And now it’s just me and the Siamesers again.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">And something's going on. Something not right. Something really, really, really ungood:</p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">They’re being nice to me.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Purtending to be my friends.</span><br /> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">But I know what they’re up to.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">I know about their plan.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">They’re watching me.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JGNps3q0dYI/TVa52XMwEDI/AAAAAAAAAFI/Ja1rdEcI1Ds/s1600/IMG_1795.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JGNps3q0dYI/TVa52XMwEDI/AAAAAAAAAFI/Ja1rdEcI1Ds/s400/IMG_1795.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572845932509138994" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Waiting for me to let my guard down.</p>Jaramy Connershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02224144048093178860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876251622143757203.post-26752860290918096082011-01-30T18:54:00.000-08:002011-01-30T21:03:08.490-08:00In the Beginning<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Once upon a time, life was sweet and wonderful and Siamesers free.</span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">Many, many, many, many years ago (I can’t count, so I don’t know how many), I lived in a very scary place with very scary people and I sneezed and coughed and had stinky poo all the time.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">But then one day, Daddy and Mommy found me bounding across a field. I bounded a lot, because bounding is the best way to avoid scary things. And they rescued me and made me not sneeze or cough or have stinky poos anymore. And they took me to a place called an apartment.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">It was smaller than my field, but there was nothing to be scared of. I was so happy.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">I chased balls.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=""> </span><span style=""></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TUYlPZqTYkI/AAAAAAAAAEE/R9FkBFpIBGU/s1600/Ball%2B3.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TUYlPZqTYkI/AAAAAAAAAEE/R9FkBFpIBGU/s400/Ball%2B3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568178935806779970" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">I played tug of war. (I always won!)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=""> </span><span style=""></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TUYlPmebJAI/AAAAAAAAAEM/usuyitX6Ke4/s1600/Camera%2B1.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TUYlPmebJAI/AAAAAAAAAEM/usuyitX6Ke4/s400/Camera%2B1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568178939246617602" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">I wrestled with the vicious puff-monster.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=""> </span><span style=""></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TUYlQBBcv8I/AAAAAAAAAEc/RXUdVfKuFAY/s1600/Gil%2BPlaying.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TUYlQBBcv8I/AAAAAAAAAEc/RXUdVfKuFAY/s400/Gil%2BPlaying.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568178946372845506" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">I even moved into my own Gilly-sized apartment.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=""> </span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TUYlPwkMILI/AAAAAAAAAEU/Iyu0Flvh22Y/s1600/Gil%2Bin%2BBox.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TUYlPwkMILI/AAAAAAAAAEU/Iyu0Flvh22Y/s400/Gil%2Bin%2BBox.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568178941955154098" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">It was the perfectest time.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">But then one day, Mommy and Daddy had one of those very, very bad ideas Mommies and Daddies sometimes have. They thought I’d be happy with another kitty.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TUYn20PdsdI/AAAAAAAAAEs/4dTkmo2Olhw/s1600/IMG_3575.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TUYn20PdsdI/AAAAAAAAAEs/4dTkmo2Olhw/s400/IMG_3575.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568181811980120530" border="0" /></a><span style="">And it's been all downhill since then...<br /></span></p> <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TUYlQbLCCYI/AAAAAAAAAEk/W-B8YxPTqE4/s1600/IMG_3575.JPG"><br /></a><span style="line-height: 200%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:";font-size:100%;" ></span>Jaramy Connershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02224144048093178860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876251622143757203.post-56777608619543230912011-01-28T20:02:00.000-08:002011-01-28T20:19:02.633-08:00The Monster in the Basement - Part IV<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The monster crept up the stairs.</span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">The door creaked. The monsterous footsteps thump, thump, thumped down the hall.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">It let out a long, slow monster growl. Then it rounded the corner with the evilest glint in its monstery green eyes.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">And I hid.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TUORwYSWL0I/AAAAAAAAAC8/l8XsM6CwH7s/s1600/PICT0005.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TUORwYSWL0I/AAAAAAAAAC8/l8XsM6CwH7s/s320/PICT0005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567453824699215682" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">The monster crept across the living room. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">Stalking its prey.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">I tried to warn her. I cried, “Mew.”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">But I was too scared. All that came out was, "M-"</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">And it was too late.<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">Thursday was cornered.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TUORwlFY7HI/AAAAAAAAADE/9A6Xs6qG0uk/s1600/PICT0015.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TUORwlFY7HI/AAAAAAAAADE/9A6Xs6qG0uk/s320/PICT0015.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567453828134530162" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">She ran.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">The monster lunged.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">She leapt for the couch.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">I closed my eyes!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">There was hissing and snarling and bullying and monstering.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">I had to peek.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TUORwsvFyuI/AAAAAAAAADM/kJVd5AelEDE/s1600/PICT0009.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TUORwsvFyuI/AAAAAAAAADM/kJVd5AelEDE/s320/PICT0009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567453830188485346" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">And then...</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">And then the worst thing ever in a million killion kitty years happened.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">Even worster than that.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">The worstest.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">The monster...</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">Thursday...</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">They...</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">They...</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">I can’t even say it. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TUORw8USzrI/AAAAAAAAADU/SOjJJea2TgA/s1600/PICT0007.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TUORw8USzrI/AAAAAAAAADU/SOjJJea2TgA/s320/PICT0007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567453834371059378" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">They made friends!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">Another cat!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">I'm going to keep hiding. Maybe forever.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">Help...</span></p>Jaramy Connershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02224144048093178860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876251622143757203.post-69696267591421073852011-01-26T19:12:00.000-08:002011-03-16T13:25:08.604-07:00The Monster in the Basement - Part III<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">It was awful!!!</span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">I had to save Mom and Dad, so I opened the door and crept down the basement stairs.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">I rounded the creepy curve.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TUDjGYuoy6I/AAAAAAAAACE/10tViy724m4/s1600/IMG_7819.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TUDjGYuoy6I/AAAAAAAAACE/10tViy724m4/s320/IMG_7819.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566698838286715810" border="0" /></a><span style="border: 1pt none black; padding: 0in; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% black;font-size:0pt;" > </span><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">Down the rickety steps...</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TUDjGRDO83I/AAAAAAAAACM/t0xb8WaN0Tc/s1600/IMG_7820.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TUDjGRDO83I/AAAAAAAAACM/t0xb8WaN0Tc/s320/IMG_7820.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566698836225618802" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">Into the deep, dark domain of the monster.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">And then, in the distance, I saw it. Waiting for its next victim.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TUDjGilyfuI/AAAAAAAAACU/r7fL7OALxp4/s1600/IMG_7821.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TUDjGilyfuI/AAAAAAAAACU/r7fL7OALxp4/s320/IMG_7821.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566698840933957346" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">I screamed.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">It lunged.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">I tried to run, but it moved so fast. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">Like a blur.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TUDjGg0iN_I/AAAAAAAAACc/7X0WmFWqOy0/s1600/IMG_7822.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TUDjGg0iN_I/AAAAAAAAACc/7X0WmFWqOy0/s320/IMG_7822.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566698840458934258" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">I used the litter.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">Then I got my first good look at the monster.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">It was the terriblest, most horriblest beast in the world.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">(I want to hide just thinking about it.)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">I shouldn’t show you.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">You don’t want to see.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">It’s too awful. So awfully awful!<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">Even worse than I imagined.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">But I have to.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">You have to know. You have to be ready.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">It looked like:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TUDjx4DQA-I/AAAAAAAAACk/Odj7VwfIc0Q/s1600/IMG_7823.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TUDjx4DQA-I/AAAAAAAAACk/Odj7VwfIc0Q/s320/IMG_7823.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566699585429046242" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">I ran for my life!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">Up the stairs and around the corner.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">I could hear it breathing, howling, snarling right behind me.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">I barely got away.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TUDjyLlMKII/AAAAAAAAACs/F76vJ9tI-DM/s1600/IMG_7824.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TUDjyLlMKII/AAAAAAAAACs/F76vJ9tI-DM/s320/IMG_7824.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566699590671673474" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">I slammed the door shut just in time.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">I’m safe.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">For now. But the monster is still down there. And someone is going to have to stop it.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">Please help!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TUDjyLdXLgI/AAAAAAAAAC0/8EVse5oAFNc/s1600/IMG_7827.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TUDjyLdXLgI/AAAAAAAAAC0/8EVse5oAFNc/s320/IMG_7827.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566699590638841346" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">It’s getting stronger.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=""><a href="http://gillycat.blogspot.com/2011/01/monster-in-basement-part-iv.html">Go to Part IV</a><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TUDjyLdXLgI/AAAAAAAAAC0/8EVse5oAFNc/s1600/IMG_7827.JPG"><br /></a></p>Jaramy Connershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02224144048093178860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876251622143757203.post-31276662223935826042011-01-25T12:30:00.000-08:002011-03-16T13:24:37.405-07:00The Monster in the Basement - Part II<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I’m a very brave cat. </span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">I’m a fierce hunter.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">I captured the evilest, giantest mouse ever!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TT81LNMgpXI/AAAAAAAAABU/SMIDNoXqOP0/s1600/PICT0020.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TT81LNMgpXI/AAAAAAAAABU/SMIDNoXqOP0/s320/PICT0020.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566226131090187634" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">No monster can stop me! </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">I’m the bravest cat in the world.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">The bravest cat in <span style="font-style: italic;">any</span> world.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">The bravest</span><span style="">—</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">That’s not true. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">I’m scared. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">Very, very scared. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">Even scareder than when I got the itchies and Dad had to wash me.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TT81UBdbilI/AAAAAAAAABc/2sevc1hGqHo/s1600/Wet%2Bkitty%2B%25281%2529.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TT81UBdbilI/AAAAAAAAABc/2sevc1hGqHo/s320/Wet%2Bkitty%2B%25281%2529.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566226282558753362" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">What if the monster breaks out of the cellar? What if it tries to eat me up? What if it finishes me off and then goes after Siamesers—</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">Wait, that would okay...</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TT81qM0vcVI/AAAAAAAAABk/-KoPYCgZjzc/s1600/Mischief.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TT81qM0vcVI/AAAAAAAAABk/-KoPYCgZjzc/s320/Mischief.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566226663566438738" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><span style="">(even scaredy cats can be evil sometimes)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">But if the monster goes after Mom and Dad</span><span style="">—</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">I can’t let that happen. No one eats my dad!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">I’m going down there.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TT8120PRC7I/AAAAAAAAABs/kPsKQxnsqF4/s1600/IMG_7818-1.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TT8120PRC7I/AAAAAAAAABs/kPsKQxnsqF4/s320/IMG_7818-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566226880305105842" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">Hopefully this won't be my last post...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=""><a href="http://gillycat.blogspot.com/2011/01/monster-in-basement-part-iii.html">Go to Part III</a><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=""> </span></p>Jaramy Connershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02224144048093178860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876251622143757203.post-36701138089812742892011-01-24T17:25:00.000-08:002011-03-16T13:23:58.401-07:00The Monster in the Basement<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >There’s a monster in my basement.</span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">It came in the night from beyond the frozen river.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TT4o_BHhkTI/AAAAAAAAAA8/PLMsergNHpU/s1600/Frozen%2BRiver%2B1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 229px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TT4o_BHhkTI/AAAAAAAAAA8/PLMsergNHpU/s320/Frozen%2BRiver%2B1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565931252573376818" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">There was a gust of wind, a rush of cold, cold air, and the monster crept down to the basement, because that’s where monsters live.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">I can hear it howling from the other side of the door.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TT4qMAJ8SfI/AAAAAAAAABE/13PIhvqPIV0/s1600/IMG_7816.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TT4qMAJ8SfI/AAAAAAAAABE/13PIhvqPIV0/s320/IMG_7816.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565932575165008370" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Someone’s going to have to go down there—before the monster comes up for us.</span></p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >But not me!</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=""><span style="font-size:100%;">I don't like monsters. Especially this monster. This is the most terriblest monster in the world. E</span></span><span style=""><span style="font-size:100%;">ven Thursday is hiding.</span><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TT4sb29ZXbI/AAAAAAAAABM/7VPSWeoLQAg/s1600/Thursday%2Bin%2Ba%2Bbox.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov9Q5bRAM7w/TT4sb29ZXbI/AAAAAAAAABM/7VPSWeoLQAg/s320/Thursday%2Bin%2Ba%2Bbox.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565935046597631410" border="0" /></a></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">I'm going to go hide.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">I'll write soon</span><span style="font-size:100%;">—</span><span style="font-size:100%;">if I can.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://gillycat.blogspot.com/2011/01/monster-in-basement-part-ii.html">Go to Part II</a><br /></span></p>Jaramy Connershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02224144048093178860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876251622143757203.post-75973575881182570852011-01-23T10:12:00.001-08:002011-01-23T11:11:40.230-08:00Help!<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >Hi. Hello. Is there anyone out there?</span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">I can’t tell, because I’m kind of hiding, just in case there are lots of you. People freak me out.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">I hide a lot. 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That’s rule #1: NO OTHER CATS ALLOWED!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">I don’t like other cats. They kind of freak me out.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Okay, they more than kind of freak me out. They make me run in terror and find the bestest hiding place ever (even better than my toilet—and can’t show you, because they’d find it!) where if they come anywhere near me I can smack them in the face and hiss and burrow even deeper so they won’t ever ever ever find me.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Which brings me to my problem - I don't live alone. My house is inhabited by TWO OTHER CATS!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">And not just any two other cats. 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