Friday, September 22, 2006

Why didn't any of you tell me that Tuesday was International Talk Like a Pirate Day? You all disappoint me greatly.

Tonight, whilst writing my dissertation into the ground, your narrator didst discover a lovely song through Pandora, whose lyrics are happily printed below. In this masterpiece, Moby-Dick, pirates, and Tom Waits come together. Who could ask for more?

Shiver Me Timbers
by Tom Waits

I'm leavin' my fam'ly
Leavin' all my friends
My body's at home
But my heart's in the wind
Where the clouds are like headlines
On a new front page sky
My tears are salt water
And the moon's full and high

And I know Martin Eden's
Gonna be proud of me
And many before me
Who've been called by the sea
To be up in the crow's nest
Singin' my say
Shiver me Timbers
'Cause I'm a-sailin' away

And the fog's liftin'
And the sand's shiftin'
I'm driftin' on out
Ol' Captain Ahab
He ain't got nothin' on me, now.
So swallow me, don't follow me
I'm trav'lin' alone
Blue water's my daughter
'n I'm gonna skip like a stone

So please call my missus
Gotta tell her not to cry
'Cause my goodbye is written
By the moon in the sky
Hey and nobody knows me
I can't fathom my stayin'
Shiver me timbers
'Cause I'm a-sailin' away

And the fog's liftin'
And the sand's shiftin'
I'm driftin' on out
Ol' Captain Ahab
He ain't got nothin' on me
So come and swallow me, follow me
I'm trav'lin' alone
Blue water's my daughter
'n I'm gonna skip like a stone

And I'm leavin' my family
Leavin' all my friends
My body's at home
But my heart's in the wind
Where the clouds are like headlines
Upon a new front page sky
And shiver me timbers
'Cause I'm a-sailin' away

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Catism dead?

The Cat Gergiev's blog, which was the founding document of Catism, appears to no longer exist. Whatever shall happen to Catism without a record of its existence and a continuance of its conversations? Perhaps Catism has passed away like a tumbleweed due to the lack of significant discourse material, as recent blog postings on such ludicrous and non-cat-related topics such as sunbathing pigs would suggest.

Sunday, September 17, 2006

Kitten videos

Today, I shall introduce you to some lovely animated videos featuring kittens:

Genghis Khan kittens

Ramones kittens

The Soluble Song

Guns'N'Roses kittens

A whole dancing, jiving band of independent kittens

Joan Jett kittens

Culture Club kittens

Enjoy, my cat-loving friends!

Thursday, September 14, 2006

Dissertating with Cat, Part II

The cat sits upon my notes.
I can no longer type.
The cat begins to chew my notes.
I can no longer outline.
The cat sprawls herself across the book open on my lap.
I can no longer read.
The cat sits always before me,
as I can no longer play.

Saturday, September 09, 2006

Funny cat videos

Funny cats set to "Kitty" song by Presidents of the United States of America.

Funny cats set to classical music.

From Tramp to Aristocracy?

My lovely cat Gergiev, who came to live with your humble narrator after wandering aimlessly about the dirty streets of Tulsa for some unknown amount of time, has come to reject the petty bourgeois fare of cat treats provided by doting godmother. Just this very day on the morn did your narrator catch glimpse of her eyeing one advertisement (read: ad-vûr' ts-, mnt) for Fancy Feast's new line of gourmet cat food: Elegant Medleys, "restaurant-inspired feline cuisine." Below is a description of the line:

Elegant Medleys™ entrées offer tempting florentines, delightful soufflés and sumptuous shredded fare — each inspired by the menus of the world's finest restaurants. Every tantalizing entrée is artfully prepared with premium ingredients like yellow fin tuna, wild salmon, white meat chicken or tender turkey and accented by a touch of garden greens. To cats everywhere, Bon Appétit.

Gergiev seemed quite taken by the picture of Wild Salmon Florentine in a Delicate Sauce with Garden Greens. And to think I once knew her to eat raw birds . . .

Friday, September 08, 2006

Dissertating with Cat

My lovely cat Gergiev seems to think that she can help me dissertate by lying upon my notes. Apparently, it does not occur to her that I might actually need to see those notes. Your narrator thereby fears that dissertating with cat may become battle with cat for possession of prime desk top space.

In an unrelated note, I found the following cat-oriented story in a local copy of the Tulsa World:

Early yesterday morning, a Tulsa cat, who wishes to remain anonymous, was denied access to a local shower stall. Said cat waited outside the shower for some time, meowing "most pitifully," she claims. Upon the evacuation of the shower by the cat's owner, the shower door was promptly shut so that the cat was unable to use the facility. The cat's owner refused to comment upon the incident.

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Yet another Jeni, oh my . . .

It is now possible to discover fascinating answers to all of your burning questions at a quaint new venue entitled "Ask a Jeni." How very odd.