Journal, Diary, & Blogging / Cats

Maria, you know me, and can discard this if you want. George Carlin passed, and he said the difference between cats and dogs is you can beat a dog and it will come back with tail between leg seeking forgiveness. The cat? Pull out the sofa and it will be back there meowing, “Fuck you dude,” or open the front door, and it is out straight saying, “Fuck you dude.”

This is a well written piece and conveys the absolute affection you have for your cat. However, I would offer one critism and that is, it doesn’t really go anywhere, rather just sort of meanders. This is good if you are writing a mood piece, but the truth is, you’re writing a blog. There must be some point to all this, some comparison of his behavior to that of your human friends or some other point to it. I would suggest you give this s title. A title can often give oyu a direction. Did you write five paragraph themes in your schooling? A blog should be like a theme, which a definate hypothesis. Tell me why you love these things, tell me the emotions they bring out in you, don’t juet tell me that you love them. Your last paragraph should be longer and should sum up all the information you’ve give me – even if it’s just to let me know that having a cat can make you’re life more fulfilling. You sort of do that, but there is no thread running through the piece to tie all the paragraphs together.

On the plus side, you have a wonderful style and are very good at describing the cat’s personality. It’s a nice, heart warming piece. It’s very sweet and I like your cat, too. :) You have a good grasp of words and the right things to say, now you just need to put them together and make them relate.

I have three cats- each with their own separate personality. You do have to love them or leave them.  some people just aren’t cat people.  My cats know those people and will immediately go and sit in that person’s lap.

You did a nice job of describing your cat and his own quirks.

Aww kitties… the only source of unconditional love. Don’t need no money, don’t need no car.

My aunt’s got a rabbit and a cat that grew up together, and intriguingly enough, they’ve each taken on traits of the other’s species. The cat hops around like a lemur, and the bunny actually likes being petted. Many an unsuspecting visitor has been moved to conniptions at the sickening cuteness of their pawfights… I agree about personality. Peace Out.  

This is the best. The narrator’s cat is quite clever and the closeness of their relationship is clear. The cat acts like a dog in some ways. I had one like that too. She would follow me on walks, off to the side. This is a piece that warmed my heart. A real feel good read. Thank you for sharing.
Peace
Tina

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April 03, 2008

by nelson1

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An informative piece on your cat.  You seem to cover everything about him and most of it is really cute.  I have a couple of problems with it though.  ”If he wants me to play, he runs and perches himself on the edge of the steps and rubs his back and rolls around with the cutest play with me expression he can give.”  The words “play with me” should be made into one hyphenated word so it reads easier.  Also see if you can do away with some of the ‘ands’.  You could make this into a couple of sentences.

Pull the piece together into more coherent paragraphs.  Many of the one line paragraphs would fit into some of the bigger ones.

“If I visit my friend he sometimes follows me like a dog or waits for me to come out of their houses, I recently started choir practice and he must have seen me heading towards my friends, but I was going for my bus.”  This is a long rambling sentence, please make two or three sentences out of it.  Also the first part of this line seems wrong.  Shouldn’t the cat follow and wait instead of or wait?  I love the ending.

as a cat lover how could i not enjoy this! some lovely sentiments and descriptions, and i certainly agree with the last line!

Not sure what to tell you. I enjoyed this and smiled whilst reading it, quite likely because I am a total cat lover.

Our cat loves sponges too – which is weird because he is so OCD about hygiene.

Love the last line. Very true and believed by all cat lovers. We love them more than people because they can be more human than people.

Your cat sounds like a special one that you have a beautiful bond with.

Thanks for sharing!

Oh this is so cute. I have an all black cat that looks like a panther as well and this story reminded me so much of her. I know what you mean about cats being clever. I play this game with mine where she chases a string around in a circle, then I’ll suddenly switch gears and go the other way. She is so smart that she’s way ahead of me and waiting for me to come the other way patiently. It’s so clever. She also plays fetch like a dog which is unbelivably smart to me. I think you are right, people either love cats or they hate them. I will always be a cat lover.

I love the description of your cat’s specific mannerisms. They’re quirky but at the same time resonate with anyone who has ever owned a cat. This is a very sweet and well-written piece!