urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire The Journal of Seanan McGuire Seanan McGuire 2009-04-15T12:27:37Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire:100104 2009-04-15T12:27:37Z 2009-04-15T12:27:37Z Vixy and Tony, 'Thirteen.' For those of us in the continental United States, today is Tax Day: the day when it becomes more physically unsafe to be in the immediate vicinity of a post office than it is to be in the middle of the mall on Christmas Eve. Because I am a merciful human being who understands that angry mobs, like other natural disasters, sometimes just happen, I have elected to celebrate Tax Day in the most sensible way possible.<br /><br />To whit: cat pictures. Today we're focusing on Alice, because you aren't as tired of looking at her yet.<br /><br />It took Alice&mdash;short for Alice Price-Healy Little Liddel Abernathy McGuire, because I like names that I can really commit to <i>shouting</i>&mdash;approximately five minutes to decide that I was her people and my bedroom was her place to be. It's good to have cats that can understand the situation so clearly, right out the gate.<br /><br /><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/seanan_mcguire/pic/0003sf41"><br /><br />As my friend Josh said, "Why is it no surprise that your bedspread is orange?" As I said, the bedspread is actually orange, green, brown, and "you need to wash the bedspread now" eggshell-cream. It does a remarkably good job of not showing cat hair.<br /><br /><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/seanan_mcguire/pic/0003tqbe"><br /><br />Behold the enormous golden and green eyes of endearingness! Alice can melt you with a guilesome stare, and I don't just mean because she has access to napalm.<br /><br /><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/seanan_mcguire/pic/0003w7ar"><br /><br />Like all sensible cats, Alice likes a good cat tree. Like all sensible cats belonging to me, she doesn't object to the color orange.<br /><br /><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/seanan_mcguire/pic/0003x26r"><br /><br />What's this? Why, could it possibly be...a dangling fish?!<br /><br /><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/seanan_mcguire/pic/0003yw1s"><br /><br />Alice whips out the <i>BIG DAMN GUNS</i> of being impossibly adorable.<br /><br /><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/seanan_mcguire/pic/0003z8p9"><br /><br />That is one <i>tricky fish</i>, friends and neighbors.<br /><br /><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/seanan_mcguire/pic/000403s5"><br /><br />Apparently, playing peek-a-boo with the fish is just as good as killing it. Who knew?<br /><br /><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/seanan_mcguire/pic/000416sy"><br /><br />All that playtime was very, very tiring. Also, my rug demonstrates the concept behind failing to blend into your surroundings. Here I am, supplying a nice blendable pattern, and here she is, not blending. CAMO FAIL.<br /><br /><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/seanan_mcguire/pic/000426y3"><br /><br />Flopped kitty...is flopped.<br /><br /><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/seanan_mcguire/pic/0004349k"><br /><br />A kitten at rest doesn't object as much when you take her picture.<br /><br /><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/seanan_mcguire/pic/000440ha"><br /><br />Blue cat and pumpkin blanket. Oh, she is <i>so</i> mine.<br /><br /><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/seanan_mcguire/pic/00045qw8"><br /><br />I leave you with LASER-EYE KITTEN, adrift in a sea of glorious orange and Halloween linen. Hopefully, she can blast your Tax Day blues away.<br /><br />Next time, Lilly and Alice <i>together</i>!