welcome to art nerds united.

i’m so excited, i finally have some pictures of brutus to put on my blog!!  here they are.  i will also put them on my friendster site, for maximal viewing opportunity.  the pictures are not that great, because they were taken by janet’s camera phone, but they document an important day in both of our lives: the day i brought him home in a cardboard box, and he tried to jump out several times.  in the first picture he’s under my bed.  he was there for, oh, ten minutes until his curiosity and desire for human interaction got the best of him.  i’m holding him in the second picture but he kept trying to jump out of my arms.  see how happy i am, and how freaked out he is?  he’s like, who is this lady, and what am i doing here??  over this past week i’ve grown on him.  i know it wasn’t love at first sight (for him!), but he’s gotten used to my quirky ways and my insistence that he is within view at all times.  plus, i feed him wonderful fishy cat food that makes his breath stink and i clean up after him, and i don’t complain.  he’s quite affectionate but sometimes chews on my blankets. that’s the only thing i get after him about.  otherwise, he can do whatever he wants.  he is king of my castle.   aren’t you brutiiiiiieeeeee?

i’m really hungry so i’ll make this short.

i have a new man in my life.  he is a little furry grey/black/orange/white alley cat who is tough but has a heart of gold.  His name is Brutus, and he likes to sleep in my bed.  He gets up when I get up, stretches with me, and stumbles into the kitchen for some breakfast.  Only the best for Brutus.  I feed him wet cat food in the morning, dry cat food in the evening.  He likes to hang out under the bed, and gets creepy when he eats cat nip.  He follows me to the shower, but then realizes that it’s wet.  Petting through plastic isn’t sufficient, but he cuddles up to the shower curtain anyway.

Photos to come, I hope.  ME = not own digital gadgetry to make this possible.