{"id":6292,"date":"2014-06-20T04:15:01","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T11:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=6292"},"modified":"2015-05-03T17:48:36","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T00:48:36","slug":"an-imaginary-conversation-with-my-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=6292","title":{"rendered":"An imaginary conversation with my cat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Get your tail out of my nose. Some of us are trying to sleep in. <\/p>\n<p>Squeeeek. <\/p>\n<p>There is food in your dish. Go and eat it and leave me alone.  <\/p>\n<p>Squeak. <\/p>\n<p>Shut up. You do, too. <\/p>\n<p>Peep. <\/p>\n<p>(Throws stupid cat on floor&#8230;one hour later he is back)<\/p>\n<p>Purrrrrrrrrrrr. Head butt. Purrrrrrrrrrr. <\/p>\n<p>Go away, Ratty. Remember what I said about sleeping? It&#8217;s still true. <\/p>\n<p>Purrrrrrr <\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t need a cat to lay on my head right now. Go away and be quiet. (Shoves cat to foot of bed)<\/p>\n<p>(Stupid cat puts his wet cat nose on my (still trying to sleep) nose and breathes intently.)<\/p>\n<p>A certain cat is going to be living outside permanently if he doesn&#8217;t get away from me with his icky cat nose. Do something useful. Make me some coffee. <\/p>\n<p>Squeak. <\/p>\n<p>Stupid rat. <\/p>\n<p>(Boops me on the nose with his paw)<\/p>\n<p>Goodbye, Kitty. (Kitty lands on the floor with a loud thump and stomps down the hall in a huff.) Little cat feet my ass.<\/p>\n<p>Mrrrrrrroooooowwwwwwwwwwwwww. <\/p>\n<p>I hate cats.<\/p>\n<p>(Clomp, clomp, clomp back to the bedroom like a herd of elephants with giant walkers and wooden clogs) Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr (Jumps on headboard, stalks back and forth like a very rotund miniature tuxedo lion)<\/p>\n<p>Shut up and lay down.  <\/p>\n<p>(Jumps from headboard onto pillow, walks down my entire body, flings himself dramatically into an elegant position and promptly goes to sleep)<\/p>\n<p>Fucker. You could have at least brought me the coffee. I hate cats. I am going to stay home all day today and poke you with a stick every time you fall asleep or even look like you are about to sit down. No! I am going to go to the pound and get the most irritating dog in the world to be on your ass night and day. I don&#8217;t care if I never sleep again. Making you suffer will be worth it (scritching Kitty under the chin) Asshole. Stop being cute. You aren&#8217;t impressing anyone.<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/><br \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@site_username\" \/><br \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Michelle's House of Horrors\" \/><br \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Perhaps. Maybe. 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