Sleep

Let’s be honest. I haven’t been kept up all night by a screaming baby nor have I been so full of anxiety that I couldn’t sleep. All the same, I slid into my bed very late and couldn’t find that special place of deep sleep. As a consequence my day is filled with me staring listlessly at my computer desperately trying to kick it into high gear and get things done.

Then there is the eye problem. No amount of eye lotion is soothing my tired eyes this morning.  I’d offer up a photo but I’d rather not have evidence of my exhausted eyes on the interwebs. Suffice it to say that they are quite red and dry – the allergies don’t help.  In fact, the allergies didn’t help with my effort towards solid, uninterrupted sleep.

Then there was the cat. The geriatric feline spent her time caterwauling for the better part of the night. She’s no longer allowed in the bedroom while I sleep but I was disturbed nonetheless. Unlike me, she’s looking fairly perky this morning getting ready for her day of sleeping!

That is all.

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Garfield or not

Similar to DJ music, “Garfield Minus Garfield” takes existing art and bends it to make a something entirely fresh.  Just read the site’s purpose:

Garfield Minus Garfield is a site dedicated to removing Garfield from the Garfield comic strips in order to reveal the existential angst of a certain young Mr. Jon Arbuckle. It is a journey deep into the mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against loneliness and depression in a quiet American suburb.

This is the original strip of the above sans Garfield strip:

What a brilliant idea.  I read Garfield in fourth grade and don’t remember rolling on the floor laughing or anything.  I was amused by Garfield and Odie. Imagine a fourth grade girl kind of chuckling while flipping through Garfield books.  The top strip is far funnier than with the cat.  Sort of a Fight Club concept – you can think back to all the Garfield strips you ever read and imagine that Garfield was just a figment of Jon’s imagination.

Yoga

In my last post I discussed flexibility.  After posting it I spent some time looking around the interwebs for random yoga stuff.  You know, really maximizing my time on earth to the greatest extent…

My search yielded some amusement for me and maybe for you!  It started with this Natalie Dee picture that is somewhat amusing, depending on your feelings towards yoga.

Next I came across this marketing website that had a “great” idea for yoga business cards:

Then I ran into “doga.” This is like mommy and me yoga but with your dog.  Doesn’t the dog look kind of confused or embarrassed or something?

Based on the picture below it can be a stretching experience for the dog also?

Of course, I can’t leave out cats:

Ok, the funniest thing I saw was Star Wars Yoga. It’s probably funnier if you do yoga.

That’s what I have to share.

Mirror fights and misc

I often have internal conflict but these wee felines really take it too far. These are short videos and made me chuckle. Perhaps you too will gain enjoyment from them.

 

 

 

Now this is a bit of kitty mom kitten abuse but it’s quick and the kitten probably won’t suffer long-term psychological damage.

 

tantalizing turkey flavor

Our little feline, Yota, gets treats once a day in addition to her regular dry food pellets.  She doesn’t like wet cat food or really any human food so her options are dry cat food pellets or treats.  She doesn’t like the semi-soft cat treats but prefers the crunchy outside, soft inside of Whiskas ® Temptations ®. 



I was absentmindedly giving her treats the other day when the back of the package caught my eye. I noticed that it said, “under 2 calories per treat.”  I know there are some fat housecats out there but advertising “under 2 calories per treat” – really?  For that to really mean anything I would need to know the average daily calorie intake of a cat of her length and weight. 

But, whatever. I then noticed the text on the back of the turkey flavored treat package:

Not to be savored but once a year, oh no! This girthy bird of paradise can be enjoyed each and every day.  I’ll wrap myself in his arms of sustenance and sink my teeth into those delectable drumsticks!  Gravy and stuffing, hah!  The only thing that’ll be stuffed is me, once I devour this phenomenal fowl…mmmm…I need my Temptations ® treaaa…zZzzZzzz…”

Is this supposed to get the pet’s person all excited to buy more of these treats knowing that the pet will be virtually sinking his/her teeth into “delectable drumsticks”??  It just made me chuckle…

Simon's Cat

Of course, after watching U900 on youtube the other night, I got totally sucked in.  I came across "Simon's Cat."  I watched all there was to see and then remembered that someone sent me the video below some time ago.  It was just as amusing the second time.

cats...with a twist

You may be thinking to yourself, this animal looks like someone I've seen before, who could it be? It may look like Hitler but it's no nazi cat! It is a kitler!

The internet is such a bizarre place but it does bear some interesting fruit.

The blah life continues on down the road of routine, which of course is comforting but lacks some motivation at times. I was motivated to go by the cube of one of my coworkers with the bowl of candy corn several times today but that doesn't really count.

Ever since I read Getting Straight A's before college and then used its techniques and actually got straight A's, I've been a proponent of self improvement books as useful tools. In addition to some cheery library selections on motivation, I'm currently perusing How to Keep People From Pushing Your Buttons. This basically points out that the problem is the reader, which I anticipated, and I can change my behavior to not be annoyed with others (I'm not holding my breath). Well, I'd better demonstrate some self discipline and get back to that.

CTV

As H says "cat TV":