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1. What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before?
this year, i was made truly aware of my limited lives
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
this is a difficult question, i am torn between my trusty cynicism and an odd eagerness. We shall see.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
all the cats i know have padded past that age of kittenbearing. Besides i am a solitary cat, the passing of generations matters less every day.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
the end of nine approaches faster for many of my old comrades.
5. What countries did you visit?
Despite my weakened joints, i have traversed new backyards - most very scraggly indeed, and being home to inhabitants of the same ilk.
6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?
i must spend more time philosophising with an attempt at zest, this year even by my standards has been quite melancholy in the musings i have offered you.
perhaps this will be my resolution? Nay i am temporarily enlivened, i must slow down.
7. What dates from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
the date my kevin left home, the date he came back, the party he threw where i scratched that girl, she devil she was.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
my bird count remains high
9. What was your biggest failure?
i have been unable to control the weight and texture of my fur, and heaviness of my flesh. It has changed too swiftly. Right now i am very measly in appearance, too much so for the summer.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
my scars have healed with less expidiency
11. What was the best thing you bought?
what is the need for such things when gardens are presented to me so readily.
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
there is only ever one answer to this, though i wish we had spent more time together. He is more attentive of late, so i am appeased.
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
the dog across the street grows more boisterous.
14. Where did most of your money go?
this is a foolish human question.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
i was rather excited about beginning this journal. i feel overall it has been a satisfying record of this year.
16. What song will always remind you of 2007?
i have had a renewed fondness for beethoven since august. he is deaf, i grow deaf, we fade into each other.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
I. happier or sadder? sadder perhaps
ii. thinner or fatter? much thinner
iii. richer or poorer? what nonsense
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
spent more time with my kevin, infront of a heater.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
i am content.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
i will be curled up, treating myself to an extra long nap.
21. What LJ users did you meet for the first time?
i seem to have gained some new friends on this contraption, but i do not know them as they, after a year, might know me
22. Did you fall in love in 2007?
The seasons for such things have passed.
23. How many one-night stands?
a tomcat never tells.
24. What was your favourite TV program?
the soothing tones of dr. who are often in the background.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
trivial my dear
26. What was the best book you read?
i have not looked into the stars as much as i ought to this year, i have been content to prowl and sleep.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
i think this must be erik satie, i had such distaste for his folk, but there is music in his mania.
28. What did you want and get?
a fairly lazy year
29. What did you want and not get?
renewed sustenance, i must admit - despite my sage words, i have coveted it.
30. What was your favourite film of this year?
i did enjoy little miss sunshine, it warmed the living room a bit.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
what an indecent question
32.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
i feel i have answered this. .
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?
oh i admit it! i have not cleaned my coat enough or as thoroughly as i should have.
34. What kept you sane?
a safe distance from the punching bag in the garage.
35. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007.
it appears i shall see the new year, this along with my biscuits is enough for now.
you will see i have omitted some questions, as afterall i am an old cat.
I shall attempt to regain some sprightly musing in 2008, until then i say
gaze into your ponds like there is no tomorrow
find a warm rock and never let go.
Tags: ninth post
Current Location: carpet in my kevin's room
Current Mood:  tedium
Current Music: erik satie - le piege de meduse
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There is not much to post of nowadays. I am mostly cold and my mind grows vacuous. I have been hiding in the natural foliage above the shed quite frequently. I think the sheen of the green leaves (which is rapidly disappearing in the cold) makes me feel young again. However, I can fool myself no longer. A little while ago my Kevin brought two people into the home. One i recognised, the other I did not. The strange new girl appeared to have a cat loving vibe, and I peered cautiously. One must always be cautious. I was right in not showering her with my approval, for in no time she transformed into a bizzare leaping creature. She picked up the rope that lies next to the bag that my Kevin punches (I do not like it when he does that, it means anxiety) and was skipping, The term is skipping i believe. The rope makes such viciously loud noises. I do not like quick motion or hard sounds. It is why I do not like cars or dogs, But this strange girl was behaving just like one. It was a very ruthless onslaught on my already delicate state of mind. So I quickly whisked off to the neighbours' yard. I heard disappointed noises in my wake, as apparently she had come to see me, but there is only so much one can tolerate. This incident makes me come to terms with my declining years. I realise now I will only have bouts of spirited energy (as my last post demonstrates) But this is inevitable, like the slow drooping of my ears or the numbing of my paws. However, my purr is still, in all respects, unparalleled. Tags: sixth post
Current Location: shed roof
Current Mood:  sanguine
Current Music: where'er you walk - handel
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There appears to be a general current of stress in the air. It always occurs during this June-is period and also in October, i think. At my age, it is best to slip away during such a time, as it causes undue anxiety. I have been wandering the quiet, leafy roads of Applecross -pausing under street lamps to bask in a little warmth and then moving on through winding parks and neat backyards. I returned home yesterday but not much seems to have changed. My Kevin is now positively taxed and glows with unhealthy worry. He mutters restlessly about relationships, infectious diseases and the side effects of grapefruit. I must admit, these are not things I have ever found of particular concern to myself. However, I feel for you young things - for this seems to affect all of you, as the other cats tell me. Though i don't like talking to them Suppressed in stuffy rooms, poring over pages. I do not know why you do this? What compels you to take up this unpleasant ritual every year? You persist in it however. But I wish people, (especially my Kevin) could pad about, curl on warm window sills, be fed by loving hands and purr at the soft white moon. It is most comforting. Tags: fifth post
Current Location: Lounge window sill
Current Mood:  full
Current Music: Dussek- Trio for piano, horn and violin
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Kevin seems to be whizzing about with a strange girl in a car quite often these days. Though, she is rather nice, has good posture and reminds of someone i know intimately, but i am not sure who... I do not like leaving the house much. I do not like cars either. they make me nervous and irritable. As do most people actually. It has recently been brought to my attention that not all cats are of my disposition. Some are naturally playful and filled with purring love for all who visit their stead. I would like to think i can distinguish the quality of human better than those furballs - that it is my innate sophistication that allows me to bestow my dignified affection only on the worthy. Yet this might not be true I am, and this is difficult to reveal, a bit of a trauma cat. When i was young and new to the Kendrick home (its twists so frightening, its expansive floors so desolate) I did not receive quite the wholesome love i was expecting. Yes indeed, i am of a naturally tactile temperment and did not desire incessant petting. But, quite frankly, some of the treatment was rather numbing. Not from my Kevin, you understand. No, the dear boy was my sole source of comfort in those days. No, it was the apparent master of the house that used to lock me away in the cold attic to scare away the rats. He would not let me out despite my plaintive cries. I was young, I was frightened. I was in no position to alarm rodents, and certainly not to be left alone in a dark, musty room. This has left me with a slight distrust of the family (sans my Kevin) and people in general. Surely the mother could have helped? What did i do to warrant such cruelty? I have made my peace with the older Kendrick. Years of prowling staircases and meditation in sunlit corners has made me less grouchy. Yet if you have looked at me, and thought, "i do not like this cat, it is not a jolly tabby" now you know why. I apologise, but I accept. One cannot change oneself for others. Tags: third post
Current Location: tv room floor
Current Mood:  slightly irate
Current Music: Vivaldi - four seasons - spring
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