Skeezix's Scratching Post: February 2009

Happy Berthday, Willie and Fiona!

Happy FERST Berthday, Willie Snapp! Thare's a pawty going on at Willie's blog -- be shur to drop by fur LOBSTER and wish Willie a happy One!

And it's Fiona Bun's 5th Berthday! (Or is it a Bunday?) Happy Berthday Fiona! Drop by and wish her the best cuz she's bin under the wether, and we're happy she can sellubrate this grate day!

Labels: happy birthday, willie snapp

My new role as Jeter Harris' Geograffy Coach

I reesintly agreed to be my best frend Jeter Harris' geograffy coach. One thing I ixplaned to him was that the werld is full of many surprizes, and yoo never know whut yer gonna see ware.

Like, fur example, in Lundin. That's in England. I just know our grate frends Isis and Ramses and Tig' could tell yoo lots abowt this particular pikcher. Cuz it's an Ejipshun sfinx, but it's in London wich is no ware NEER Ejipt. It's on a wide footpath which follows the Tems river frum the Howses of Parlamint to the Tower Bridge. This sfinx is one of a pare wich stand neer "Cleopatra's Needle." Cleopatra dressed in vary kyoot owtfits.

The sfinxes are recent castings and Cleopatra's Needle doesn't really have anything to do with the Egipshun Qween, but it is a genuine Egyptian obelisk dating from the rane of Thutmoses III around 1450BC. It was one of a pare found in Heliopolis and given to the British as a gift in 1819 by the Egipshun ruler Mohammed Ali (NOT a fiter), but they refyoozed to pay for it to be transported until 1877. The pontoon it was on capsized during a storm off Franse and six peeple dide, but it stade aflote and it was evenshully towed to Lundin.

The other obelisk of the pare is in Central Park in New York City.

In the background, yoo can see the Lundin Eye and Parlamint.

***Thanks, Freya, fer correkting my spelling of London, wich shood have bin Lundin. Whut wuz I thinkin?***

Labels: da grate Jeter Harris, london

Post-werkowt nap

Win Mr TF gits home frum liftin wates, he offin takes a nap. Cuz he's old, and liftin wates is hard fur old peepul. I help him nap by sleepin' on his throte. Then his nice breths go onto my furs and I smell like Mr TF. It's better than Old Spice.

Labels: Mr TF's breths smell good

The Tastyface Revolution Begins Today

This is my grate frend Atlas (dat's "Atz" to yoo, Jete). As yoo can planely see, Atlas has joined the Tastyface Revolution, and heer he's likkin his dad's face. Mmmmm, I can tell just by lookin' at his dad's face that it is vary vary vary tasty. Vary tasty.

Labels: The Tastyface Revolution Begins Today

Book Klub

I'm currently reeding a vary wunderful book, "The World Is Yer Littbox," by my grate frend Quasi. It's taken a long time to reed cuz, frankly, Quasi spells a littul funny. But WOW! Is it ever pakt will helpful tips on evrything yoo need to know for werld dominayshun! I'm riting a review of it fur my Cat's Meow Blog on Catster -- stay tooned, cuz yoo cood win a copy!

Labels: book klub, quasi, steve fisher, the world is your litterbox

Rainy Days and Mundays....

It's bin kold and rainy, so I've bin spending my time snuggled up in warm kyoot owtfits, and werking my hardest to keep Mr TF warm. I think I've bin doing a pritty good job.

Labels: Mr Tasty Face, rainy mondays are gloomy

Globetrotting

Yoo know, it's a good thing my pawsport is up to date. Cuz I spend a lot of time thinking of all the places in the werld I'd like to vizit. Like La Rochelle in western France, fur igzample. These are the old harbor towers wich look a little like Warwick Castle in England. It is vary pritty at nite:

If yoo vizit heer, yoo can rent a bicycle fur free, yoo just need to leeve yer passport fur a depozit. There are akshully THREE medieval towers heer: the Tower de la Lanterne wich used to be a prison; the Tower de la Chaîne, which held the chain that stretched across the harbor; and the St Nicolas Tower. I don't know why the towers don't match.

Heer is a view of all three towers:

Guy Larouche the fashun deeziner was born heer. And currently, one of my deerest frends in the werld is lost heer. Gess hoo?

Fashun Show Friday: A Flerty Collar

This flerty collar was a prize in my Valentine's Day Contest. But beefore I gave it to the man in the bloo shorts to deliver to the prizewinner, I coodn't help but try it on cuz it is so byootiful!!!!

On days like today win it's really hot, I sumtimes run arownd in the ::wispers:: nood. But I still wunt to be fashunuble. So a flerty collar like this fills the bill. And it has bilt-in BLING! A fabulous sqwillion karat dimund in the frunt shaped like a hart.

Now that I've tride it on, I don't feel like giving it to the man in the bloo shorts!

If yoo'd like a flerty collar like this and yoo didn't win my contest, chek owt Cat in the Clover! They've got tons of kyoot cat clothes and stuff!

Labels: cat in the clover, vd contest

My Catster Vizit: Part 3

Ferst of all, the Food Lady's bernt hand is much better. The hard part will be keeping her frum popping her blisters and pikking at it. She just can't help herself. And she can't grip or tuch anything hot. She is taking "Rush Limbo drugs" so she duzn't feel a thing, altho she sez if she starts bloviating, to just shoot her. I dunno whut that meens, I'm just reeporting whut I heer.

Heer's the last of my Catster HQ fotos:

Me and Snuzzy and Lucy (before I hist at her):

Lucy, sleepin on the job:

My best frend Lori, DGTR and Ellen:

DGTR (reeminds me that I furgot to ask him his seekrit to growin grate berns):

Me and da vary hansum Snuzzy:

Riding home, doin patrols in the bloo masheen:

Watchin all the cars go by:

I hope yoo enjoyed watching me have this grate advencher!!!!

Labels: catster, DGTR, lucy the blind basset, my best frend Lori, snuzzy

My Catster Vizit: Part 2

I can't post all the rest of my Catster HQ pikchers tonite cuz the FL was helpin' me and she burnt herself and needs to go to ER tonite. [UPDATE: The FL got to see a lot of gang members at the ER place. Then she got to see a dokter. The dokter gave her good drugs and stuff fur her burnt hand. She got 2nd deegree berns but she put ice on it rite away, so they sed she shood be fine. Thare were even more gang members with many tatts at the ER win she left. It took a long time to go to sleep cuz her hand was still herty, but win she woke up it felt better. She's going to take more good drugs now.]

But here's sum of the rest of the pikchers:

This is my grate frend Yuko. She deezined the Cat's Meow Blog for me and made it pink insted of Catster colors cuz she knows I like pink. I love Yuko!!!

Evrybuddy took lots of pikchers. Heer me and Snuzzy are lookin at pikchers taken on his iFone:

I gave Snuzzy a VD Card. He liked it!

I think Yuko is trying to git Moxie Rheinmore to kiss me. Moxie didn't. Wich wuz good cuz I dunno if I wunna kiss a dog.

The FL put me in my pink lepperd carrier on top of the bloo masheen wile she wuz gitting my stroler owt of the bloo masheen.

More pikchers to come!

Labels: catster, snuzzy

The Winners of My 3rd Annual VD Contest

I've annownst the winners of my 3rd Annual VD Contest. Drop over to the contest blog and check 'em out.

Labels: vd contest

My Valentine to my Speshul Frend Daisy

My speshul frend Daisy is nothing short of PURRfekt. Heer is the Valentine I sent her:

Labels: daisy is a skeezy-magnet, valentine's day

Happy VD!

Happy Valentine's Day Evrybuddy!

Over at the Cat's Meow, we're sellubrating all weekend and we'd love to have yoo join in!

Ferstly, if yoo furgot to send yer valentine a card, yoo can click my image above and send a free e-card. It will be just like yoo planned it all along!

Secundly, over at Catster, thare's a fenomenal 3-day intercontinental pawty going on! Wilson J Scooter and Baci are hosting a romantik Valentine's Day trip to Paris, France! Wilson J is pikking up the tab, so hed on over and join in the fun! (Just don't say merde cuz that's on the Bad Werd List!)

Therdly, yoo still have time to enter my Valentine's Day Contest! We've got grate prizes frum The Cat in the Clover, and it's fun to see all the grate entries! Hoo knows, maybe thare's a valentine to yoo thare! Dedline is 9pm tonite!

Lastly, On the Cat's Meow Blog I will be publishing fotos of my reeders in thare best Valentine's owtfits! If yoo have a valentine-theemed foto, send me a link to it and I'll publish it this weekend. Yes, yoo red that rite! Yoo can be feecherd on The Cat's Meow! And one submission will be picked at randum to win 10 zealies!

LOVE IS IN THE AIR! Go owt and whiff it!

Labels: valentine, valentine's day, vd

The 3rd Annual VD Contest is Now Open!

SKROLE DOWN FUR NEW POSTS!

UPDATES!

New prizes annownst! Chek the contest blog fur detales!
Dedline extended to 9pm PT FEB 14th

Hello loveberds! It's time once again for the Valentine's Day Contest. Proklame yer love for yer sweethart, or to someone yoo hope will be yer sweethart. If yoo don't have a sweethart, submit a lonely harts entry, letting the werld know that yer looking fur love.

DEDLINE: 11:59pm PT, 13 FEB
WINNERS ANNOWNST: Valentine's Day

TO LOGIN: Go to blogger, and sine in with username: skeezix2007@gmail.com and pw: skeezix.

Contest Detales are on the contest website.

PRIZES: Still werking on prizes, but one prize is the pair of tighty whities I got fur Krissmiss, thare will be a romatik dinner fur two, and I'll also give owt awtograft fotos. I'll annownse the entire prize list shortly. If yoo'd like to sponser a prize (pik a category, purrvide a prize, selekt the winner and send the prize to the winner), pleeze let me know: skeezy *AT* skeezixthecat *DOT* com.

SIDEBAR GRAFIK:

Labels: vd contest

Today mite have bin the best day of my life!

PART ONE

This morning, the FL took me to Catster HQ to pik up a byootiful and cumfterbul new Morgan bed that my best frend Morgan made me hisself as a gift. It was VARY ixsiting at Catster HQ. I didn't git much sleep last nite, trying to deeside whut to ware to meet DGTR. I finely selekted my manly pink satin Princess baseball jakkit and my pink "Proud to be Pretty" tshirt. Those matched my pink toenales the best.

Win we got to ware Catster HQ was, the FL took me owt of the bloo masheen and put me in my stroller. She also had my carrier. I wated payshuntly wile she got all her krap out of the bloo masheen.

Of korse, I got to hang with the vary hansum DGTR. He still has his superhero hairs, Grrreta, and yes, Jeter's mom, he is as hansum in persun as his is on the innernets. That's win I thot I shood have wared my DGTR toopay and glasses so we cood do a sepperated at berth pikcher.

We hanged owt on the Catster HQ couch. That's ware my Morgan bed was. Me an DGTR was laffin an laffin. And the dawg at the end is Moxie Rheinmore. Moxie is maybe the most famousest dog on Dogster. Moxie was vary frendly, but she didn't give me a kiss. It was a good thing cuz I don't think I like dawg breth.

Heer is a good pikcher of me in my Morgan Bed:

Heer DGTR and I are diskussing importunt blogging strategies. He gits vary intense and animated win he talks abowt Catster stuff.

I hanged owt with Snuzzy, hoo is Tailer's dad. I was amayzed to see thare were pikchers of ME at his desk! I saw my Halloween card, my Mark Rogers Christmas card, and my StC Postcard. Wow.

Snuzzy told me that my speshul frend Daisy asked him to give me a big kiss on the LIPS frum her. SO HE DID! It was just like I wuz kissin' Daisy, ixsept that I didn't wet my pants. I mite have to praktiss on Snuzzy sum more before I plant a joosy one on Daisy .... in three or five yeers. Maybe seven.

My best frend Lori, hoo wint SQWEEEEEEEEE! win she saw me, coodn't git enuf of me. I got to meet her blind basset hownd Lucy. Lucy liked to sniff stuff like my stroller. She's got her big ole' nose rite in the middle of my litter pan:

But I didn't like Lucy sniffin my stroller. Win she tride to sniff me I hist at her. The Food Lady sed it wasn't nice to hiss at a sweet blind geezer basset hownd, but I coodn't help myself. I think I was vary brave to hiss at such a ginormuss dawg.

Even so, I pozed for a foto with her.

More fotos in PART 2 tomorrow!!!!

Labels: catster hq, catster rocks, DGTR, i love catster, snuzzy

Attenshun all Gerlcats!

Hey, all yoo singul gerlcats .... Willie needs a gerlfrend! I think yoo'll agree he's vary kyoot: I'd date him if I was a gerl. If yer intristed, pleeze leeve a comment on his VD entry in my 3rd Annual VD Contest.

And BTW, the dedline has bin extended to Saterday nite! And new prizes have bin annownst!

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Heer is his entry:

This is my Valentine's Day card. I do not have a specific ladycat who it going out to, although if anyone in particular would like to share my flowers I will certainly consider any offers.
Willie

Labels: valentine's day, vd contest

Yesterday's Strole

We had a good strole yesterday. Ferst, I have to show yoo the kyoot owtfit I wore stroling. It is a Valentine's owtfit, but the FL sed it was ok if I wore it erly cuz this is Valentine's Week:

Wile we were strolin along, a big Byooik neerly ran into a telefone pole beside us. It was two old ladies. They pulled over to talk to me cuz they cood not beeleeve thare eyes: a cat in a stroler? I wundered whut planet they beemed down frum ware cats didn't go arownd the nayberhood in strolers. We had a nice talk. Mr TF explaned that I'm an innernet sellebrity with a paying job frum Catster, but the ladeez sed they did not have innernets ware they lived. At that point, I KNEW they were frum anuther planet.

We got to go to the park. Heer's a pikcher of that. The park is nice and qwiet, and it is a smooth ride strollering acrost the grass.

My faverite part of the strole was seeing the PINK TREE by Mr Tinydik's howse. I have never seen pink trees!!! I wish we had pink trees at my howse!!!

I hope all of yoo strollers owt thare are enjoying the grate strolin wether we've bin having!

Labels: strolling

The Most Terrafying Video EVER!!!!

WARNING!!
THE FOLLOWING CONTENT
IS NOT SOOTABLE
FUR KITTENS
OR SCAREDY CATS
OR CATS WITH DELIKIT CONSTITOOSHUNS.

OK. DON'T SAY I DIDN'T WARN YOO!

I MEEN IT! THIS IS THE MOST TERRUFYING MOOVEY I'VE EVER SEEN! YOO'LL WET YER PANTS AND BLOW CHUNKS AT THE SAME TIME!

Labels: vishus deer alert, vishus deer are gitting more and more crafty

TRIPPER'S BEEN OGLING MY GERL!!!!!

I don't know whut to do!!!! I can't beet him up cuz even tho I've bin werking owt, I'm only a therd the size of Tripper, and all he'd hafta do is sit on me and I'd be sqwashed like a bug!!!

Orangino Needs an Immediate Furever or Foster Home

The Food Lady posted this on the Cat's Meow Blog, and I'm so werried that Orangino's gonna git sent to the sausage faktery that I'm reposting it heer:

Orangino, a middle-aged orange and white tabby in the New York City area was recently given up by his family and is facing euthanasia. He needs a home (furever OR foster) immediately. Now, I know that sum cats arn't wild abowt orange tabbies, but Orangino's a real love bug:

Orangino is a ball of pure love. I can also confirm that he was fine with other cats.
A VOLUNTEER WROTE: Orangino probably lived a happy life for most of his 8 years. This 10 pound lover was given up by his owner on 1/30 because they could no longer afford him. Orangino's owners described him as a perfect cat- loves men, women, children, and other cats, too! Our vets say that this wonderful senior is NO CONCERN to handle at all, and one of our senior cat volunteers confirmed that he is a highly sociable boy. He loves being held in your arms and will happily stay there for as long as he possibly can. He's a world class giver of headbutts, putting real enthusiasm into it. He also knows his name, and gets happy when called. He is an exceptional kitty in every way- but, because of his age he is missing many teeth, and will only be able to eat soft food. He also may have a bit of drool appear on his mouth sometimes- but it is hardly worth worrying about. If beauty truly lives on the inside, than Orangino is perfect just as he is. He's a sweet cat, a real love and he's going to make a lucky adopter very happy. Our vets say Orangino weighs 10 pounds.

Thank you!

~Ilse

For more information, please email Ilse.

Farewell, Jake

We can't rite anything rite now cuz we're krying like babies, but we will do a tribyoot to owr wunderful mancat frend Jake this weekend. Big big hugs to Nancy and 'Sheba.

Labels: Jake and Bathsheba

Fashun Show Friday: A Strollin Owtfit

Reesintly we've had purrfect strollin wether, so we've bin strollin a lot. It's importunt to selekt a kyoot owtfit, tho, win yoo go, cuz yoo never know hoo will meet on yer strole. Heer is an oldie but a goodie: my powder bloo brokade jakkit with sheepskin lining and sterling silver buttuns and piping. This reely looks nice with my bloo eyes wich yoo can't see cuz I'm squinting them clozed. I'm mite have to take reemeediul modelling lessins frum Daisy.

Heer's me and Mr TF doing owr chekowt to make shur the stroller is safe fur strolin:

I wuzn't expekting cumpany, but that psyko stray cat Tripper shode up. We sed hello thru the bak window. Tripper wunts to ride in my stroler in the werst way but I am sertin he will BRAKE IT becuz he ways way too many pownds.

Mr TF talked Tripper into following us. But Tripper didn't wunt to follow, he wunted to leed. I don't like Tripper leeding. But I can't tell him that or he mite beet me up. And then my nice bloo jakkit mite git derty or ript.