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details, details. by up with pod people 05/04/2009, 10:08am PDT
cats are expressionless to me because I have never known them.

however what you write here:

Zsenitan wrote:

It is wonderful to be loved by hunting beasts, especially solitary ones. Their affections are selfish, protective, territorial; inasmuch as they are interested in you, you belong to them. Cats and hawks both have a kind of vicious passion that they will exercise on you if you deserve it. They are aware of when they hurt you, and sometimes they do it on purpose. Sometimes they will avoid you because they know perfectly well that you've been seeing another cat or hawk, and they mean to punish you for your faithlessness.

more than describes intelligent parrots. particularly the selection, and the jealousy; it is precisely because they are snacks that their affections are so hard-won and tenuous.

Zsenitan wrote:

What on earth do snacktoys like cockatiels have to compete with that?!

birds are like stars, distant and twinkling, and if one falls into your hands or, more accurately, comes flying through the air when you call it is a gift rarely matched. I enjoy the delicate, knowing, possessive relationships that birds form with people who understand them. they are all the better for those moments of shocking vulnerability in which you suddenly find yourself with a soft, impossibly light skull pressed against your lips, feathers lifted, neck totally bared.

compare with the slobbering, hierarchy-bound retriever, dumbly mauling and wuffing over anyone but a single step above him on the totem pole.

I'll never have another bird, I think. they compete too much with children. I am glad my son prefers cats.
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Cats. by Zsenitan 04/19/2009, 11:40am PDT NEW
    many broken links NT by many broken links 04/19/2009, 11:46am PDT NEW
        MANY LINKS, HANDLE IT NT by Caltrops Raid Leader 04/19/2009, 1:54pm PDT NEW
    Christ, get a Flickr account like everyone else NT by I need clarification 04/19/2009, 2:26pm PDT NEW
    70% broken links. Why don't you use Photobucket? NT by Quétinbec 04/19/2009, 2:35pm PDT NEW
    Don't know if anyone else noticed, but you've got a few broken links. by Fussbett 04/19/2009, 6:16pm PDT NEW
        Photobucket does the links for you. Fussbett agrees it's the best option. NT by Quétinbec 04/19/2009, 6:59pm PDT NEW
    repost. I must know what it looks like when your pussies get wet LOLOLOLOLOL. by up with pod people 04/19/2009, 7:19pm PDT NEW
    Jesus who recommended photobucket that is the worst website in the world. by Zsenitan has cat pix. 04/20/2009, 4:27am PDT NEW
        More lichen pix plz by Another POE feygeleh 04/20/2009, 8:31am PDT NEW
            Re: More lichen pix plz by Zsenitan 04/20/2009, 4:56pm PDT NEW
                NO by Another POE feygelehlaleh 04/20/2009, 6:09pm PDT NEW
                    Re: NO by Zsenitan 04/23/2009, 2:55am PDT NEW
                        Re: NO by Another POE feygeleh 04/24/2009, 9:10am PDT NEW
        Too many cats. 3 legged cats get adopted. Start cutting cats. NT by bombMexico 04/20/2009, 4:10pm PDT NEW
            No, here is the actual adoption pecking order. by Zsenitan 04/20/2009, 4:54pm PDT NEW
                bombMexico and Worm and Jerry or what some are calling THE WARRIORS NT by Jerry Whorebach 04/20/2009, 5:21pm PDT NEW
                They don't let Zseni around the dogs because she upsets them too much. by Ray of Light 04/22/2009, 11:59am PDT NEW
                    Thou art titled NT by the King: Walkpiss, the Piss Walker 04/22/2009, 12:46pm PDT NEW
                        I got defensive there for a moment, misreading as "thou art tilted" by Ray of Light 04/22/2009, 3:18pm PDT NEW
                        Cats can't walk and piss. In fact they won't even look at you. Just FYI, all. NT by Fussbett 04/23/2009, 1:49am PDT NEW
                            False! Cats certainly can walk and piss. by Zsenitan 04/23/2009, 2:46am PDT NEW
                                One of mine used to perch himself on the edge of the litterbox - all 4 paws by Entropy Stew 04/28/2009, 8:29pm PDT NEW
        cats are expressionless to me by up with pod people 04/21/2009, 6:46pm PDT NEW
            Re: cats are expressionless to me by Zsenitan 05/04/2009, 4:45am PDT NEW
                A classic case of anthropomorphism v_v by Jerry Whorebach 05/04/2009, 5:43am PDT NEW
                The only advantage of cats: you can neglect them and they don't die. NT by Mischief Maker 05/04/2009, 6:38am PDT NEW
                    That's pretty huge when it means no 6:00am walks in the winter. NT by Fussbett 05/04/2009, 1:10pm PDT NEW
                details, details. by up with pod people 05/04/2009, 10:08am PDT NEW
 
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