Thursday Thirteen

Heya kitties, it's me, FAGIN!! YAY!! We're getting ready for my BIRTHDAY PARTY that takes place RIGHT HERE TOMMOROW!! YAY!!! FAGIN cannot believe that he is ONE YEAR OLD almost!! Me has learned lots too as FAGIN grew into big mancat. ME thought I would share those things with you for my last kitten Thursday Thirteen so:

13 Things FAGIN has learned in his first year on earth, EVER:

1. FAGIN really loves FOODS!! NOM NOM NOM!!! FOODS is good!!

2. My BESTEST friend ever is the coolest!! Hey Billy! Let's PLAYPLAYPLAY!! NOW!! YAY!!!

3. Woofies are not kitties but theirs furrs are still fun to ATTACK!!

4. FAGIN really loves tem-ta-shuns!! NOM NOM NOM!!

5. Mommy's hair is really FUN to ATTACK!!

6. FAGIN loves the cat dancer. It's the BEST TOY EVER!!!

7. No matter how old FAGIN gets, FAGIN still loves his baby blanket and sleeps on it lots.

8. WATER is fun to ATTACK!! Especially when its coming out of the sink thingie!!'

9. DANTE is the most awesome big brofurr ever!! DANTE is also fun to ATTACK!!

10. Captain Jack still does not like FAGIN. Do you think he ever will?

11. CATNIP!! NIP NIP NIP NIP NIP!!! OH YAY!!!!

12. Check it out, FAGIN has learned to count to 13!! YAY!!!

13. PLAYPLAYPLAY!! ATTACK! SPIN!! DANCE!! EAT!!! NOM NOM NOM!! YAY!!!

Whew, FAGIN has sure learned lots!! Wonder if next year will be so much FUN!?

PS: Please do not forget to come to FAGIN's party tommorow. We're going sailing and fishing and there will be toys and games and FOODS and everything!! PLEASE COME??!!!!!

Mostly Wordless Wednesday

You Are Invited to Fagin's First Birthday Party!!

When: Friday February 6, 2009

Where: Aboard the Black Furrball

Why: Cause its the Kid's First Birthday

Please come and PLAYPLAYPLAY!!! YAY!!!! All Day!! Right here!! YAY!!!

Mini Mancat Monday

Hiya kitties, it is ME, FAGIN!! YAY!! Today is my very last MINI MANCAT MONDAY EVER!! Why you ask? That is cause FAGIN is almost ONE WHOLE YEAR OLD!!! YES!! Mommy says that we are gonna celeybrate my FIRST BIRTHDAYS on FRIDAY and that I can has a PARTY and everything!! YAY!!! Captain Jack even said that we can take the BLACK FURRBALL out for the PARTY and that we can sail it whever FAGIN wants!! Where should we go kitties?? We could go somewhere WARM like the Carribean or somewhere COLDER like ALASKA to see the great big fishies!! What do you kitties think??

Also, guess what FAGIN did!!! GUESS!!! FAGIN nominated his big brofurr DANTE to win a very special contest:

Cause FAGIN thinks DANTE is the bestest fur sibling ever!! Please go here to VOTEVOTEVOTE for DANTE!! YAY!!! PLEASE? For FAGIN?? FAGIN would appreciate it very much because FAGIN really wants DANTE to win!! YAY!!! WINWINWIN!!

Have a good week every kitty. Okay, enough posting, time to PLAYPLAYPLAY!! YAY!!

Finally Friday

We are so glad that it's Finally Friday here at the Black Furrball. It's been a very long week for us - our Daddy has been sick all week so he went to the V-E-T yesterday to get med-a-suns for his coughs and sniffles (he did stay home with us one whole day so that was nice!) and Mommy is all busy and stressed out from day hunting. Daddy will be working this weekend making cheezburgers and stuffs again (Daddy better bring some home too!!!!) but Mommy says she is going to try to take it easy and hang out with us. We're also going to start planning Fagin's 1st Birthday Celebration that we have scheduled for next Friday, Feb 6th!! Can you kitties believe the little demon is almost 1 year old???

In other news, we are pleased to annouce that we has a new cousin kitty!! Aunt Susan and Uncle Dave have adopted a very special kitty - a 10-11 week old gingersnap that they are going to name LaRoux (yeah, they are from New Orleans and it shows!!). Mommy met him and said the minute she picked him up he started purring and making biscuits on her, and then he attacked her hair (just like Fagin does)! She said she will try to get some pictures of him to show everyone but until then we wanted to tell Cousin LaRoux "Welcome Home"!!!!

Happy Friday Everyone!!!

Mini Mancat Monday

For this week's Mini Mancat Monday, FAGIN thought FAGIN would show you how FAGIN PLAYS with a really super cool toy. YAY!! PLAYPLAYPLAY!!!

And it was a great toy too!! Mommy attached it to the cold box and I could WHAP PLAY WHAP PLAY all day long!! YAY!!! It was PAWESOME but then something odd happened.....

Are those laser eye beams behind FAGIN?? Uh oh, it looks like FAGIN's big brofurr Dante wants to PLAYPLAYPLAY too. Uh oh kitties, ME thinks this could be BAD. But NAH!! One brofur with laser eyebeams is not so scary - Dante is a great big brofurr - so FAGIN can still PLAYPLAYPLAY!! WHAP PLAY WHAP PLAY!!!

Then suddenly, FAGIN felt something weird - what is it? TWO brofurrs with LASER EYE BEAMS pointed at FAGIN?? Uh oh kitties, is that Captain Jack? *gulp* Maybe FAGIN should take MY TOY and hide!!!!! RUN!!!

Thankful Thursday

We are thankful that us kitties already know how to stop and smell the roses; how to sleep in a sunbeam; how to truly enjoy life's myriad pleasures. We wish that our humans knew how to do this as instictively as we kitties do but they could use some help. Just read this email Mommy got this morning as proof:

A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning.

He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousands of people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.

Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried to meet his schedule.

A few minutes later, the violinist received his first dollar tip. A woman threw the money in the till and without stopping, continued to walk.

A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.

The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tugged him along, but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk turning his head all the time.

This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.

In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. Another 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32.

When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.

No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written with a violin worth 3.5 million dollars.

Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theatre in Boston where the seats average $100.

Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and priorities of people. The outlines were: In a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context?

One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be: If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing? That's something worth thinking about.

Click here if you would like to watch some footage of Mr. Bell playing his 300 year old Stradivarius violin in the subway station.

We hope that all of our beans remember that sometimes it's life's little pleasures that count the most. Have a Thankful and Wonderful Thursday everyone!!

Wordless Wednesday