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Zuzu: QUIRKZES!

What?
That Zoolatry Human, she tagzes me.
See?

What do's be "tagzes?"
SHOULDS I PUNCH TAGZES WITH MAH WHITE TOE?!

Oh.
Kim, she say, "NononononoZuzu u talk about 6 quirkzes u have!"

What be "qurikzes?"
SHOULD I PUNCH A QUIRKZES WITH MAH WHITE TOE?!

Kim, she say "NononononoZuzu, a 'quirk' is like a funny little habit. Something u do alot, that only U do!"

???
Kim, may be she nutzes.
What she babble about on and on 'bout tagzes and quirkzes?
Sigh.
i do try tho.
i do will try to tell u bout some quirkzes.
That i have.

I TELL YOU ONE!
Everydayz i KNOCK over wastebasket by computerz!
Everdayz!
Dont matter empty, dont matter full, everydayz i WHOMP! with mah white toe and knocks it over!

i proud!

Thats one quirkzes.
I TELL YOU NOTHER!

Every nightz i jump on bed with that Kim.
Only for 1 second!
Then, PLOP, i DOWN AGAIN.
i dont know y i do this.
Maybe i CHECKIN on her, that Kim?

Thats two quirkzes.
Nohter, i dont like canzed food!
BLECHY STINK!
No toucha that stink!
Three!

Four quirkzes be mah tienee meeyow.
Kim, she say "Zuzu, tell them that means "Tiny meow."
i has it, too, the tienee meeyow!
Like SQUEEK, it be, tienee and better!

i proud of tienee meeyow!

Five quirkyzzzz be may how i spread mah front toes out like TREE FROGZES when Kim puts me down, after she holding me.
Even tho i dont like being holded so well.
TREE FROGZES!

Then six, may be mah flat face!
Used to be too, mah nose was crooked but it do be better now!
Sometimes, that happen with us FLATFACEZ.

Cuz we be LUCKY!

K, done!

Zoozoozoo Human, she say there do's be RULES!
I has to now:

1. Link to the one who tagged me.
i do that ALREADY up top!

2. List the rules on your blog.
i do now!

3. Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours.
ALREADY i do that!
Cept WAITZ a MINUTEZ!
MAH quirkzes do be Spectacacularzes!
They not, u say, UNspectacuularzesarzzz!
They specials!
THEY PROUD.
U WATCH it, Zoozoozoozoo Human!
U not say I not Spectacturalsdfszaz!
I MAY BE PUNCHA U WITH WHITE TOE!

Oh.
Kim, she say, "NonononononoZuzu, Zoolatry Human just repeating rules SHE heard. She didn't make up the rules."

I sorry, Zoozoozoo Human.

4. Tag some bloggers friends with links.
GOMA BROTHER and THAT TALKY SMORSIE!

5. Leave a comment on their blog to let them know they've been tagged.
I do that right now.
U sit right here and u wait while i do this.

There.
done!
(Big smile of proud!)

6. What's a quirk?
Kim do that ALREADY up there, she say "NononononoZuzu, a 'quirk' is like a funny little habit. Something u do alot, that only U do!"

So quirkzes be NononononoZuzu, for startz, i guess, then it be's like when u WHOMP wastebasket with a WHITE TOE!

THERE!
SOOOO PROUD OF ME!

Stormie and Stuff I Love: FLATFACES!

Oh sad :(

Since making all these new FAMOUS FREINDZ I meet new kitty bloggers everyday.

Today, I learned a sweet kitty named Stormie went to The Bridge this morning. Anne at Zoolatry created the below collage of this brave girl kitty.

I post it here, in tribute to this brave, fighter girl:

You did win, Stormie!
You did!

(Read her story here.)

I get so sad whenever I learn someone has lost a loved furry friend. Having gone throught that twice in four months with Little Girl and Smoosh, I know how hard this is. Reading about Stormie had me in tears right here at work.

Thankfully, a friend had emailed me the below picture from Cute Overload, which cheered me up:

LOOK at this little FLATFACE!
How CUTE is THIS baby?
He OWL KITTY, maybe?

I love FLATFACES!

From the above picture at Cute Overload I followed a link to Purfurvid Cattery where I found the below pictures.

WOULD YOU PLEASE LOOK AT THIS GRUMPY LITTLE THING?!

"I NOT, u say, dis 'grumpy!'
Is just mah face flatz."

Well.
But you sure LOOK grumpy!
You do!
I mean, look at you here:

"NOT GRUMPY! IS JUS MAH FLAT FACE!"

(Maybe he is grumpy ... now!)

I sorry Little Flatfacez! You not grumpy! You just Flatface!

"YAY!
Not grumpy!
(Pause)
I go doody now."

As if all if this weren't quite enough, look who I also found at the same cattery:

"See me?
I flatface baby TORTIE!
An' know what I do's already?
WATCH MAH BIG PAWS!"

FAMOUS FAMOUS FAMOUS!

WEEEEEEEEE FAMOUS AGAINS!
AGAINS, WE FAMOUS!
SEE?
Weeee say "THANKS YOU!" to Zoolatry Human!
Weeee think she may be the best thing ever!

Too, FAMOUS today is GomaBrotherManCatBigPawes!
And Angie who live with that Talky Tortie S'Morzie!
See?

TOO, other FAMOUS catzes we meet today, Billie, Prince Muddy Pawzes and Myst!

YAY FAMOUS!

HOTZEZ CATZES!

Whales and "Animal People"

Annazu are sleeping (Zu at my feet, Anna on the printer, to the right of my monitor.) These guys, always follow follow follow, especially in the mornings. At soon as I got out of bed, Zuzu was right there, like "Finally, you're UP! YAY!"

I love how they follow follow follow all the time.
They really do make me very happy.

Other quick news: our family went to Mystic Aquarium on Sunday. I turned 40 in March -- for my birthday, my husband bought me a whale contact (my 9-year old daughter Mia and I also had a penguin contact on the same day for her birthday earlier this month.) I could do a whole post about these -- being that close to these animals was truly wonderful. But since I only have a few minutes before getting ready for work, I'll stick with what's on my mind: Animal People.

I think, you either are an "Animal Person" or you're not. Me, I have my favorites (horses, cats, dogs, and deer), but I seem to just love them all. Show me a kangaroo and the kangaroo will become my favorite animal for a few weeks. Then, I'll see a television program about, say, wolves and oooooh, the WOLF will be my favorite animal for the next few weeks!

If you're an Animal Person, animals just "do"something to you, you know? You're somehow born with a passionate love for them, all of them.

On the other hand tho, some folks are definitely, decidedly NOT Animal People. These people either don't really give animals much of a second thought or worse, they seem to think animals were put on earth solely for humans to use however we see fit.

Back to aquarium. In between petting penguins and wading with whales, we had some time to walk around. One display had a "touch tank:" a large tank filled with crabs, starfish and miscellaneous other marine life that people were allowed to touch.

I got upset there.

The tank was surrounded by kids, no surprise, all eagerly reaching into the water. That's okay, right? It was a "touch tank, " after all. The problem was, many of these kids were grabbing at the animals, taking them OUT of the water, waving them around and otherwise treating them roughly. The poor aquarium employee repeatedly asked the kids to "Keep the animals in the water," "Be gentle," etc. but the kids didn't seem to hear her or pay her much attention.

Kids are kids. They will get excited. I don't blame them -- I blame the parents.

I kept looking around, wondering where the parents were.
Why weren't the parents instructing their kids to behave appropriately with these poor creatures?
The parents were, in fact, right behind these kids -- and saying nothing. They allowed the kids to get as rough as they wanted with the animals, either not paying attention or smiling and laughing and not correcting them.

That's when I thought: these are not Animal People, these parents.
They are the type of people who just assume animals are here for humans to grope and grab and do with whatever they like.

I had to leave the tank.
Because, to me, it's never "Just a starfish!" or "Just a crab, jeez, settle down!" but innocent living creatures, you know?

Anyway.

Here's one shot of me with my beloved new friend Naku the Beluga whale. I'll try to post more later on:

Ode to Goma Brother's BIG PAWS!

This morning I walked into the living room and saw Anna in a pose that instantly reminded me of Sachie's Goma Can Has Big Paws! post.

It seems Anna and Goma Mancat Brother share the same admiration for their big FEETS!

Today's News!

New planets discovered: The MOONBABIES!

Weeee Has New Friendzes!

Weeeee found Zoey and Maggie (and Ann, too!) at "ZOOLATRY" blogzes today!
Now all kindzes of new catzes be commenting here!

Do you know why?

Because Ann made this very FAMOUS picture of us at her blogzes!

We FAMOUS!

Kim: "No, you're not "famous," Anna and Zuzu. You just settle down, there."

Anna: "ARE TOO FAMOUS!"

Know how weeee find them catzes?
Weeee find them from Rocky, Angie and S'More's Kitty Hut blogzes!
Today, too, we find out that S'morezes?
SHE TALKY!
We knew that tho.
We knew that cuz we thinkzes that ALL Torties be's talky!

Too, we find Lilly and Laila.

Lilly?
She not feeling so goodzes.
Weeee send thunky, fluffy, purr purr purr to that family.
(Weee think, too, Lilly?
She HAPPY now and she feels GOODZES again.
She say "Ohhhh, I feel so much BETTER now at Bridge!)

Welcome to our new FAMOUS FRIENDZES.

Zuzu: PS. I still MAD!

Zuzu: Silly pictures!

This photo, taken when Zu was about 4 months old, is one of the
WERIDEST pics I've ever taken.
She looks nearly deformed -- like her EYE is popping out!

Zuzu, she not happy I used that photo.
She embarassed!
She MAD!

Maybe she like this ZuBird photo better!

Above, image of the rarely seen ZuBird.
It likes candy, money, gum, snacks and cake!

EDIT: No, not really! Don't worry, Zuzu does not get GUM!

Zuzu: Do TOO get gum!

Kim: You do NOT, Zuzu!

Zuzu: I still mad at you for creepy pic!

Kim: Oh, Zuzu!

Anna: OUTSIDE and Dress Up Day!

As Anna has been begging to go outside for months, two weeks ago my daughter Mia and I finally took her outside in her new harness for the first time.

After a few moments of "What is ALL OF THIS?!" she took to the outdoors like an old pro:

Later that day , we played dress up:

Anna in a little shirt!

Zuzu ... in overalls!

This silliness just goes to show what great temperaments the girls have.
Zuzu in particular seemed to almost enjoy herself: