Cat pics and feet pics: The Internet is a peculiar thing

Cat pics and feet pics: The Internet is a peculiar thing. 

Quiet day with the "foster" kitten we've now had for 11 years... 

Adopt, don't shop - try LAP ie Lifelong Animal Protection = https://www.lap.org.hk/

 

Public holiday: Caturday

Public holiday: Caturday 

The quiet before the storm ahead... 

 

Testing the camera with our reluctant resident model: Tuxedo cat edition

Rescued from LAP, 11 years ago, Billyjean's reign over the house continues... 


 

Cat speak: The Most Perfect Tuxedo Cat in the World.

 

Cats: They Hear you, they just don't care to.

 Umm hmm. 

Same, same, But Different! Jungle cat vs Urban cat

Cats. 
 

Hong Kong Temperature Drops: Slighty

 Caturday. 

Adopt Don't Shop! Rescue kitten

No matter how hard I work, how much I write... posts with my cat, well, of my cat always gets more clicks than any article. 

Well, the internet was made for cats so... 

Here's Billyjean - rescue from LAP.org.hk - who shattered a pot last night and sat on her bed and went.. AND WHAT? 

Tuxedo cats are pretty - but damn that attitude. 

 

Same same but different: Cat edition!

 Yeah. 

Paws for Effect: Dogs, cats, parrot...

All my life, I've wanted to have a dog - I live with an aggressive homicidal cat that listens not to a word I say. Such is life... 

Billyjean is a rescue from LAP (10 years and counting). Adopt - don't shop. A rescue changed my life - and it will yours too.  

There are several rescue operations in Hong Kong, you can foster, then adopt. 

 

Another cat post: Because cats = click rate

 

Rescued from LAP Hong Kong, a foster cat that ended up living with us forever. Billyjean, named after one of my fav MJ songs (before he lost the plot). 

The most photographed cat in Hong Kong... Tuxedo Cat Billyjean

The most photographed cat in Hong Kong... Tuxedo Cat Billyjean

Adopt don't Shop: Kitten to Queen

 

When Billyjean (named after my fav Michael Jackson song) first came to the house, she was a tiny littl' thing that was barely the height of a shoe box (above pic as reference). Fostering a kitten from LAP (lap.org.hk/) at a time when they were overwhelmed with a small space and too many strays found and rescued, we thought it would be fun to have a kitten at the house during the Chinese New Year holidays - 10 years ago. 

The fostering morphed into permanent adoption in about an hour... look at that face! Who would return that cat?! Nearly a decade later, it's easily best decision we ever made. 

Now of course, her highness rules the house and has enslaved everyone in the apartment to do as she bids, night and day. 

There are fostering and adoption programs for cats and dogs at LAP - pls support them. They are a wonderful non-profit. You can see prospective adoptable fur babies at https://www.instagram.com/lap.org.hk/

And you can follow Billy at 

https://www.instagram.com/billyjean_kitty_cat/

Malachite from The New Moon

Malachite from The New Moon; check it out here. 

Malachite - for ultimate detoxification, soul cleanser (goodlluck), releases toxic emotions and inhibitions (didn't know I had any!), alleviates shyness (me? shy?) and supports healthy friendships (oh good). Cleansed regularly. 

The cat liked it a lot. Its so pretty... tried to bite a chunk out of it. Nut.

 

Caturday: Billyjean tales mirrored on Lingvistov

Saw the above cartoon on Instagram. Could relate. 

Billyjean is a complete lioness... until a stranger walks in. 

 

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I'm posting this for YOUR health! Cat video clip: Billyjean wants more munchies.

 

According to Bored Panda, "Research shows that viewing online Cat media (i.e. pictures and videos) is related to positive emotions. It may even work as a form of digital therapy or stress relief for some users. Some feelings of guilt from postponing tasks can also be reduced by viewing Cat content.

Well, in that case, this post is for YOUR health benefit! Not mine! ;0)

My girl Billyjean requesting a second bowl - immediately after the first. 

And when I got up and served her highness... she didn't want it and went to sleep.

 

Why? 

Cause....

Cat.

Well, its Caturday.

 After the posts got a note from a friend, forget that. Post more cat pics. Um. ok then! 

House cat, Billyjean. 

Named after fav Michael Jackson song. 

The Internet: Cat pics

Three weeks to write a cover feature and get nominal clicks. One post of the cat - suddenly its clickbait bonanza. 

The wild wild west of the world wide web. 

13 pictures of a spoilt beyond belief Tuxedo cat: Adopt Don't Shop: Rescues are the best!

Blood, sweat and tears go into my writing. Ok, mostly tears. But nothing gets a click rate as much as cat posts. Why? Internet.

My most read feature over the past decade got about 3,254 views. The previous cat post - in a few weeks got 43,605 clicks. 

Stats don't lie.

Seven years ago we got this rescue cat from LAP - http://www.lap.org.hk/ - and they literally home delivered this gorgeous kitten. Fostering over the Chinese New Year holidays lead to falling deeply and profoundly in love - an entirely one-direction affection. Billy has a benign tolerance for humanity - only of use during winter for body heat. 

Billyjean (named after a fav Michael Jackson song - cause the cat's black and white and by the end so was MJ!) struts around the house like she owns it.  

She may or may not be evil... I've been tempted to look under her scalp for three sixes but am afraid of what I'll find... We are on our eighth groomers and more veterinary nurses have bled after several forewarnings that she must be handled only with gloves that go all the way up to an elbow.  They don't heed, so they bleed. 

On the plus side, have never needed a morning alarm, we have no bugs, all other life is snuffed. The house is minimalist as anything that isn't heavier than her has been shattered. She sleeps... a lot. She's more of a fluffy cushion that walks on occasion. She's super clean and does not like being touched. She's a fantastic judge of character, guests she doesn't like have shown their ugly colours... She's made me far more responsible as I will rush home for a feed and the house is clean as can be - though she's a domestic short hair, strands of fluff float by so the house is hoovered twice a day. 

For daily cat pics, of course she has her own Instagram account 

https://www.instagram.com/billyjean_kitty_cat/