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Manji Got Shaved!

ericmchicago — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:42:12 +0000

We finally got my cat shaved! HURRAY! We had to take him to a hole-in-the wall place that would drug him before doing it, because the last time I got him shaved they employees told me that my cat was the Devil. But he’s so cute!

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Manji & Me

A Lion Called Christian

ericmchicago — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 04:21:39 +0000

I’m thinking of kindling the book A Lion Named Christian (I have Kindle on my iPhone ftw). It’s a very unique story about a british couple who bought a lion cub from Harrod’s in London (back before they were an endangered species) and were permitted to raise it until maturity. At that point they had to release it into the wild. They returned a year later, and after being told that the lion would not remember them, the most beautiful reunion takes place.

Enjoy this clip from the documentary film and just remember how powerful and inspiring love can be between all of us animals. Cheers!

Click here to view the embedded video.

We All Can’t Be Stars…

ericmchicago — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:07:21 +0000

After a long day of cleaning, my cat Manji snuggled up on a chair to take a cat nap and provide sage advice… “We all can’t be stars… (But we can all twinkle)!”

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Relaxing Kitteh..

ericmchicago — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:36:40 +0000

Now, I’m not exactly fluent in lolcatz language, but kitteh is sleeepun…

MySpacing the past with the present…

First Thing in the Morning

ericmchicago — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 04:27:43 +0000

This is what I wake up to every morning. Hello, Manji. Sigh.

Manji & Me

Manji & Me

ericmchicago — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:51:43 +0000

This is my cat, Manji. He’s sleeping, as usual, and he’ll be 5 years old this spring. He’s enormous. In fact, I think he may be the biggest housecat in the world. And he’s heavier than a toddler. It’s hard to imagine he was a tiny little fluffball once! I adopted him in Ohio on May 5 2003 from my crazy ballet instructor. She was an animal rights activist and had this very dangerous habit of bringing in the various strays she picked up off the street and letting them run around the ballet floor while we worked. One day I came in and saw this gigantic puffball of fur jumping around the room. During our exercises the thing would chase us around the floor and leap around the room with us, and then stare at you with these HUGE eyes. He was the most playful thing I’d ever seen! At that time I didn’t have any pets, and had no intention of getting a pet anytime soon, but for some reason I walked into her office immediately after class and said “I’ll take him home with me right now.” On the way home I stopped and purchased cat supplies and cat toys and got him set up at my place. He immediately got attached to this stupid stick I bought with a little pink feather boa on the end of it. He LOVED that thing. He would drag it with him into every room he went to and would play with it constantly – and you never, NEVER took it from him. He would ATTACK you. Ha! I love kittens.

Ever since then it’s been one perfect match! He’s a bit lazier now, but he’s still as cute to me as he was the day I adopted him. I love you Manji!

Manji & Daddy in the summer of 2003

Manji Got Shaved!