The Opinionated Pussycat

Heading into Summer With New Business Card and Badge With Dangles

 

For the past 10+ years the poetry, storytelling, essay, journalism and photography skills of all of us here have grown.

We began the year celebrating the 8th anniversary of this blog and 4900 comments.

Daddy Kiril got a new computer and printer and we began to make plans to attend the Cat Writers' Association conference, here, next month.

Good afternoon, felinity assembled, Elvira Mistress of Felinity here, with some news and an invitation.

 

 Daddy Kiril recently extended an invitation on his blog to read some of his past creations, and ours as well, and it is a similar invite to read, comment on, and share our work that I wish to extend  (Take your time, this stuff will be here waiting for ya! Maybe you will find inspiration for your own creative pursuits along the way.).

The 3 of us hope we have not lost our touch, and can live up to the high standards Mr. Nikita set.

 Daddy hopes to represent himself and us, personally and creatively, in the best way he knows how.

 Anyone he connects or networks with, or just passes out a card to will, we hope, stop by for a look, and it would be nice for them to see, from comments and shares, that at least a few folks, and critters, have taken notice.

 

May I Have a Word? = An Essay By Nikita

Aubrey = A 30 pt. 100 Word Cat Story (w/1 of 200 Words) by Nikita (Someone has suggested this is worthy of being a book. Feedback welcome!)

 THE TEXIAN TUXEDO: The Secret Story Behind the Rescue of Sneakers

A Street in Laredo: A Ballad of the 8th Texian Tuxedo and A LIFE ON THE RAILS: Houston Hairy and the Death of the 8th Texian Tuxedo (a 5 part series, in total. Feedback welcome!)

Elvira Factor - Enter the No Bull Zone! (An on going series with 17 entries so far).

 Daddy prepared for the conference in several important ways.

He had a new business card made for the first time in 5 years or more, and he totally re-imagined a badge and dangles combo that he first had created, when he attended the first Cats For Cats Theatrical in 2011, in Los Angeles.

 Daddy prepared for the conference in several important ways.

He had a new business card made for the first time in 5 years or more, and he totally re-imagined a badge and dangles combo that he first had created, when he attended the first Cats For Cats Theatrical in 2011, in Los Angeles.

4900 Comments! Thank You Creative Idea Gal!

 

Happy Feline Friday, felinity assembled!

Elvira Mistress of Felinity, here, to share a milestone and say thank you to a friend of Daddy Kiril.

In response to our return to blogging, the other day, we got a slew of comments from friends and fellow bloggers.

One stood out as it turned out to be the 4900th comment left here since the blog began on New Year's Day 2010.

While the comment was address to daddy, we like to think its sentiments apply to the feline voices of this blog, past and present...

"you are a true original. You have consistently maintained your writing and deep, rich sense of creativity. There is always so much coming out of your heart and soul. I understand many things about which you've written and am so happy for you and the cats that things are finally looking sunnier. I am thrilled you are able to get to this special cat conference to just enjoy yourself." 

 

ENTERING 2018 IN A NIKITA-WORTHY WAY: The T-Shirt is Reborn!

Seven years ago, this week, my mentor Mr. Nikita debuted this blog....

It didn't take him and Daddy Kiril long before they were stirring things up a bit, hee, hee!

Good afternoon, felinity assembled, Elvira Mistress of Felinity here, thanks to daddy posting this latest entry for me online at the library.

On January 9, 2010 Nikita posted the 3rd variation of an essay of his, completely updated with new links, in defense of a word.

May I Have a Word?

It was, I believe to this day, his masterpiece.

As he wrote at the time:

"I am an Opinionated Pussycat who refuses to be embarrassed into surrendering my species historical right to represent the meaning of a word."

What he did next, as linked to at the end of that post, later that month, then in June and finally in December, is legend...

at least among those in the Cat Blogosphere who remember it.

As he also wrote:

"It is my hope that, with a vibrant, mature, and intelligent, Cat Blogosphere I can encourage others, Feline, and Human, to write their own thoughts on this essay, and how to approach the use of this word, and all its spellings (Pussy, Pussies, Pussys, Pussy's)."

Lots of Meows and 7 Years Later the Praise Keeps Coming

 

  Good afternoon felinity assembled, Elvira Mistress of Felinity here...

A little over 7 years ago, a soon to be 10-year-old part Maine Coon began a cat blog after sharing online space with his human since 1998 and the rest is history.

The journalism, reviews, poetry, stories, opinion, humor, photos and more found here have been shared and praised around the globe.

Awards

Praising Nikita and Meowsings!

Praising Elvira & The Opinionated Pussycat

Praising Sneakers the Texian Tuxedo

The last couple of years has not seen us performing at our absolute best, or most frequent, though the encouragement still comes our way.

The last awards we received were the Very Inspiring Blogger Award, the Versatile Blogger Award and the Liebster Blog Award, all in 2013.

The last praise I and this blog received was 9 months ago.

The last and ONLY, time Sneakers the Texian Tuxedo got some praise for her writing was a year ago last Sunday.

Well, OK, about those last 2...a Google search, last night, led to a few previously unknown recommendations I can add to the list...

'Pinionated Pussycats Ponder 2016: Yo, Daddy! Not a Complete Failure!

Yappy Hew Near, felinity assembled!

Sneakers the Texian Tuxedo, Friday the Bearded Lady and I, Elvira Mistress of Felinity, wish you and your humans a happy, healthy, and productive 2017!

As we say good bye to 2016, in a few days, it is only fitting to review what happened.

 

There were hard times, of course, as Daddy Kiril has not had it easy the past year, paying the bills and keeping himself and us in kibble.

It seemed worse than 2015.

Daddy went and took a 4 hour walk on Christmas Day, before doing his blog post about 2016, instead of cuddling with us on the futon, can you believe it? He was THAT worried about things.

Despite his mood his post managed to find plenty to be happy and proud of in his writing: Was 2016 an Utter Failure?

My aim, here, is to double down on the positivity by sharing the best of our blog from the past year.

Despite only having a cell phone for a camera daddy managed to get some good photos and videos.

Before I continue....I want to acknowledge how special New Year's Day is for us; not only is it the 1st day of a new year, it is the 7th anniversary of Nikita starting this blog on that day in 2010....

Sneakers and Friday join Daddy Kiril & I in thanking everyone who has read our work, encouraged us and helped us in 2016.

We actually had fewer blog posts than last year...by a lot...63 compared to 92. Daddy had fewer, too, 56 compared to 66.

So, let's see what the year held for us....

 

Hey, Humans, It's Election Day! Take Elvira's Suggestion and Vote Already!

 

Hey, humans!

Still undecided about who to vote for?

Consult your pussy!

Don't have one handy?

Step outside, there might be one passing by...consult IT!

What do you have to lose?

I am Elvira Mistress of Felinity and I support this message.

Pussy to Donald Trump: Watch Your Language...and Your Hands!

 

Humans...something about voting and elections seems to always bring out the crazy in them.

The 2016 election cycle appears to find both major parties and  their supporters outdoing themselves.

Good afternoon, felinity assembled, Elvira Mistress of Felinity here.

As a Conservapuss Republicat, I'm with Daddy Kiril...Ted Cruz would have been the best choice for the Republicans.

The fact that the nominee is Donald Trump (and Hillary Clinton, for that matter!) just goes to show you what can happen when Humans sniff too much catnip when playing with their kitties (Hey, it is as good an explanation as what the Humans have come up with to explain this disaster!).

Stroll #12: Friday's 1st Adventure - and a Message From Elvira, Supporting Paris

 

Good evening felinity assembled, Sneakers the Texian Tuxedo here and I've got quite a tale to tell.

Last Monday morning Daddy Kiril took little Friday on her first stroll.

 

On this stroll they walked from the apartment to a nearby gas station.

 

 

Along the way they encountered a couple of the strays in our complex.

 

 

They then walked down busy Beechnut Street; an excursion that, due to all the cars, caused Friday to dive for cover under the mat in the carrier.

Brave, curious, girl that she is she crawled out before they reached the gas station.

 

That's not all that happened, though; the most interesting thing occurred minutes after they left the apartment and before they met the cats...

The Good, the Bad, and the Furry...Elvira's Book Review

Happy Monday, felinity assembled!

Elvira Mistress of Felinity, here, with our first book review of the year.

As announced, last month, we got a book in the mail to add to our collection and it was decided I would read and review it.

It took me the whole month, but I finally finished reading the book and am here to tell you about it and the websites of the author and his cats.

The book is by Tom Cox and is called The Good, the Bad and the Furry: Life with the World's Most Melancholy Cat.

The first thing to know about the book is that the title is a bit misleading as there are more than one cat whose story is being told and the book is as much about the life of the human, the female humans in his life and his parents and their cats as it is about HIS cats.

The 2nd thing to know is that these are BRITISH cats, they don't live in the big city...and they come and go in and out their human homes as they please..

The 3rd thing to know is that everybody has their own issues and foibles and personalities...the humans as much as the cats.

The 4th thing to know is that this is the 3rd book in a series about Tom and the cats in his life: The others are Under the Paw and Talk to the Tail.

This doesn't mean, however, that this book can't stand on its own just that you and your human might want to track down the other 2 if you like this one.

As I read the book I had to deal with Sneakers being nosey and impatient for me to finish it so SHE could read it for herself.

I was never THIS annoying with Nikita!

She's lucky the walk-in closet and bathroom doors were closed while Daddy Kiril was at work or I would have closed the door on her and shoved the litter box in front to block it at every opportunity!

Anyway, I found time, in between naps, snoozes, blogging and nursing daddy, to read the book.

 

 

 

 

 

We Get E-Mails! Our First Book Review Opportunity of 2015

  When reading a book a lady needs to look her best...one never knows who might walk by our HDIS (High Definition Interesting Stuff) window perches and see you reading and taking notes....

Good morning felinity assembled, it's Elvira Mistress of Felinity, here, with some cool news!

 

We get e-mails of the most interesting sort...not often, like other, more famous, more read, feline bloggers, but they DO arrive from time to time and sometimes lead to great opportunities.

This one came on February 24th:

Dear Kiril,

I hope this email finds you well! I truly enjoy your site the Opinionated Pussycat, and am excited to reach out to you today about Tom Cox’s upcoming book, The Good, the Bad, and the Furry.  

 

If you aren’t already familiar with Tom’s work, he is an incredibly kind-hearted, witty British fellow who will soon be published in the US (4/21). The Good, the Bad, and the Furry is a heartwarming, hilarious memoir about Tom’s life and his inability to resist his unpredictable, demanding, and endlessly lovable cats—particularly The Bear.

 

It is a must read and already we’ve been seeing some great feedback on Goodreads. I’d love to see how we can work together, perhaps with early/final copy giveaways or a blog review, but first I would be happy to send you a galley. Please let me know what address to include. I look forward to hearing back from you at your earliest convenience!

 

Warmest regards,

--

JOANIE MARTINEZ | Associate Digital Marketing Manager

ST. MARTIN’S PRESS

 

Well, now, when Daddy Kiril showed me this all thoughts of napping the day away went right out the window...in high definition, hee, hee!