aloofness_works_on_me dxl "mrah ah aaa eee eee" and other calls some from the hall. i call back similarly. he always sounds like he's asking me a question so i figure i ought to answer and not be rude. i look over and he wiggles a little as he decides to jump on the bed. he makes tentitive steps into the mushy comforter. eventually he settles on my chest, staring me in the face. he rubs his cold, wet nose against mine which triggers my "awww" instinct. Then the petting begins. Cheeks first, then under the chin. He moves according to which area I'm supposed to be focusing on. The motor starts up. Eyes close. Obvious pleasure. Eventually we are done and he bathes to get all my dirty humaness off. 030110 ... sabbie thats beautiful. i just wanted to tell you that your blather_tendril reached out across the darkness and shone a flicker of starlight across my face. thank you. 030112 ... subtitled cat mraow 030112 ... xle i don't think i deserve that, but its quite nice to hear it from you. thanks, sab. 030112 ... sabbie in an completly unfamiler environ, it was beautiful to find someone i know of writing about a situation i could picture i my head. a safe place for one and it was a glimer of friendliness in a dark dark night. it was greatly appreciated, a reminder that not everything in the world was wrong that some things were still familer. plus it was very pretty in its own right 030113 ... unhinged i miss her more than anything. she used to sit curled up on any leather shoes that happened to be laying around twitching her ears and eyeing me up from across the room. like 'stay the hell away from me' and i would run over and pick her up and sit down on the chair with her scratching her chin until she got pissed off enough to wriggle away and jump off the chair. she kept me company when everyone else in the house was asleep and when i needed a cuddle the absolute most she would curl up on my chest. she spent christmas under the tree in a box. 030113 ... stork daddy they call me rufus aloofus 030113 ... unhinged because i know what lurks beneath the aloofness because i have come across to others as aloof when really i became an adept at hiding what i thought would be used against me 200917 what's it to you? who go blather from