It's Babette!

Damien

nobody@vox.com(Babette) — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:35:05 -0500

I think I posted these photos before, but I'm going to again for the Cat Photography Group.

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Ailurophobia = An abnormal or irrational fear of cats

nobody@vox.com(Babette) — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:21:18 -0400

Today I went out shopping with the wives of two guys Joe knows from back in Texas. Actually, I know them both too from when we were all at DLI.

Basically, the reason I was asked to go is because one of these women is Korean and speaks very broken English. Her name is Eun-seun. The other woman, Alejandra doesn't speak Korean. At all. I was to the 'the bridge,' if you will. Unfortunately, I haven't spoken to anyone in Korean for over two years, (other than to ask for more red pepper paste, or to ask if I could get some more water please.) and my Korean speaking skills were seriously lacking.

But I digress.

When Alejandra and Eun-seun came over, Lucy was still sleeping so I asked them to come in and have a seat. I told Alejandra earlier that Lucy was asleep, and she said they would come by and didn't mind waiting until Lucy woke up before we went to the market. Eun-sun seemed uneasy. I figured she was just shy. She spoke enough English to say that she was afraid of my cats.

Buddies - Damien & Lucy

I'm going to take this moment to break from my story and explain something. My cats are sweet, harmless, little house cats. Like extremely sweet. Just look how sweet! I know Damien's face is a little cut off at the bottom, but I assure you that it is neither hideous nor frightening. My other kitty, Regan, while not so cuddly with the baby, is just as sweet with adults who know better than to pull on her tail and ears.

So Eun-seun tells me that she's afraid of the cats, and I tell her that they're nice and not to worry. She sat on the couch, and my friendly little buddy, Damien, hopped up on the arm of the couch on the opposite end of the couch from her. Eun-seun screamed. Not a little startled yelp, but a terrified shriek. She also jumped out of her seat and tried to move as far away from my very confused and scared little cat as she could. I tried to get the cats away from her, and get her settled down a bit, apologizing the whole time.

Joe came home right about then which thankfully drew the cats' attention away from the new people in the house - for a few minutes. I'm not quite sure how it started. Maybe one of the cats ran by her - and I don't mean brushed past her, I mean ran 4 feet in front of her, but within her view. But before I knew what happened, my house was in chaos. Eun-seun was screaming bloody fucking murder, and my cats were running about the living room in sheer terror. Damien made a break for the back room pretty quickly, but Regan didn't quite know what to do. She kept running around the living room and dining room. I tried to pick her up and take her to the back of the apartment, but she was too scared and confused so she ran away from me. Toward Eun-seun. Who screamed, and scared my cat more. Which made her run around in a panic. Toward Eun-seun. And around and around it went with me, Joe, and Alejandra trying to capture Regan, and Eun-seun screaming and scaring the living shit out of her.

It was really awful. I finally suggested that Eun-seun step out on the balcony while I corralled the Regan, and got her safely herded into our back bedroom.

I don't know how to say, "What the fuck is wrong with you?" in Korean, and I probably wouldn't have even if I did. I sure was thinking it, though. Who in their right mind is that afraid of a house cat? I mean, really!

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Damien Love-Fest

nobody@vox.com(Babette) — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 14:40:30 -0400

A few pictures of Damien because he is ridiculously cute.

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Vox Hunt: Pet Mischief

nobody@vox.com(Babette) — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:02:30 -0500

Show us your pet making mischief.
Inspired by cattymcattums.

Regan Burrowing

Caught in the act! Again!

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Damn, I love these cats.

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This is precisely why we need a dresser.

nobody@vox.com(Babette) — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 22:25:20 -0500

Look where I found YOUR cat, Joe!, originally uploaded by babettem.

This cat drives me bonkers sometimes. He's lucky he's cute!

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Vox Hunt: Halloween Decorations

nobody@vox.com(Babette) — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 17:10:16 -0400

Show us some Halloween decorations.

Home Decor

We get these decorations at Halloween, but they stay out all year long. We're accumulating quite the skull/skeleton collection!

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Our cats are weird...

nobody@vox.com(Babette) — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 22:56:44 -0400

Damien B&W

Damien Drinking Bathwater

Our cats are really strange sometimes. Tonight I was sitting in the tub, when I heard Damien scratching and crying at the bathroom door. I called for Joe to open the door for him so he could come in and hang out with me. Just about as soon as he got in there, he hopped right up on the edge of the tub and started drinking the bathwater! Gross, I know, but it was also so weird that we just sat back and watched him do it for a while. Actually, at the very beginning, I tried to stop him, but he was so persistent about drinking that warm bathwater, that I gave up and let him. There was no soap in the water anyway so he wouldn't get sick. Joe took some pictures of him sniffing around and drinking the water.

Regan on the edge of the tub

Regan hiding by the toilet

Soon after, Regan came in and walked around on the edge of the bathtub, too. She didn't drink any water, though. She pretty much just pranced around looking gorgeous for the camera.

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Vox Hunt: Happiness Is...

nobody@vox.com(Babette) — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:48:18 -0400

Take a picture of something that made you smile.

When Regan thinks I've spent too much time in front of the computer, and not enough time paying attention to her, she lets me know.

Regan

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