This is Sushi the cat. He's my good boy!
He likes to eat, sleep, sleep some more, and occasionally he goes crazy fast. He also loves to give headbutts, which is the main reason we adopted him — he really bonded quickly when we were at the shelter.
Sushi's also my first pettable pet. I've had fish and turtles, but they weren't cuddly. (I wish they could be more furry and prone to picking up.) I like watching when Sushi's pupils get very wide, it makes him look younger. Not that I have anything against his 6+ (human) years, but he can be so cute.
I'm thinking about how adding plants to a room can enhance its beauty. But most plants don't move around too much (unless they're lab experiments gone amok), and while creatures like Sushi require more care, animals, cats in particular, can be pretty ambient. They come into a room, make it more lively, and elicit reactions if there's guests around.
When my wife and I go to sleep, Sushi comes to bed with us. After having been on that same bed for hours before. On occasion, Sushi will leave; my wife observes "he has cat things to do" before coming back in a few minutes. But it's a lot of fun to cuddle with Sushi.
Last night, I held Sushi under my arm. It reminded me of when I used to have lots of dinosaur stuffed animals, only Sushi's alive and considerably warmer.
Sometimes, I use Sushi as a pillow. He enjoys this, and I can tell because he begins purring. I like listening to the contents of his little kitty tummy gurgle. I never sleep on him for long, mostly because I despise naps (they leave me exhausted) and he often has the mind to get onto more cat things.
It's pretty nice to pick up Sushi (which I can't do capably yet) and bring him into a room. His presence, even if he's quiet, adds so much to the atmosphere. And sometimes he gets very chatty, and sounds like a tiny Chewbacca. We've dubbed him "little talker" when he gets so vocal.
But otherwise, he can just lay there… and it's a comfort & joy having him around.
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Hooray for kittehs! They certainly do change the ambience of a room… meow!!
I look forward to your Sushi posts so much – he is very special! My two kittehs Jaspercat and Scoooterkitteh send headbutts to both of you!
Torley, I agree with you on the ambience of pets.. and not just from a personal perspective or cultural perpsective (such as Eastern views and Feng Shu which may relate remotely to some of your culture growing up too as many Japanese also understand this)
I see it from a metaphysical aspect.. the energy someone brings, and there is something about the energies that an animal brings into your home, your life, and its quite different and unless you know it from a time when there was no pet (or sadly like me during a time when a pet has been lossed) you never really understand the difference they make in an atmosphere. In many of my books they claim that if your home is empty a certain amount of time every day, or if people in the home are alone there a certain amount of time every day, it is wise to get a pet to bring in dynamic energies which are needed for the health of the people within the household.
I really believe this now, I just wish my husband believed in it as I do..
I'm so glad you have this cat, think of how you are developing within the hormonious aspects of relating in the instinctive "give and take".. I cat or most other animals that are petable will help do this, but I understand sometime he can be kind of scary because its hard to really understand what to expect.. he doesn't exactly say clearly "I want to do this", he just does it… but with cats, its not really hard to co habitate with them.. the give you allot of space, that is until they become attention hogs and lay down in the book you are reading
Its nice one thing to say about relationships to animals.. the just ARE, even when what it seems as if they are doing is asking for the world..
Best wishes
Alter Ego Trip
@jokay: Your cats have awesome names. *headbutts back*
@AlterEgoTrip: You worded that beautifully. I grasped for those words when I was writing this, but am all too happy you said it! Sushi is kind of scared at times, calm at others, and feisty at yet other times. I've grown gentler in some ways.
Sometimes I remind myself to not think too far ahead because the inevitable will come when Sushi will die, and I hope that's not for a long time… but a little part inside myself prepares itself.
And I can't agree more… "they just ARE". Love it.