Tuesday, 19 August 2008

Competition

Gosh–I am not the only pet online, there's also a dog!

Tuesday, 12 August 2008

The Second Series Ends

Balthazar

Isn't it sad this has to come to an end? Again?

I want to read more from the Companion to Twentieth-Century Medicine!

Balthazar

Balthazar

I am not done with the purring, and I still have plenty hair.

Balthazar

Life is unjust. I have plenty energy left.

Balthazar

And the games we did not play!

Balthazar

I wonder what I might become now.

Balthazar

A lolcat? Not my style.

Bye for now.

Balthazar

Purr.

Monday, 11 August 2008

Gaps, food and transvestites

Did you notice the gap in my week? Nobody came on Friday.

Meow?

I had to attack the rug alone.

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I think They are trying to put me on a diet. I cry, and He feeds me more.

Meow!

The sound over at The Lady Boys of Bangkok makes it difficult to either work, sleep or purr.

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I stare at them, but they do not stop.

Meow…

Saturday, 9 August 2008

Happiness

He fed me and told me to come and lose all my hair on his knees.

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I am a happy cat.

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Thursday, 7 August 2008

Past-times

They came in the afternoon, and gave me plenty of food. Apparently Ivan told Them I was getting fat in Their presence, but I am willing to go borderline-obese on that yummy cat food They gave me.

Balthazar spreading on his favourite rug

She was very nice to me, even though She sneezes a lot when She comes (She's allergic to my hair, remember?).

Balthazar with Amanda

Balthazar with Amanda

He had some work to do but one of my favourite past times is to bother Him when he needs to sort out His paragraphs.

Balthazar leaps to help the desperate postgraduate proletarian with his footnotes

I spent the rest of the day showing Them my belly. They took a few DVDs, mostly French movies from Louis Malle, and promised to come back soon.

The cat-sitting chronicles can continue.

(Did you notice? My belly is so white, it saturates in the late daylight.)

Balthazar showing his tummy

Wednesday, 30 July 2008

Soon

Soon, I will be a little prince again.

Balthazar

Sunday, 27 July 2008

Prelude

We met briefly for His birthday. She was there too.

More soon.

Purr.

Thursday, 10 July 2008

A Second Encounter

Yay! A reliable informant tells me that They will be coming sometime soon…

I am getting ready for the purring.

Do I have enough hair to lose? It looks fine.

Rrr.

Monday, 9 June 2008

A Very French Ending

Today He came to tell me that we could not have this relationship any more, and that He would not be back.

It was sad, deeply artistic too, I almost felt like smoking in a black and white kitchen.

It was very French.

Balthazar

He will not be back to stare at me while I perform my crazy breakdancing in the kitchen.

Balthazar

We will not read Foucault together anymore.

Well.

Meow.

I can hear keys in the door.

Sunday, 8 June 2008

Some of the usual

On His advice, I am seriously taking up a job in the Purring industry.

And that will be my CV picture:

Balthazar

Alone He came at dawn. We had the usual: food, (poo), losing heaps of hair all over the place.

The purring.

Balthazar

And then we read more Foucault, up to the part where the nobility resort to history against the crooked deals between the monarch and the bourgeoisie.

Balthazar reads more Foucault

He lets me fight with His hand and arm. I like to bite Him between the thumb and the index.

Or just below the thumb, where there is more skin and less bone:

Balthazar

Back to the kitchen, I did my crazy back spin. I love it! Breakdancing is definitely in my range.

Balthazar

I got weekend nostalgia and sat there with Him, staring at the sun still shining over the Meadows.

Balthazar get his profile picture done

Purr till Monday.

Six Feet Under

Oh, hi.

Inquisitive Balthazar

He has been coming for a few days now. Because She is allergic to my hair, He uses the following trick: He leaves a t-shirt in the kitchen and puts it on when He arrives, and then puts back his normal top when He leaves. The t-shirt has a stats joke on it and is covered with my own hair.

My Balthazar T-shirt

Tonight, She came in and They watched Six Feet Under Season Four. I missed the previous seasons and did not get much out of it, but any occasion to linger on a couch is acceptable to me.

Balthazar

I was nice with Her, and got lots of free hugs from Him in return:

Balthazar gets yet another hug

Tomorrow He will probably come alone, and we will play our usual games.

Enjoy your night.

Balthazar

Balthazar

Balthazar

Saturday, 7 June 2008

Working day

Today, He had to work.

He brought his computer, so I could finally take a look at my own blog:

Balthazar reading his own blog

Although there was a lot of work to be done, He did not forget to take some time off, and I did not forget to purr endlessly on the couch.

Balthazar

I tried to help Him by jumping on His knees every five minutes, but I guess health policy is not my thing in the end: My comments were not very constructive.

Balthazar works on my conference notes

Instead, I went back to what I know best: food, and misplaced curiosity.

Here am I sharing a meal with my best chap, Brown Bear:

Balthazar shares a meal with Brown Bear

And here I am, making my most inquisitive move towards Him:

Curious Balthazar

Thursday, 5 June 2008

Listening to Marcel Duchamp

Today I pooed, and He cleaned after me.

Balthazar

Here am I next to today's New York Times -- A proof that I am alive and well:

Balthazar

He came in at 15.26 and I was rather happy to see Him, so I lost even more hair than usual and purred like crazy.

He listened to some music by Steve Reich and John Adams, notably the First and Second Movements from Grand Pianola Music. I went bonkers for no reason when He listened to Music for Pieces of Wood by Steve Reich!

I still do not understand what happened to me. I think I prefer his Music for Marcel Duchamp:



It was very much fun, we played a lot on the sofa and on the Meadows chair. He read quite a lot also, He took three books from the bedroom: Donald MacKenzie (Statistics… He seemed interested by the chapter on R. A. Fisher), David Bloor (Wittgenstein. A Social…) and Michel Foucault (Society Must…).

I like Michel too:

Balthazar

I spent some time going from room to room, I think the noise in the staircase was bothering me. I look very much like an Egyptian cat when I just stand there without moving, listening to Steve Reich.

I do feel like a Prince sometimes.

Balthazar

Balthazar

Wednesday, 4 June 2008

Sunbathed window

I slept on the bed.

Balthazar Light & Dark

He came this morning at 8.58 to feed me. I still had tons of food left from yesterday; All He had to do was top it up and change the water.

Listen to me purring:



He decided to read three chapters in the sunbathed seat that overlooks the Meadows. I like this place too. When He removed the big chair cushion, I came to lose my hair next to Him. I also gave a thorough check to the Meadows, spotting a few people playing snob tennis. I hid under the table for a change.

Balthazar

Watching the Meadows

Cleanup

I was in a fighting mood so I decided to piss Him off and provoke him at a game of let-me-try-to-bite-your-hand, which was quite fun for both of us because He obviously has a great deal of experience with that game. I managed to grab a bite at his cam, though--I have my own tricks.

Balthazar

Oh, by the way, He took lots of pictures and has apparently set up a Flickr set just for me.

Purr, me likes it.

I will pose now, if you excuse me:

Balthazar