I am back!
After having one of the most trying months of my life, I am ready to write again.
In case most of you didn’t know, I lost one of my sisters last month. She was very dear to me. And while this will be my first attempt at writing humorous pieces again (go easy on me), it is not as a sign of disrespect, but simply an attempt to get some joy back into my life. It is also important that I keep up this blog because she was an avid supporter of this little project.
I have also gone through plenty of smaller problems this year, which range from breakups, job losses, my car breaking down, and other various points of inspiration for hokey country songs. But I have overcome most of these (no there was no Grand Ol Opry appearance) and have actually landed a full time, real job! Look out world, workplace Emily is here!
(and that is my mantra)
First things first, let me get back into my random song sampling.
1. The Fox – Ylvis
I don’t actually have this song in my library, but felt the need to talk about it. What the hell people? Why is this viral? What is going on in Norway? Don’t do drugs, kids.
2. Sweet Emotion – Aerosmith (party at the moon tower)
3.For What It’s Worth – Buffalo Springfield
An accurate summary of this Federal Shutdown madness written about 50 years ago.
4. Katy Perry – Roar
Official song of the 2013 WNBA Champions, the Lynx!!
5. Howlin’ For You – Black Keys
6. Life In A Northern Town – Sugarland
7. After The Storm – Mumford & Sons
8. Fried Hockey Boogie – Canned Heat
9. Teenage Dirtbag – Scala & Kolacny Brothers (great cover)
10. Over You – Miranda Lambert (I love you Jennie, RIP)
After all that’s happened during my little hiatus, how do I summarize it in a cohesive manner? Well, cats of course.
They rule the internet.
They also ruled Egypt.
I would say that between getting the chance to hold and cuddle all my feline friends while I went back home during our difficult family times, it made that tragic whirlwind of my life a little more bearable. My experiences with cats usually involve me doing one of two things.
This:
Or making them do an interpretive presentation of the following video.
But now that I am back home I am reduced to simply looking at cat emojis and hugging a pillow.
Anyways, onto the general relevance of cats and the things and the stuff.
Soon comes Halloween (my favorite holiday), and due to my recent slip into the addicting glory that is Arkham City, I am going as Catwoman. No not Halle Berry Catwoman, I’m putting my own spin on it. Pics may or may not follow.
I can also tie in cats to my love of TV binge-watching with one name. Poussey. (Yes, not the most appropriate tie in relevance to cats, but I never said this was a kid-friendly blog.)
Besides, you are the one who is pronouncing the name in an inappropriate way. As the namesake from the amazing show Orange Is The New Black will tell you…
But since the Netflix-only show is set in a woman’s prison, it does contain many thematic elements of the less appropriate version of that name. If you are like me and really don’t mind things to push the envelope, go watch it!
Otherwise, this was just a cop-out to discuss all of the TV related things that have been going on lately. Such as the end of Breaking Bad.
To the beginning of all sorts of wonderful fall shows, especially The Walking Dead.
Cats have adorable sandpapery tongues which were developed over the eons to lick the meat off the bones of their prey.
And while we are discussing tongues, I might as well bring up the atrocity that is Miley Cyrus. Her nasty rogue tongue and general fuckery (a term I’ve gained from the amazing Kingsley) remind me of an inbred cat in heat. (If that cat was constantly high on Molly) So I will issue this lovely little PSA:
Please spay and neuter your pets and pop stars.
Yes that last little tie-in was a bit of a stretch, but the world needs to know that people like that should not reproduce.
Speaking of stretch…
There didn’t a nice little break after discussing such a wretched young woman feel good?
Anyways, the mascot for Minnesota’s Champion WNBA team is a Lynx, which is a predatory large cat. I mentioned the Lynx because as a Minnesotan I have to give props to our most successful sports franchise of recent times. I also won free tickets to a championship game, which is always a good thing. 🙂
This is also a devotion to my sister, who was just as big of a cat lover as I am, and a family pet who has also passed away, Jasmine the cat.
Who found herself a nice big box in the sky.
In conclusion, I just really love cats.
… By the way did I tell you all I’m single?
😀
Oh! Em! Gee! 