The prospect of documenting of my music consumption since March depresses me to no end. Instead, let’s look at pics of kitties. Aw…if hang you in there, little guy, so will I.
Aw…this one’s trying to get over the couch. But it’s so big and he’s so tiny and tired! What is he thinking in that kitten-kute brain…”I think I can.” But you can’t. And your futile ambition makes you 10X cuter.
Maybe my futile ambition to write about ever album I get this year makes me just as adorable?
I once read about the cat-carried parasite toxoplasma gondii. Cats infect those close to them by tricking them into ingesting their pee or pooh. The parasite migrates to the infected’s brain, altering the infected’s behavior so that the infected becomes unhealthfully attracted to cats. This is noted in the behavior of infected rats. Rats, who should be by all accounts on the other side of Dodge when kittie comes to town, when infected are found to be close to or even following kittens around.
Scientists realize that there is an evolutionary advantage for cats to carry and spread this parasite: so that may always have something nearby that they can kill and eat. Here’s the kicker: this parasite has also been found to infect humans and has been offered as an explanation for the irrational enthusiasm for kitty-pies exhibited by even the best of us.
Okay, so first I have to get over the distinct possibility that I have at one time or another ingested cat pee or pooh.
Fine, done.
Second, I have to get over what this has to say about affection in general. It insidiously pathologizes love. Is the enthusiasm we feel for an other not love, but an evolutionary trick so that we stick around long enough to give the other the opportunity to kill and eat us?
Fine, whatever.
But now I have to come terms with the likely fact that my kuddly buddies are waiting to digest me. I look at them, I see oodles of furry joy. But they see me as a tuna can soon to be opened.
Oh, well. I guess we all gotta go. Not so bad to end up in this little guy’s bowl.
Aw…he’s wet with a mohawk! I can’t stand it!
June 13, 2008
Categories: cats, compulsive behavior, futile ambition, good ideas turning out not-so . Tags: cats, kittens, toxoplasma gondii . Author: jerrygrit . Comments: 4 Comments