Friday, April 18, 2008

I want to be reincarnated as a pampered house cat

If you’re looking for some mindless wanderings today you’ve come to the right place.

I like to tell people that I want to be reincarnated as a pampered house cat in my next life. Most people just shrug it off like it doesn’t mean anything. That’s probably because nobody has ever really thought it through like I have.

Now I don’t want to come back as just any old cat. I don’t want to come back as a stray cat or a factory cat or a garbage dump cat. I don’t want to have worms or ear mites, fleas or any other annoying or nasty health problems. I don’t want knots or burrs in my fur, I don’t want to have to hunt for my food, get rained on or get my pretty little paws dirty. And I certainly don’t want to get chased by any dogs!

I want to be a pampered house cat – you know the type…you probably have one or know someone who has one. I want to be the king of the castle. I want to sleep 23 hours a day and spend the other hour changing positions. I want to be offered the best food, I want to shed my fur on your most treasured posessions, I want to haughtily ignore all attempts to be amused by expensive little toys and in general to behave like a stuck-up, spoiled brat.

I want to lick my privates in public, pee beside my litter box just to annoy you and to hawk up hair balls in the middle of the night exactly where I know you’ll be walking barefoot. I want to give you dirty looks when I think you’re acting stupid, show you in no uncertain terms that you are inferior and to make you wish you got a dog instead.

Admit it! The pampered house cat is a superior being! We treat them better than royalty. They’ve got such a good life - they don’t have to work, don’t have bills to pay, they don’t know what stress is, they don’t give a damn about groceries, or interest rates or gas prices. They have never had obscenities hollered at them by some road-raged maniac in traffic, their inboxes aren’t flooded with e-mails, their voice mail isn’t full and they don’t know what it’s like to have their patience abused when they’re trying to do something and they get interrupted every 5 minutes by their cell phone. They have never been treated like an idiot, had a bad day nor been rejected. They don’t spend one iota of mental energy obsessing about global warming, zebra mussels, West Nile virus or the improper disposal of PCBs. They couldn’t care less how much they weigh, what they look like or whether their farts smell or not.


And best of all? We forgive all of their trespasses and love them unconditionally with all our hearts! We buy them the most expensive food we can afford, happily clean their litter boxes and will even sacrifice a night’s sleep in order not to disturb them if they decide to plunk themselves down in the most uncomfortable spot on the bed. We dote over them, talk about them as if they were our children and willingly share our tuna sandwiches and yogurt with them.

When they allow us to, we snuggle our faces in their warm fur and our souls are soothed by the rhythmic sound of their purring. In those magic moments all of our torments are forgotten – the traffic, the job, the stress, the bills – all of our frustrations evaporate. For a brief time we become one with our precious cat, and for just a few seconds the cat actually gives something back.

That is, of course until the cat decides that you’re being annoying, gets up, stretches, shows you his butt hole and walks away.


See? Now doesn’t that make you want to be reincarnated as a pampered house cat too?

18 comments:

Jennifer said...

I've always said the same thing about being reincarnated as a cate but haven't put as much thought into it before. Great post...you put a smile on my face :) Now I'm going to go and annoy my pampered kitty!

Debra said...

Nice Blog!! Your Cat post made me laugh. I am always telling our cat she is so spoiled.

Cute black cat too!

Debra

Tia Colleen said...

house cats have it made!

Anonymous said...

Nice blog! Love cats. Have two myself!

Contrariwise said...

Unfortunately that would mean I would be allergic to myself.

Achoo!

capitolagirl said...

Great post. I'm writing this comment as my pampered house cat is taking his morning nap...stretched out so no one can sit down, right in the middle of my sofa :-)

Anonymous said...

It's funny you would say that cuz i think I was one in another life.
meow!

Rosebud Collection said...

You gave me food for thought..I alway tell everyone, I do not was a return visit, they always say it is your choice..Put your order in now, just in case they got it right.

Melissa Aubrey said...

That was great to read! It brings back nice memories of my super spoiled kitty, Olivia!

UniqueNurseGranny said...

Sounds good to me.Maybe that is why they were so revered in Ancient Egypt

Anonymous said...

Years ago I had a black cat named chump that was identical to yours!
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HomeMadeOriginals said...

I read two posts about cats that made me laugh today. The other one is here:
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Holly said...

Oh to have all day to complain about the food I'm being served and the toys I've been given...sounds good.

Unknown said...

wonderful post!~ and most true. those pampered, spoiled wonderful little furballs we have in our lives really do have it made.

Tah Groen said...

so so right! I love my cat and wish I had his life too sometimes... :-))

Amanda Conger said...

My Dad has been saying this for years. I totally agree with him (and you). : )

Rachel said...

I have always said I would like to come back as my dog, because I am giving her the best life ever! Great story...

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Love your kitty cat! Funny!