My other cat talks too

Here's a trial animation of one of my cats using Crazy Talk 6 and the sample voices included.



It's a fun distraction.

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Sketchbook and Pentel Pens

We keep a small steno pad in the car to write down ideas. Or the names of people we hear on NPR.
And while we're waiting at the bank or at a Sonic Drive-In, we can make sketches.
This is one from February.

This is my favorite pen. I buy them in 4-packs at Staples. It's a Pentel EnerGel 0.5mm. I like them with caps instead retractable. I like the caps because it's old school, one step up from quill and ink bottles. (And if I have to let a customer borrow it, I hang onto the cap so they have to give it back!)

The writing is smooth. The sketching power is great. (I used to use the 1.0mm but it gets a little fat for everyday writing and order taking.)

So that's my secret.

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More Cats

Yes, this is him, King Louie as he is sometimes called.

(He has many names, some of which aren't fit to print.)

Doesn't he look awnry?

He's part Oriental Shorthair. When he goes cross-eyed - watch out!

Now this is Cozy... doesn't she look sweet?

And she is. Loves to get her belly rubbed.

Loves to fall down in front of you like a fainting goat.

More photos at a later date.

Both kittens inspired characters in a short animation I did a few years back called Deep Magic.

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Cats with Thumbs

My cat has been asking for a thumb for a long time.

It helps with the pop-top cans of cat fud... er, food.

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Easter Bunny

A sketch I did of Louie (the cat) a year or so ago.

He's dressed as a the Easter Bunny.

He's dressed as Santa Claus.

He has a mouse yo-yo.

He is a clever cat.

He does stand up like a Meerkat too.

When he was a kitten, he and his sister would run through the kitchen like Jesus lizards.

His sister, Cozy, sits up in front of the wall furnace in the perfect Lucky Kitty pose, one arm stretched out in front toward the furnace, the left arm reaching high in the air above her.

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Chasing Mice

Okay... so I had

this dream

the other night...

(Or was it during one of my afternoon naps?)
... about a mouse

trying to get out of a room.

But it may not have been my dream...
I may have been having

one of Louie's dreams... he's our cat.
Seems like he would dream of chasing mice.

But what if we exchanged dreams?

What would he make of

retail nightmares,

of customers in line with no one

else to help me?

Would he whimper in his sleep?

Would he know that it was only a dream?

Could I waken him in time

to get his cat-life back?

Yes, I will return his mouse-dreams.

And I will return to retail nightmares

that never end...

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