Jun 27 2008
Inari is Too Smart
Inari often does very irritating things because she is smart. Do not ask me how she does some of the things that she does because I do not know. But yesterday evening I came home and she had managed to get a Tupperware container of shortbread cookies open and pull out ONE cookie, only one, and lick it until it was sodden with kitty saliva.
The cookies - by the way - were put into a plastic container that once housed masoor dal. They are beginning to taste vaguely of it. I think it may be time to throw them out. That is, if Inari doesn’t decide to open the container again today.
I’m frequently struck by what a strange cat she is. She imitates our actions, using her front paws as hands. She will sit in front of a fan because she’s interested in it, even with it blowing on her although she hates when we spray her with air as punishment. She can open doors, and if the way she usually opens them doesn’t work, she uses tools. She’ll pull on a robe hanging on a door to open it. When she wants something, she makes a grasping motion - standing and putting both her front paws together rhythmically. She does this to me sometimes when she wants me to pay attention to her. Wherever she is in the house, no matter what she is doing, she comes running as soon as someone cracks the ice cube tray (much like a dog) even though she doesn’t get any ice.
She’s almost a year old. Michael asked me today if we would have a birthday party for her in about a month. I’m not opposed to it. But how do you throw a party for a cat?
That’s so weird that you’re thinking about cat birthday parties. We just realized that our two cats are turning nine about now, and today talked about doing something for them; but we too are unsure about what to do. Fish cupcakes? Too hard. Tuna can with a candle in it? Too sad.
catnip infused whipped cream on top of cheetos? Inari is uninterested in fish.
catnip infused whipped cream?! you should go on “top chef presented by animal planet.”