{"id":2785,"date":"2010-11-03T09:24:01","date_gmt":"2010-11-03T09:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog2\/?p=2785"},"modified":"2010-11-03T09:24:01","modified_gmt":"2010-11-03T09:24:01","slug":"holy_cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/holy_cats\/","title":{"rendered":"holy cats!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>i&#8217;m a kitty mama!<br \/>\ni waited all day yesterday for a phone call.  i kept checking my answering machine remotely, wishing for a message.  i rushed home and watched the clock anxiously until 5pm, when the shelter closed, only to feel sad and resigned myself to wait another day.  then, at about 5:55pm, when the phone rang and the on-tv-screen caller id revealed it was the shelter, i answered, bracing myself for bad news.<br \/>\nit was a long and information packed phone call which not once contained concrete statements of acceptance until the very end.  it gave me a stress headache, actually.  but, the end result is worth it.  i get to pick up my new kitties on saturday morning!  i could have fetched them sooner, but i think this will work out best as then we&#8217;ll have the whole weekend to get them settled and used to our new life together.<br \/>\nOMG KITTIES!!!!11111ONE<br \/>\nso, now that i&#8217;m bringing these tiny balls of fluffy claws into my life, i need to give them new names.  seriously, there&#8217;s no way i&#8217;m going to own cats named Tuti &#038; Fruity. how awful!  that&#8217;s where you guys come in.  i have a (very) long list of possible names and i need help whiddling it down.  i&#8217;ve a few favourites in the bunch, but i&#8217;d really like to solicit some popular opinion on the matter.  to that end, here&#8217;s my list:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<table width=\"450\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td>huff &#038; puff<\/td>\n<td>mish\/mash<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>frick &#038; frack<\/td>\n<td>\ncharlotte &#038; emily<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>peaches &#038; pixie<\/td>\n<td>\nsalt&#8217;n&#8217;pepa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>kate &#038; allie<\/td>\n<td>\nthelma &#038; louise<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>rose &#038; amy<\/td>\n<td>\nbetty &#038; wilma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ginger &#038; mary-ann<\/td>\n<td>\nlaverne &#038; shirley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>buffy &#038; willow<\/td>\n<td>\nwendy &#038; tinkerbell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>lucy &#038; ethel<\/td>\n<td>\nbetty &#038; veronica<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>romi &#038; michelle<\/td>\n<td>\ntigger &#038; pooh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>mouse &#038; bird<\/td>\n<td>\nmeatball &#038; dumpling<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>sugar &#038; spice<\/td>\n<td>\nsushi &#038; pho<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>bubble &#038; pearl<\/td>\n<td>\nwhiskers &#038; kitten<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>geek &#038; nerd<\/td>\n<td>\nphp &#038; perl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>canon &#038; nikon<\/td>\n<td>\naperture &#038; shutter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>flickr &#038; twitter<\/td>\n<td>\nmac &#038; pc<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>tivo &#038; boxee<\/td>\n<td>\npeachy &#038; keen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>peach &#038; rosalina<\/td>\n<td>\ntiny &#038; teeny<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>grey &#038; brown<\/td>\n<td>\nsaffron &#038; violet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>dilly &#038; pickle<\/td>\n<td>\nboo &#038; squeak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>peas &#038; carrots<\/td>\n<td>\nsudo &#038; grep<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>please leave your top two name pairs in the comments.  i can&#8217;t guarantee i&#8217;ll use any of your picks, but i think they&#8217;ll help steer me in the right direction.<br \/>\nyay! hurry up, caturday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i&#8217;m a kitty mama! i waited all day yesterday for a phone call. i kept checking my answering machine remotely, wishing for a message. i rushed home and watched the clock anxiously until 5pm, when the shelter closed, only to feel sad and resigned myself to wait another day. then, at about 5:55pm, when the <span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span> <span class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/holy_cats\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span>Read More &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,11,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cats","category-nablopomo","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2785\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}