Geeky Cat Miusings

Try this experiment: take a picture of yourself and print it and then print it in a reverse image where right and left side are interchanged. Pick which one you like best and ask a friend to pick the one they find most appealing. You might notice something odd: your friend will like the original photo better whereas you probably like the reverse image better. What is going on? Most of the time the only way you see yourself is through the mirror and the mirror transposes your image left to right. Your friend, on the other hand, sees you normally direct. This experiment that shows that we tend to like things that are familiar to us, was actually tested and proved in milwaukee. Do you think I have such an intense love for my kitties as a result of having placed their photographs all over the place, both at home and work, and I am therefore exposed to their lovely mien all the time?

Geeky cat was feeling a tingle in her throat that was threating to progress into a cold. She has successfully fought it off by boosting her immune system. Here’s how:

• Get a full night’s sleep
• Drink lots of water
• Drink lemon juice
• Make sure you get proper nutrition because repeated cold infection is a sign that the body’s immune system is functioning below par
• Take zinc - it boosts your immune system and zinc lozenges help to prevent the virus from penetrating cells
• Exercise regularly
• You might still consider taking echinacea - that last study on echinacea not working was really flawed
• Cuddle a kitty - you both will receive a immune boost

Geeky cat has changed the look of her blog, can you hear her purr? How exciting it is to be able pick a new look for my blog for FREE right off the shelf or custom create a new template and have a one-of-a-kind creation. We girls need change in our lives and changing the look of my blog is a lot cheaper than buying a new outfit and much, much cheaper than redecorating a room - plus it takes much less time and no headaches!

Tired of watching the Oscars and the parade of actors and actresses in their borrowed jewelery winning an award because of a successful marketing scheme and thanking everyone but their shoemakers (though that could change this year) in their acceptance speech? I don’t think the Golden Raspberry Awards or Razzies can be much better entertainment. Maybe you will chuckle a little but I did not see any of the movies mentioned, so I have nothing to say about it. People enjoy making fun of other people, so if you enjoy it, go ahead, but I will move on.

How about the Brandchannel’s 2006 Product Placement Awards? Ford won the Brandcameo 2006 Award for Overall Product Placement. Ford has a product placement in over 35 percent of all number one films in the last six years and is working hard to be the film product of the century. Ford’s product placement started in the early 1900s in a movie called Keystone Coupe - and they wooed actors and actresses of the time, such as Mary Pickford, with a Model A Ford. I have to wonder if she had a name change for that purpose (pick-ford). If they can have a Brandcameo 2006 Award for Not Being Placed ( De Beers and Blood Diamond won ), they can have an award for anything at all. With 41 of the number one films in 2006 advertising an average of 21 brands per film. I think I have missed the majority of the product placements, mostly I notice the macs because of their beauty. I think marketers will need to get bolder for Geeky Cat to understand what they are trying to push.

Okay, I guess the point is I don’t know why people enjoy watching the Oscars or why people who are always saying they are busy find time to watch it. I am not impressed with the statue they receive and I have a better idea: there is a interesting and intelligent fish called oscar which is a large species of cichlid. Don’t know much about this majestic fish: they move slowly, they sometimes enjoy being rubbed, and they dance in joy when their meal is served. And they also have something in common with actors/actresses: they enjoy looking in the mirror and find it fascinating source of entertainment. Really.

Award shows: 2 furballs

We all are devoted to our computers but a time comes when the computer is no longer good enough for our needs; so drop off unwanted computer equipment and learn about recycling. 10 am-3 pm. Free. No Frills, Bloor and Runnymede.

I am trying to be more sensitive to people’s emotional states but there are some people who get insulted when you say something or ask them question, whereas if you say the same thing to other people they would just laugh or answer the question. Because of their reaction you learn not to say anything that could be offensive to these sensitive souls, but as the number of topics you can’t talk about expands, and you have to think your thoughts three times over before you speak, you eventually become silent.

Geeky Cat is looking for a theme song and is requesting your help. Please let me know what song best represents geeky cat via comment to this blog - you can submit it anonymously if you wish. I will gather all entries and then post a popularity vote on my website. I will try to have a sampling of all the submitted tunes so that you know what you are voting for. Please participate - there will be prizes involved - though you can’t receive a prize if you are anonymous.
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It is a strange and scary phenomenon: every once in a long while water drips down through my ceiling, along my chandelier and falls on to me bed. This random occurrence took place last night for the first time in six months. It stop spontaneously after a hour or so. The ceiling has been repaired but I wonder if it was properly and thoroughly done. What to do? The front door can’t be opened. This is beginning to seem like a plot for a horror movie in which the doors lock the occupants in and then commence to terrorize them with threats of electrocution. Eeks!!!

I keep a fresh bowl of water beside the cat food dish and yet Pumpkin goes through the trouble of jumping up to the windowsill to drink from a glass of water that is placed there. Why would she go through all that effort to get a drink of water? I mean it is quite a big jump up and down when she can just walk to the water bowl - she doesn’t even have to walk to the water bowl because she always seems to be near the food dish. But drinking on the windowsill is interesting for her since she is in a different spot than usual and she has a different view from there. The windowsill provides a beautiful view of the garden and the birds that come to feed there, as well as a good view of the neighborhood since we are on the third floor. I knew I could learn something from kitty and it is this: make life interesting by doing everyday things in an atypical way.

Kitty’s tips for daily living:

• Do a stretch before getting out of bed; if the bed sheets are tightly tucked in, see if you can crawl out of bed without disturbing them or kitty.
• Drink your morning glass of water by the window and make your weather predications before you listen to the weather. Are your predications more accurate than the station’s wild guess?
• Maybe you sing like a diva in the shower. Switch it up and practice purring in the shower. It may provide health benefits similar to singing and humming. And since kitty can’t hear you, she won’t be embarrassed.
• When the phone rings try to guess who is calling. You may need to tap into your psychic powers to do this so don’t be afraid to take a moment. If the person gives up on you and hangs up the phone, you can congratulate yourself on your excellent psychic skills.
• Sit on a balance ball while sitting at the computer, you can improve your balance and roll around like a silly kitty on catnip.
• Crawl up the stairs on all four limbs. When you approach the top, sneak a peak over the step and see if there is anything there that you can take by surprise. Pumpkin loves this game.
• If you are reading a book is too difficult or dry lie your head on it and take a nap. If when you wake up, the information has still not filtered through your brain, convert the book cover into a mouse pad and use the inside pages to wrap your lunch. Something should sink in by this point. Congratulate yourself for being earth friendly.
• Sit by the heat vent to dry your hair (see Beauty Tips from Kitty). If a kitty is already there state that the priority goes to the wettest kitty - she won’t think it worthwhile to get all wet for the heat. She will wait. Give yourself a pat on the back for being environmentally conscious.
• Complement your forward bends with a backbend e.g., a camel or a table yoga position - you will impress your kitty and, possibly, any inflexible humans in the area.
• Do a spontaneous stretch at any time: while watching the news, cooking dinner, during a meeting. Congratulate yourself for exercising daily as recommended by health officials and kitty.
• Rethink your cleaning routine. If the dirt is something you can play with leave it there. People are always telling us we need to put more play into our day.
• Gaze at a spot on the wall. People will think you are communing with spirits and will leave you alone.
• Give your kitty a good massage. Both of you will feel better for it.

My Pumpkin and Tammy are gorgeous kitties and they know that (maybe because I tell them so, several times a day). They both have such beautiful fur coats that I love to stroke. I noticed that Pumpkin would wash herself and then sit by heat vent and one day I clued in to her little trick. I now sit by or lie over the heat vent after my shower and let my hair dry by the power of the furnace. I find that it does not blow out my curls as blow dryers do, it leaves my hands free so that I can drink my coffee or pat a kitty, and it takes less time because the vent is wider than my blow dryer (even with my humongous diffuser attached). The only downside is that the vent does not have ionizing properties my blow dryer has. Why use a ionizing blow dryer? Negative ions to seal in cuticles and repel humidity and they break down water molecules instead of “boiling” hair. There are many who claim beneficial effects through the generation of negative air ions into the atmosphere - maybe one day they will make heat vents with ionizers to make us all healthy and happy.