Cat Wants to Be a Rock Star

I loved this video so much when I saw it that I left a comment and they got back to me right away so I was like YESSSS we're gonna talk about silly hats. obviously. I do think Slash got cancelled... maybe... I mean.. probably. He was in Guns and Roses after all... but I haven't heard what it is and I'm not interested in the details as I'm sure they are for the same reasons as any entitled rockstar... but I did read his biography about 10 or 15 years ago and he has had such an interesting life. His Mom was so fricken cool. and amazing. and I mean.. come on: He wears a big giant hat. Need I say more for you to understand this little kitties ambitions?

Yesterday I got a huge chunk of my to-do list closer to the finish line. There were three things that needed doing that have a time constraint and were giving me the most anxiety, so I pushed them to the top of the list. (Dishes aren't a priority, and it feels good to say that not feeling like I'm making excuses 😂) I finished one of the 3, and that already feels like a huge weight is lifted. Now I just have to finish a graphic design I'm doing for a company in town, and some business numbers math that hurts my brain for something else... I got a lot of work done on both yesterday, so I'm far from upset that I couldn't finish them. I think if I keep going today like I did yesterday, I should be close to if not finished by tonight or tomorrow.

So after that, if my plan goes the way I'd like it to, I'll have all of the little annoying things done by the time Thursday rolls around, and I can finally get back to doing extra work for the channel and work on the balcony-catio! 🥳 when fun things are on the to-do list, it doesn't feel much like a to-do list 🥰

I hope May is treating everyone alright. I know that we are all living in unsettling and confusing times right now. And looking to the future, thinking about what's to come, is not as comfortable as it used to be. The image for many has been filled with so much more uncertainty of our safety than ever. Many of us don't know if we'll have a paycheck tomorrow, next week, next year... or whether or not they'll lose their house by losing their business because of the trade war, or if they'll be snatched off the street and sent to prison in another country just because they look a certain way. We're either feeling it all over, or seeing it all over, but we are all aware of the trust we've lost in each other, and in those who are meant to look after us.

The best thing we can do to fight this, is to come together. We have split ourselves into this "left, right, blue, red, purple" WAR when it's doing nothing but damage and distract us from the real problem. The bad guys are organized. we need to stop with the partisanship (I'm Canadian, literally "red and blue" is backwards up here, so I know this is sounding like an American speech but I'm talking to eeeeveryone) and just ask each other if you agree that authoritarian, unlawful abuses of power, dictatorships and oligarchies are wrong. We out number them in waves. We have just got to stop this "every man for himself" , line-in-the-sand, charade and work as a team. Strength in numbers is not just a saying. We don't have to suffer the same fate as the past. We have communication and internet this time. We can organize and come together and stay educated and informed. It's about not being too afraid to be the first one that everyone else follows.

Hopefully to try ending this on a lighter note, please live in the moment today! Pull a "Susie", and don't decide what you're going to do until you get to the centre of the room you want to be in. And just stand there. and think.. and then either do the random thing you think, scream for snackies after a while, or sleep in place. Which ever sounds most pleasing in the moment. Do either that or pull a "Calvin" and hide in your sock drawer til this evening when you want snackies.

Love you all. Stay positive, stay hopeful, stay kind. and give your kitty a boop.

-Alex, Calvin and Susie.