Enough of the intentional and sometimes spammy/stupid derailing.

Anyways.

Cats are awesome. Tudy was awesome. Heidy was awesome. Bob was awesome. Midnight was awesome. I really, really wish cats lived longer.

Smitzy is awesome. It's the first time I've had an indoor cat and she's full of energy and fight, so on regular occasions we will have to play with her in order to keep her energy levels balanced. Sometimes she'll manage to do it herself, though, getting what some people refer to as the "midnight crazies" where she bounds from one end of the flat to another, sort of treating it like an obstacle course. You'll be sitting there and suddenly ZOOM! Smitzy will speed from another room, onto your chair, off it, around other furniture and out of the room again. About a second or two will have passed. xD She's nuts. She adores attacking our shadows and does not like it when we take her on trips outside. She isn't great with 'new people' though, any visitors can lead to her getting very frightened. We nicknamed her "Catface" based on my work colleague at the time constantly referring to her as that when we first got her. It suck. She doesn't like cuddles, but she adores being scratched anywhere around her neck. When we come home, she greets us and hangs around with us for a while. When we have food, she won't stop rubbing against our legs. She's an incredibly messy eater and likes to sit in front of my keyboard so I have to put my arms around her to type on it.

EDIT: I'm really sorry about Guildenstern's situation, Melissa. I remember when Bob was on his last legs and I'd not seen him for about six year or so at the time. It was very hard for me as while he was a cat for all the family, he was given to me as a kid and I'd grown up with him. He lived 19 years, and I'm proud of him for lasting so long, but yeah, I took it badly as more than any of my family and friends, I always missed Bob the most when I left NZ as he felt like a child to me almost... and I knew that unless I got back fast enough, I'd never see him again. And I didn't get back fast enough. I still feel bad about it even today. =/