Tag: cat

• My Toy Store, Meowing Cat, and Broken Mirrors – Thoughts from January 13, 2024

  

  January 13, 2024 My office is slowly but surely looking like a toy store. I bought cubes and shelves to help me display them instead of piling them up in corners. I was questioning why I would have these things if I couldn’t see them. These are probably the last toys I will collect until…

  Brian Kirwan

  November 12, 2024

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  2024, being a collector, breaking mirrors, cat, cat food, cats, Disney, displaying toys, figurines, full voice meow, giant mirrors, good credit score, healthy cat food, low interest loan, Luna, meowing, my office, my toy store, my toys, Nightmare Before Christmas, old superstitions, organizing my finances, organizing my life, Patti, pay off credit cards, purchased at a discount, random crap, squirty poops, Star Wars, superstitious neighbors, thoughts, Thoughts paper, too much stuff, trash bag full of stuffed animals

• Stressing Over Bills and Presidents – Thoughts from August 1 and 2, 2023

  

  August 1, 2023 I talked to my dash cam today for the first time in a while. I realized the last time I dash camed was before Quest started getting sick. My dash caming stopped when I was changing out my NAS (Network-Attached Storage) hard drives. I didn’t want to add any videos to it…

  Brian Kirwan

  July 23, 2024

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  $666, 2023, being a good person and not good at being religious, blind cat, by Christians for Christians, cat, cats, charges against Trump, checkbook, credit cards, dash-cam, defense mode, electric bill, Excel worksheet, freeway shenanigans, groceries, high electric bill, I don’t watch the news, leaving the door open, NAS (Network-Attached Storage), Obama, Patti, paying the bills, Payless Shoes, pure shock, Quest, seting the tmperature, stupidity on the freeway, technology, thoughts, Trump on the news, US presidents have been Christians, videos, working from home

• Never Seeing Quest Again – Thoughts from July 18, 2023

  

  I just got a call at work from Patti about Quest. Quest was in our bedroom on the floor, and she couldn’t lift her head. Patti’s sister came over and they are going to take Quest to the vet. Patti and I dealt with this situation before. Sister (the cat) had the same thing happen…

  Brian Kirwan

  July 9, 2024

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  2023, acting differently because of loss, bedroom, Blaze, blind cat, cat, cat dealing with loss, cats, couldn’t lift her head, death, end to suffering, fear, feeling her absence, four furry faces, getting used to the loss, growling cat, hostility, kittens, last time I saw her, losing a family member, meeting as kittens, missing Quest, mix of happiness and saddness, obsessive, one cat less, Patti, putting cat to sleep, Quest, reminders of her, Scout, Sister, Slash, slideshow, tearing up, teary-eyed, thoughts, tolerating her, too aggressive, typing, vet, Willow, work, writing

• Thinking About Quest – Thoughts from July 16, 2023

  

  I’ve become the guy who brings down the room by talking about Quest going blind. I can’t really talk about anything else because it’s the only thing on my mind. She just turned thirteen years old and I don’t know if she’s going to make it to fourteen. I tell people her age and they…

  Brian Kirwan

  July 2, 2024

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  2023, backing up data, Blaze, blind cat, cat, cats, cloudiness in her eyes, dad, don’ want her to suffer, following the sound of my voice, hard drives, kittens, mom, NAS, nerdy, nerdy stories, Network Attached Storage, older cat, older pet, Quest, Quest is blind, sadness, Scout, thinking, thinking about Quest, thirteen year old cat, thoughts, writing

• Fantasy, Reality, and the Unreal – Thoughts from July 12 and 15, 2023

  

  July 12, 2023 Listen up, people. I’ve got something to say. Just kidding. If I had something to say, I would just say it. I don’t like it when people introduce what they’re going to say. Patti does this quite often. She says, “I’m going to tell you something, but you have to promise not…

  Brian Kirwan

  June 27, 2024

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  2023, bankruptcy, being rich, blame, blind cat, California, cat, dragons, evil, evil doesn’t exist, Fablehaven, fairies, fantasy creatures, fantasy series, flea medication, I’m going to tell you something, impersonating men, impression of men, living in New York, making decisions, man voice, modern fantasy, my Friday, mythological stories, no heroes or villains, Nora Ephron books, parents, Patti, problems with pooing, Quest, research, rich people problems, snob hill, stress, tears, thoughts, Thoughts papers, tired of crying, trauma, unicorns, water heater leakage, weather, works of fiction, yelling

• Water Damage, Tree Removal, and Video Issues – Thoughts from July 8, 2023

  

  The other day, Patti and I noticed wet spots on our carpet in the den. We had problems with water leaking before, so we knew something was leaking. It’s the only time in my life when I wished it was a cat urinating. I checked the water heater and, sure enough, it was leaking and…

  Brian Kirwan

  June 25, 2024

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  2023, blurring license plates, blurring video, caring about other people, cat, chopped Trees, dashcam, dropping leaves, DVD holder, DVDs, editing video, grounding a stump, I like trees, leaking water heater, mildew, modern encyclopedia, no more tree, no nostalgia for those days, not sleeping all night, Patti, reading user manuals, ruined plumbing, South Park, streaming, suffering for your art, syncing videos, thoughts, tree removal, Video Questions, water damage, working on a film set, YouTube

• Toilet Paper – Thoughts from July 11 and 13, 2022

  

  July 11, 2022 I don’t know if I’ve talked about this, but I’m an over-wiper. I’m not happy until I see next to nothing on the toilet paper. It makes me wonder if other people even look at the toilet paper after they wipe. I also stand when I wipe. I guess my wiping style…

  Brian Kirwan

  November 2, 2023

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  1991, 2022, admit questions, autobiographical, avoiding health problems, bad habits, bathroom, Beatrix, bucking, butt situation, cat, cats, chiropractors, classes, cranky adults, crusty butt, David Sedaris, deep thinker, deep wiper, diary entries, different backgrounds, different toilet rituals, doctors, experts, freaked out, free the horses, health experts, health nuts, homeopathic remedies, horse riders, horse wranglers, horses, I don’t remember, kids, logical ethics, looking at toilet paper, marriage, nutritionists, over wiper, Patti, Reality Acceptance, remembering, scratching my face, shower, skin scars, stables, swamp butt, sweating, taking advice, talker, techniques, thinker, thoughts, Thoughts papers, toilet, toilet paper, wiper, wiping, writing, yelling

• Singing My Songs – Thoughts from April 3 and 10, 2022

  

  April 3, 2022 I’m listening to an autobiography by Phil Collins read by him. He has had a life in entertainment since he was a young boy. His transition from a drummer and backup singer to the main singer in Genesis made me want to listen to my songs. Sometimes I listen to myself and…

  Brian Kirwan

  September 21, 2023

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  2022, autobiography, backup singer, barriers, cat, cats, concept of time, drummer, e-book version, exercise, experience your life, experiences, Genesis, genetic makeup, getting along, hiding, in my head, incomplete verstions, invading felines, live recordings, music, my book, my songs, my voice, not expercising, not full voice, Patti, Phil Collins, print version, profound, Quest, Reality Acceptance: For Happier and Healthier Lives, recordings, remember my birth, sad, showing up, singer, singing, singing in the car, songs, squishy couch, thoughts, vocal range, vocals

• Anxious Cat and Cat Dad – Thoughts from February 15 and 16, 2022

  

  February 15, 2022 I didn’t write yesterday because I was spending time with Patti on Valentine’s Day. We went out to breakfast even though it was after 2:00 in the afternoon. Patti and I are not early risers unless we have to be. I cheated on the vegan thing with butter and eggs, but not…

  Brian Kirwan

  August 24, 2023

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  2022, accident, Affordable Healthcare Act, anxiety, apologized, apology, arguing, autobiography, back tightens, bare feet, blood on face, book, book sales, breakdown, breakfast, Canadian, cat, cat tree, Catholic household, coworker, cracker smashing, expensive ads, health care act, hugs, I am happy, illogical behavior, incident, invaders to her house, litter box, Martin Short, medications, miserable people, Obamacare, Patti, pooping, Quest, Reality Acceptance, stress, The Happy Atheist, thinking machine, thoughts, troubled, up 4 pounds in one day, urinating, Valentine’s Day, vegan

• Missing a Cat Named Slash – Thoughts from November 16, 2011

  

  (Future note: The following are the words I wrote for the Three Girl Cats blog I started for Slash, Blaze, and Quest. They were born on June 3rd, 2009, and she died November 15, 2011. It was the final entry for the blog and my final words about Slash.) Unfortunately, this is the last posting…

  Brian Kirwan

  August 3, 2023

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  “mauling time”, 2011, big eater, Blaze, blog, boxes, cardboard box, cat, cat food, cats, favorite, happy, human mom, killed, missed, Patti, petting, putting clothes on cat, Quest, scratching, Slash, technically allergic, thoughts, Three Girl Cats