Pants Observation Exercise by Hemingway Kat
April 7th, 2007 2:27 AMThe seafaring pants pictured below were photographed by me at the Texas Seaport Museum in Galveston, which houses the fully functional tall ship Elissa. She is completely volunteer maintained - they do everything, including climbing aloft and leaving their pants exposed.
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This task made me cry.
Which, I realize, sounds odd. Pants, even those belonging to strangers, are not inherently sad.
But the thing is, about a month ago I took a trip to Paris. It was amazing.
When I returned to Texas, I learned that my cat - my constant companion of five years - had died while I was gone.
His name was Stranger Danger Pants. My Strange-Pants. I don't know... it just all hit me again, here.
I have pants pictures, but I thought I could use this odd little corner of the universe that says stranger pants as a memorial for my baby boy.
told chad I wanted a quiet, calm older cat. We went to the tiny Seabrook shelter on April 15, 2001... I was newly sans roomate, and I thought that a furry, four-legged one was preferable to the human kind.
Chad spent the next hour parading exactly what I had described before me, but no one... clicked. Walking towards the door, a scrawny young cat with a huge fluffy tail reached out of his kennel, grabbed my sleeve, and said, "hey, you... let me out."
So I did - He darted around the room frantically, not out of fear, but in some kind of state of exuberant cat joy.
I turned to Chad and said, "he's the one."
Stranger and I were instantly bonded. Constant companions
... Thank you, Stranger, for our five years. For all our silliness, for always being right next to me when I cried... for sharing my home. I am so sorry that I wasn't here.
I love you..
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I understand the necessity for an environment of healthy skepticism.
I will add my pants picture...
Also, this is my original blog about Stranger Pants.
"This task made me cry."
You had me at sentence one.
Also, just a note on Jason's comment - WOW! I can't imagine someone posting something so sad and honest and then having my first thought be "or is this just a set up." Granted, I haven't been playing very long, and am terribly naive to boot, but I just can't see that ever happening. At least I hope not.
i wasn't offended. he tried so hard to soften something he felt like he had to say, but didn't want it to be hurtful if he were wrong - i appreciated that.
losing my little guy was so, so heartwrenching for me... when i saw the directions on that task, just seeing his name kind of made me break down.
i love that pic of him, though... especially with my nautical-themed pants. he was such a little pirate.
HK,
I am terribly, terribly sorry for the loss of your friend. I've lived with several cats in my time, and my first cat, Pumpkin, whom I had had since the 3rd grade, passed on when I was in my freshman year of college. I know how hard it can be to lose your furry companion, believe me. So what I'm about to say here is going to sound incredibly cold, and I may regret it later. However...
Again, I am terribly, honestly sorry for the loss of your friend. But in the last year, we've been taken in and taken down by minds who have gone to greater lengths than you have, so if this is just an attempt at Oops Here's My Image Of A Kitty Cat, we totally saw it coming.