He's a Crazy Cat Gentleman
Real men love cats! As Norman recently told Us Weekly, “My best friend is my cat.” That BFF is Eye in the Dark, a black cat he won over. As Norman told GQ a while back, "My son wanted a black kitten when he was a kid, and I found it in the East Village in some rescue shelter, but it was born in a box and the guy that was getting rid of it was like, 'You don't want this cat. This cat's never gonna love anyone.' And the first time I saw it, it was like just hissing and scratching everything it saw and now it's like this big, fat, chill cat."
I used to have a cat that was given to me. She was a mostly white with grey ears Scottish Fold. Picture this cat with grey patches around the ears.
I don't have pictures of her because a man I knew was in love with me (and married) and took all the pictures. I don't "do" married. Women and men should treat others the way they would want to be treated. Period. End of that story.
She was so scared of everything (abuse) that my mom's cat literally scared the poop out of her. So, she lived in my room. At the time I went to college full time and taught handicapped riding and ran a boarding stable. I came in filthy, so I always took a bath. The only place she could smell what I'd been up to for the day was my eyelashes. So, eventually, she would sniff them while I was sleeping. Then while I was awake. You guessed it, she eventually became very trusting. Even to the point of supervised outings onto the front porch! Huge progress. And she did finally get along with mom's cat.
She finally died one day that I was scheduled to be away and just had a feeling I shouldn't go. She died right beside me of a seizure. I was so glad to be there when she passed. We had become the best of friends. She's buried in my yard. If I ever bought a cat (yeah right, they find me!) It would be a Scottish fold. Sometimes the best ones are the ones that find you. I could give you a list a mile long of my "found" animal friends. Just because they aren't in a rescue or a shelter doesn't make them unworthy of your love. One of mine showed up so skinny I thought she would die before we could feed her. She's a tad bit obese now.
Yep, I'm a mad cat lady, just ask the people around me!
