Perspective

[blamebrampton]

I was going to post a long and involved post asking why all the Worldcup palaver turned into such sturm und drang, donder and blitzen, Grumpy and Sleepy, but then the Monster kitten spent the last five minutes playing splashies with her water bowl and now I have two little cats sitting on my feet drying off in front of the heater.

And it occurs to me that rather than getting to the heart of why so many of my lovely friends were so drained by Worldcup (I was in the group drained before postings, as opposed to the group who lost the will to live during, who should not be confused with the mods who are even now forming a support network), what I really want to do is hire an aeroplane, jet round the world, pick everyone up, and bring you all here to play with the cats.

 Bugger tea and Xanax, there's nothing like a kitten nomming on your toes to make the world seem a more pleasant place.

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[furiosity.livejournal.com]

why
THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!1 HARRY/DRACO.

Cats >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> everything else.

[waterbird.livejournal.com]

I'm waving furiously, hoping you don't miss me as you fly by because I really, really need to play with cats!

To be honest, I have been so stupidly busy with work and stuff in RL that I missed most of the upset during HDWC ... then again, I was so drained by the time I submitted my fic, that I was sort of happy to have the RL distractions.

[goddessriss.livejournal.com]

Yey for cats!!! I can't move my legs at the moment because my cat is asleep on my shins. Serves me right for lying on the sofa, I suppose! At least she's nice and warm, as it's a horrible, cold, wet day here. Love the English weather.

[empress-jae.livejournal.com]

the interesting thing is, it wasn't just the writers, artists and mods who were drained during WC. i think all of fandom (writers, artists and readers alike) felt the strain. we can now all breathe a sigh of relief and have a glass of wine or five together. :)

oh and kitties!! when my kitty used to nom on my toes, i'd pick her up and nom right back on her paws. she'd look at me like, wtf?? :D

[vaysh11.livejournal.com]

You know the saying: If everyone had a cat in their lap, there'd be blissful world peace and happiness. :-)

For the record: I never felt drained by hd_worldcup. But then, Sparta's never far from my mind ;-).

Berlin weather is clear blue skies and mid-summer temperatures.

[nqdonne.livejournal.com]

I have my theories as to why, but I won't bore you :P

I think this sums it all up, and combines the two themes of your post:

[rickey-a.livejournal.com]

:) oooh love kitties
I decided I would just keep watching the Discovery Channel's I Love the Whole World commercial until all the icky feelings went away.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5BxymuiAxQ
and then repeat to myself that I can't not make other people behave like grown ups 5000 times over and over in my head ;p

Now I'm off to E's class to help - we're all making tie-dye shirts today, Woot! - now that's fun

[who_la_hoop]

*wants to come pet your kitties and play with you in the sunshine* :)

I'm feeling pleasantly fest free right now - and bemused that I now feel the urge to write pages of fic, even though that's what I've been doing pretty much constantly for the last billion years few weeks.

[shiv5468.livejournal.com]

But I don't like kitties. I prefer puppies.

Is that a cue for more angst and woez?

[leochi.livejournal.com]

Hear, hear ;;;^..^;;;

[spacefragments.livejournal.com]

i haven't even read most of the fics D:

[snottygrrl.livejournal.com]

wc angst is sooooo last week. current clusterfuck is the lj election (though fandom totally won, but death threats? come on).though i agree with empress_jae about everyone being effected by the wc

and kitties are totally the win. ♥

[meredyth-13.livejournal.com]

How did Snow White manage to stay a virgin while living with seven men for so long?

The dwarfs were all fucking dopey.

*puts hand up for ticket*

Actually, tonight I have two 9 month old Bengal cats going cheap. Hell, I'd pay someone to take them. Conversation is one thing, non stop vocal tantrums is something else entirely. *glares*

*hugs*

kitten

[cloviss.livejournal.com]

Beware cute overload: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7428955.stm

[arcanetrivia]

BUT I HAVE NO KITTEN! O NOES!!!

Yeah, I was burnt out on HD Worldcup like um... three weeks ago. I am still going to read the stuff I have left in my folder, because everyone likes comments even if I can't vote, but... yeah.

Sleepy Happy Grumpy Dopey Sneezy Bashful Doc.

Wow. Why do I remember that particular order from a TV commercial eons ago...?

[drgaellon]

The only thing better is sipping tea WHILE a kitten noms your toes.

[winnett.livejournal.com]

Can I bring my kitties along to play, too?

I seriously was pretty oblivious to the bad shit and just had fun with Team EWE and all the people there, writing my story and watching them get posted. I didn't find it a bad experience. I leave it up to everyone else to get frustrated for me. ;)

But I do wanna join the kitty party anyway! I like kitties... and parties! :) And all of you!