CJ, The Rambunctious Kitten

When CJ was a kitten he loved to play, as most kittens do.  We attached a toy on a long rope to the ceiling so that it dangled just out of his reach.  He would do the most acrobatic leaps and jumps in order to kill the toy.  We were most entertained.  He also used to go under our rug (that was really a Mexican blanket) and crawl around, eventually sticking his head out.  Once, he climbed our screen door.  I couldn't really encourage that behaviour, since it would destroy the screen door, so I took a picture and then sprayed him with water.  He never did it again, but oh, is it a great picture.  I will have to dig out the pictures at some point, right now that seems a bit too much.

This one time, we came home from being out for awhile and couldn't find CJ anywhere.  We looked high and low, to no avail.  Then, I went to the fridge and looked up, something caught my eye.  CJ was sound asleep above the kitchen cupboards, above the fridge.  That was a pretty impressive feat for such a little kitten.  He jumped onto the counter, then onto the fridge, then up to the top of the cupboard.  What possessed him to go there in the first place is beyond me.  He must have been exploring the house in our absence and well, "ta da".

An annoying CJ kitten trait was that when he wanted our attention when we were still in bed, he would rake his paws down the blinds.  Smart kitty.  We would get frustrated, and banish him from the room, but then he would put his paw under the door and shake it back and forth!  Oh my goodness, I found it both annoying and funny.

As CJ reached his adolescence, after getting "fixed", he developed an infatuation with one of my stuff animals.  It was a tiger.  CJ ended up having an outrageous love affair with this tiger.  When it was finally time to throw the tiger out, it had no more fur left on its sides or bum... Yes... he did that with it. This was the only stuffed animal that CJ lusted after, so once the tiger was gone, so was the disturbing behaviour.

Eventually CJ grew into his great big ears.  He turned out to be a very handsome cat.  Black and white with striking yellow eyes.  He was an affectionate cat too, especially when his food dish was empty.