43 posts tagged “ramses”

Lots of good luck

Enjoyment of simple things
A sense of humor
Good books to read
Lots of fun things to play with
Pretty things to wear
Gifts from friends
Bunnies!
Hugs and Kisses
Snorgles on demand
Beauty to contemplate
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Special moments with loved ones

Eldest Brother leaves.
Ramses sleeps with Osiris.
Long of fur, life, love.

.
.
.
.
.
The Miao-ku was written by Lurkertype in Ramses' memory.  I'm touched to have such a kind and caring vox neighborhood.  Thank you all for sharing your heartfelt and heartwarming words on the passing of Ramses, the eldest Miao Brother.

You have $100 to spend online in the next hour.  How are you going to spend it?

After hours of research and interviews, I have finally compiled the Miao Brothers' online shopping wish list.

Tantra - A personalized reclining couch (embroidered with the words "Prince Tantra") for when he is in an aloof, unsnuggly mood but still wants to be regally comfterbuls

.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.

Tashi - A deluxe cat gym so that he can balance his grueling intellectual exercises with physical exercise, and to encourage a more active lifestyle for his pudgy brothers

.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.

Kemi - A breakfast banquet featuring maple syrup pancakes and blueberry waffles, served with large bowls of chicken and beef gravy, and fresh honeycomb on the side.  [An appropriate online catering service has not yet been located.]

.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.

Merlin - OMG GLITTER BALLS!!1!  At $4.95 per 12-pack, that would be 240 glitter balls for Merlin to hunt!

.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.

Lotus - A bat house for batnaps.

.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.

Mani - An ant farm village for day-long entertainment (an upgrade from Mani's usual pastime of phantom-bug-watching)

.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.

Ramses - An aquarium for his fresh fishies so he can select them himself before each meal.

.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.

Ping - The magnanimous King would adopt a Siberian Tiger through the World Wildlife Fund for Mama Miao (and give her the cuddly plushie).

Show us your best pet photo. 
Submitted by 8gurl. 

An impossible request!  I won't even try.

But this reminds me that, finally, my tendency to procrastinate on even the simplest of tasks has cost me dearly.  A while ago, more than a week ago probably, Dewi forwarded me this Team Vox post about the latest MOO promotion: a sticker book of 90 stickers for only $9.99!!  I closed my eyes and squeeeeed, imagining Miao Stickers plastering all of my walls, my notebooks, my electronics, my kitchen cabinets, my tables, my chairs et cetera.  Then, overwhelmed by the task of selecting 90 Miao photos from my vox library, I did nothing.  Absolutely nothing.  I could, of course, get 90 of the same photo (Prince Tantra suggests demands the one to the right), but that would be no fun.

Now MOO's free shipping deal has ended, but perhaps it would still be worth it to get a book of Miao stickers...?

I tagged few of my favorites - it was by no means a thorough job.  I have no clue how many hundreds of Miao photos I have uploaded by now, and it's not easy paging through all of them.  Please forgive me if anyone is underrepresented (I know my dear Kemi-bear is, and Tantra never gets enough attention, and I know for a fact there are some great photos that I left out).

"Where did brekkies go?"
.
.
.
.
.
.
.

"Papa Miao will be home soon..."
.
.
.
.
.
.
.

.
.

"Is excessive moderation itself an excess?"
.
.
.
.
.
.
.

.
.
.
"Is this yummy?"
.
.
.
.
.
.
.

.
.
.
.
"Gotta get all the buggies!"
.
.
.
.
.
.

.

.
.
.
.
"OMG BUNNIES!!!11!!"
.
.
.
.
.
.

.
.
.
"It is my duty to patrol the borders."
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
"My work today is done.
Purrfection cannot be improved."

Mama Miao's homemade chicken breakfast for the Miao Brothers was a resounding success.  I don't know her recipe, but it's fairly simple and I'm sure she'd be happy to share.  I think it is some combination of free-range chicken, boiled to a pulp and put through a meat grinder, mixed with carrots and peas.

Ramses loves the chicken dish just as much as he loves his Merrick canned food - which is saying a lot.

Tantra can never eat his fill.  He'd probably eat everyone's breakfast if given the chance.  Merlin loves it too - he typically consumes twice his body weight in food each day.
Tashi, normally a finicky eater, has no complaints - except that the portion sizes are too small.
Perhaps most significantly, the new food pleases the royal palette.
But you can please everyone all the time.  Kemi stubbornly prefers crunchies.  When it comes to wet food, he only ever eats the gravy.  Mama Miao's homemade chicken has no gravy at all, so it never stood a chance.  Lotus refuses to touch the new food.  He has never been a big breakfast eater, perhaps because he fills up on buggies at night.  Quite unexpectedly, Mani doesn't appear interested in the new food.  His appetite earned him the sobriquet "the Hearty Trencherman", but if he keeps up his poor breakfast performance, he'll soon lose that distinction.

NOTE: I, the humble chronicler, have a painful admission to make.  Their homemade breakfast was first served to them on 1 July 2007 (the day the photos were taken), but I have delayed nearly two weeks before posting about this most momentous event.  I have no excuse for this neglect but my innately slothful disposition, my criminal disregard for responsibility, my negligible attention span, and my penchant to loll around snorgling kitty tummies and wishing on dandelion puffs all day long.  I hope my Miao Brothers will consider these mitigating circumstances before they deprive me of my single source of respectability and livelihood.

Your Scent is Lemon

Vivacious, tangy, and lively You are one gigantic ball of energy!

sour is an important adjective they left out of that description...

What kind of fruit would each of the Miao Brothers be (note: this is a slightly revised version of the original blogthings question)?  Clearly I'll have to devote more thought to this important metaphysical question.  Here are some of my preliminary notes.

Ping would be an orange.  Round, orange colored, and with a royal bearing.

Tashi would be Longyan (Longan?), a Thai fruit that means "dragon's eye" in Chinese.  They're small, round, with an easily removable brown shell.  Their flavor is subtly sweet and refreshingly juicy.

Kemi would be a blackberry.

Tantra would be an apricot - alternately tart and sweet, but mushy if overripe.

That leaves Ramses, Merlin, Lotus, Mani...  As I said, this assignment requires much thought and revision.  Any inspiration is welcome.

Mama Miao and little miao will reunite with the Miao Brothers this afternoon!  The Miao Brothers are watching patiently at the windows.

Show us something (or someone) old and beautiful. 
Submitted by falcon.kmc.