This is an odd combination. While much of my usual internet distractions are shut down in protest of SOPA and PIPA, Seattle is also shut down because of the snow. School was canceled, bus routes are mostly down, and the streets are totally impenetrable. At first I was worried – how am I going to spend a snow day without reddit and Wikipedia?!
But then I remembered I have a kitten, and books, and video games. Right.
I’ve also been entertaining myself by watching all the people who are building snowmen or sledding down my street. So has Pixel:
And here’s a gratuitous beauty shot:
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Eukaryot
January 18, 2012 at 2:29 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
It’s almost like the Seattle weather is protesting against SOPA…
MichaelD
January 18, 2012 at 3:02 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I spent the day sneaking through air vents and trying to keep my cat off my keyboard.
Cujo359
January 18, 2012 at 3:08 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Awwwww!
And a digital camera …
I just shoveled out my driveway, again. It’s so quiet when it snows, because the cars don’t whiz by at 50 MPH on the local arterial. I’d like snow a lot if it didn’t make it so hard to get anywhere.
Cuttlefish
January 18, 2012 at 3:33 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Ok, from an observer who is biased toward my own cats, and thus against yours… that’s a good looking cat.
Ophelia Benson
January 18, 2012 at 3:46 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
That beauty shot is seriously gorgeous. I do love a cat with blue eyes.
Jason Thibeault
January 18, 2012 at 4:23 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
“How am I going to spend–” “SKYRIMMMMMMM” “Right.”
Your cat has teh pretty.
gworroll
January 18, 2012 at 4:45 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
We had snow in CT a couple nights ago. I was looking forward to nice pictures when the sun came up.
Got out of bed… all the snow gone.
Calaban
January 18, 2012 at 5:12 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
That is a fantastic picture of your master.
Paul Little
January 18, 2012 at 6:35 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
OK, here is your gratuitous Canadian comment: Snow? That’s not snow. That’s just a light dusting.
There, I feel better for having made a somewhat condescending comment. Ciao.
Michelle
January 18, 2012 at 7:37 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I’m not even a cat person, and that is a gorgeous cat.
evilDoug
January 18, 2012 at 7:46 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
On Saturday, our forecast for Calgary was snow all week. We got a little. Big chilly, -31°C last night, but only -29 for tonight.
Cujo359: I really enjoy the quiet brought by a good snowfall. I like religious holidays for the same reason – they keep a lot of cars off the streets for a few hours.
Very pretty kitty! Would you like some mousies? I haz some that I’d rather not have, but I’m very fond of mouseses, so I’m waiting impatiently til it gets warm enough to evict them to the great outdoors whence they came.
evilDoug
January 18, 2012 at 7:47 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Pooh! “Bit chilly”, not “Big chilly”
The Artful Nudger
January 18, 2012 at 9:31 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Pretty kitty! As always, too bad I’m allergic. But when I get a Labrador, I’m going to photograph the heck out of him or her.
dysomniak
January 18, 2012 at 11:41 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
OMG! My cat’s name is name is Pixel too!
matthewhodson
January 19, 2012 at 1:33 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
zOMG Your a cat…
oh wait… [reads more closely].
That is a beautiful carnivore you have there though.
matthewhodson
January 19, 2012 at 1:34 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
^^^ you’re – damit I blame the stout.
Brian
January 19, 2012 at 2:00 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
We had a blackout earlier this week, too, when a big chunk of Capitol Hill lost power. I was denied access to every single website on the Internet. Oh, and also video games. If you ask me, that’s going a little overboard on the protesting.
Fortunately, books continued to work. And lucky for me, power was restored before sunset.
Nathaniel
January 19, 2012 at 3:04 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
What? In Stockholm, we call that weather “Monday”. Last year all public transit stood still and my car was completely snowed in (as in snow up to the roof), and we *still* didn’t get a snowday :(
I love Pixel, though. There’s no better companion to spend a day at home with :)
Hypatia's Daughter
January 19, 2012 at 7:40 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Cat story to while away the time. Mixed in with a little science nerdery.
I had two cats like Pixel, but with the traditional Siamese face coloring – dark chocolate markings and those icy blue eyes.(From her face markings, it seems Pixel has some American Shorthair in her background).
I named them Herschel & Hubble (after famous astronomers) and put a red collar on one and a blue on the other. A friend claimed I really only had one cat – but he was red-shifted when he was walking away from you and blue shifted when he was walking towards you.
Alas, Hubble ran away from home and Herschel has a cranky & suspicious temperament. No fetching toys and sitting on laps for him. You lucky girl to have such a playful master!
boadinum
January 19, 2012 at 8:16 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I’d call -31 Celsius (-24 F) “big” chilly. as the windchill factor would make it feel like -40 C (-40 F) or so.
And wot a beautiful cat!
freemage
January 19, 2012 at 8:40 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
D’awwwww….
Pixel’s face-markings are downright stunning.
beardofpants
January 19, 2012 at 9:06 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Ok, I give up. I’ve tried submitting a comment twice now, and it’s not going through. Lets see if this one does.
beardofpants
January 19, 2012 at 9:08 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Apparently not. >_<
Wah.
beardofpants
January 19, 2012 at 9:08 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
(my post didn’t got through… take 2) She looks like a seal point lynx ragdoll. :) If she is, she’ll get more poofy around the ruff and britches as she gets older. I have a male seal point (also named Pixel!), and he looks like a walking carpet bag. :D
Wendy
January 19, 2012 at 10:21 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
LOL Love the snow comment. Living is Saskatchewan I ran OUTSIDE (we might be crazy here) in the 6 inches of powder we received on Sunday. Though I will admit the cold spell with its -40C days (not including the wind) is starting to make me grumpy.
A pretty kitty like yours sure would help. :)
Nick
January 19, 2012 at 10:24 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Holy crap, Pixel is a beautiful cat.
Captured with an excellent photo, I might add.
RealityBasedSteve
January 19, 2012 at 10:38 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Has Pixel had a chance to go out and play in the snow yet?
Steve
evilDoug
January 19, 2012 at 12:08 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
http://members.shaw.ca/brian.bogdan/saskatchewan_song.htm
Nentuaby
January 19, 2012 at 3:14 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
That beauty shot really lives up to the appellation!
StJason
January 20, 2012 at 2:36 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I keep saying: Losing Reddit is not much of a penalty….
Pieter B, FCD
January 20, 2012 at 3:43 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
re: gratuitous beauty shot
haminahaminahamina babble babble
OMFG that’s both a beautiful cat (she’s not a kitten in that shot) and a beautiful photograph.