Sooooo, Melissa hated my cat Ethyl. Maybe this picture will illustrate why:
Yeah, she called her the spawn of Satan, so it was a losing battle for me. Very sad, but she got a great new home with a hairless Mexican dog, I think it was called a Chinese Crested or something. So I guess it was a Chinese dog.

Well, since Melissa got rid of the coolest cat ever, we got another one so Omaha has a buddy to kick it with all day. Meet Buford Tannen, a former resident of the Rexburg pound.

Yeah, he's a pimp. Melissa actually chose him, he gave her a big old hug when we were looking at the cats at the pound, so he must be smart too... knows how to schmooze his way around. He's pretty laid back, has a real quiet meow, and has the coolest name of all time: Buford. He is no yellow-bellied pie slinger, this is for sure.

We have added a new member to the family, Wuthel Ethyl Terrestrial. She's going to go by Ethyl, but I'll elaborate on the rest of her name: Her first name, Wuthel, derives from the question, "What the Hell?" Because that's what I said the first time I saw her. I wanted to name her WTF, but Melissa strongly vetoed me. Ethyl Terrestrial, or ET for short, comes from the movie, apparently she didn't have the minutes on her cell phone to phone home and she lives with us now. I'm going to buy a bicycle with a basket on the front just so I can ride around the neighborhood with her freaky ET head sticking out, scaring the bejeebus out of the neighbors.

Yep, she's a Sphynx. It's a hairless cat. So freaking cool, she feels like suede and has no hairballs! I can play with her and not have my allergies go haywire... she's a slinky bugger, really skinny and emaciated, but we'll see if we can fatten her up to a healthy weight.

I gotta say, I seriously about peed my pants the first time I saw her try to jump on the counter... She has apparently been de-clawed in her front paws, she jumped and couldn't quite hold on... Yes, my sense of humor is one of the many reasons I will be sitting on a hot coal in the after life.

Labels: ehtyl, hairless cat, new family member