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  • Weekend Cat Blogging with Luna: Boarding Time

    I am currently in New York, which means Luna is currently at her usual boarding place.

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    She adjusted to her surroundings fairly quickly. It is probably somewhat familiar as we have been boarding Luna here for most of my time in San Francisco. And the staff knows her and will probably be spoiling her while I’m gone.

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    They do make sure to provide one of her favorite rooms along the kitchen hallway, where she can see the human activity from a high perch just like at home.

    I am currently focused on this trip, which should be an interesting one. But I do always look forward to being reunited with Luna when I return home.

  • Weekend Cat Blogging with Luna

    Weekend Cat Blogging with Luna

    There are times when I envy Luna’s ability to just relax.

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    After several weeks of hyper-activity and a bit of tumult, we are enjoying a quiet weekend at home, with plenty of sun puddles.

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    I of course have quite a few things to do – preparing for my annual New York trip and getting out a couple of gig reports for this site – but time with Luna is definitely a priority.

  • CatSynth video: What does the cat say?

    From N2 the Talking Cat via YouTube.

    “What Does the Cat Say? A cat parody of Ylvis – What Does the Fox Say”

    The main cat looks a lot like Luna 🙂

  • Weekend Cat Blogging with Luna: Peek-a-boo!

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    I snapped this picture of a bashful Luna during a rehearsal yesterday for my upcoming Pitta of the Mind performance at the Meridian Gallery in San Francisco.  Luna is often very shy around company, but she does come out for a few select friends whom she has decided are OK.

  • CatSynth pic: Post Hallowe’en with MS-20 mini

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    A post-Hallowe’en treat for our readers: black kitty with the Korg MS-20 mini in my company’s office.

  • Wordless Wednesday with Luna

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  • Post-weekend Cat Blogging with Luna

    It was a rather eventful weekend here with a film project and then a bit of unexpected excitement around a show at Berkeley Arts last night featuring Pitta of the Mind. In the end, everything went well, though Luna would have preferred less excitement. Here she is coming out of hiding after my friends from the film project left and reclaiming her territory.

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    She is quite fond of this toy piano. I have even heard her press the keys, though I haven’t been able to capture it yet.

  • Weekend Cat Blogging with Luna: Modernist Poses

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    Luna has long been comfortable in her modernist surroundings, at it is a common subject of her weekend visits to CatSynth.  In the photo above, she is striking one of her attention-getting cute poses against the circular geometry of the rug and the angular lines of the glass table.

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    In those photo, she has a more elegant pose, the classic “reclining cat” from many works of art.  But she also has a little bit of attitude and disdain her expression, probably directed towards me for snapping pictures.

    The Carnival of the Cats will be hosted by Ritzi iInfidel.

    And the Friday Ark is at the modulator.

  • Weekend Cat Blogging with Luna: Listening Intently.

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    During yesterday’s rainy morning, Luna sat with me as I listened to the final master for Reconnaissance Fly’s new album. I snapped this close-up with the iPad. She was so calm and poised. And she did listen to the music. I think her favorite track was Oh Goldfinch Cage, not just because of the subject matter, but because its timbral texture is quite different from anything else on the album, with more isolated percussion and sound effects. Lots of things to perk up both cat and human ears.

  • Weekend Cat Blogging with Luna: Cuteness

    Weekend Cat Blogging with Luna: Cuteness

    The third show of “Three Show Weekend” is coming up in a few hours.  It’s been a busy week, not just with the shows but also rehearsals and work.  But I still make quite a bit of time for Luna.  And who wouldn’t when confronted with an ultra-cute guilt trip like this.

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    Luna has perfected her cute poses and guilt trips, especially over the past year.   And she knows it works.  It doesn’t prevent me from getting to work in the morning, but it does sometimes make me a few minutes late.