So I Saw This In A Blog Once...

I was browsing Jake's awesome blog today and I saw a really neat idea on there. You're supposed to list 100 things about yourself. Well, true to form, I'm stealing the idea and warping the shit out of it. Here's a list of 50 Things About My Cat. I am not doing 100 things because 50 random facts is plenty of crap to know about a cat.

1. Her name is Pixel
2. She got her name by watching my screen saver for 2+ hrs when I first got her
3. She was a stray that I picked up during an ice storm in Austin
4. She's a grey cat with little racoon-like stripes on her tail
5. She's the most adorable cat in my world
6. Pixel can balance on the top of a door frame (about 1 in thich) for hours
7. She can jump to the top of the door frame (about 7 ft high) from the floor
8. My kitty squeaks when you try to pick her up
9. But she doesn't mind being held so long as it's only for short periods of time
10. Her favorite toy(s) are peacock feathers that Lis brings home from the zoo
11. She eats an entire bowl of food every three days (over the course of the three days, I don't just feed her twice a week!)
12. Her favorite resting place is sitting on the backrest of the couch
13. She never sleeps with me in my bed, but loves to sleep with Lis
14. Her best feline friend is Lis' cat Miikka
15. When she wants attention, she'll walk across my laptop keyboard and lay down on it until I pet her
16. She makes a goofy squealing noise when she starts and stops running
17. Pixel loves twisty-ties. Especially when she can bat them over to one of my shoes
18. She loves laundry time because she gets to sit in the empty laundry basket
19. Her favorite application is the Linux screen saver with a ball of yarn rolling around
20. She likes techno music but doesn't like industrial music
21. The thing she hates most in the world is her cat carrier
22. She has no fleas
23. Pixel is about two years old
24. She has a little patch of white fur on the inside of her hind leg, and on her chest
25. She likes to reach out a paw and rest it on my shoulder when she watches me code
26. Her favorite cat food is Purina Indoor Cat Chow
27. She eats her food and drinks her water out of two little wooden bowls from the 60s
28. My cat will never have kittens
29. She loves chasing flies or any other bug around the apartment
30. She's never been stepped on
31. When Pixel talks to me, she meows really loud. When she mumbles, it's a lot softer
32. Everyone loves Pixel
33. Pixel loves everyone. No, really. She likes people in general
34. She knows that she can't be on certain pieces of furniture and usually won't go up on them (like the kitchen table, etc)
35. That is... until I'm out of the house...
36. Pixel is an indoor-only cat. She never gets to go outside unless I carry her there
37. She's been in the snow once when there was a freak snow storm down here -- I brought her outside to see what she'd do. She didn't seem to like the snow too much
38. She's never been around a dog before, but I bet she's try to be its friend if she did meet one
39. Pixel is a bit dense sometimes -- you can just see it in her eyes
40. She's one of the most loving animals I've ever seen
41. Pixels other favorite human in the whole wide world (aside from me) is Elissa
42. I've caught Pixel walking upright before (holding on to a swivel chair)
43. My cat is afraid of my alarm clock (but then again, so am I)
44. Pixel has no middle name, but her last name is Ballman
45. Her nicknames are Pixie, Mixel, Goofball, Sugar Lumpkin FrooFroo Butt. Well, maybe not the last one...
46. Pixel isn't allowed into the office space of my apartment
47. Her favorite treats are pieces of summer sausage
48. When she's naughty and gets scolded, she makes a pathetic meow and lays in the corner for at least five minutes before trying to be friendly again (cuz she knows she's been bad)
49. She has little tufts of fur on the very tips of her ears -- it's so cute!!
50. Pixel only has back claws

Some day I may enter in 100 things about myself (I prolly will since I get bored pretty easily), but until then, learning more than you ever wanted to know about my cat will just have to tide you over. Isn't useless information wonderful?