Shortly after I moved into the house where I live now, one of my roommates brought home a kitten. At first, he told me her name was Cassie, so I called her that. I work late and keep an odd schedule, so I don't see my roommates very often. When I saw my roommate again, and referred to the cat as Cassie, he laughed and said people just called it whatever they wanted to. I started calling her Lathie, which was short for Nyarlathotep, the Crawling Chaos. The name sort of stuck, as I heard people repeat it a few times. Mostly, though, we just called her cat.
Cat disappeared about a week ago. We'd been thinking, or maybe just hoping, that she was out getting laid, and would eventually return. Chomsky, one of the dogs at the house, chased a cat out of one of the barns, and we figured maybe they ran off somewhere else for some privacy.
I just got a text message from one of my roommates. It read as follows:
Rest in peace, cat.Goodbye, cat.
10/06 - 4/23/07
8 comments:
Awww...even kitties take flight when they get their wings.
I'm sorry that this has happened to you. That happened to me once when I was young.
Sorry about the loss, dude. Love the names games. Good effort! And the bottom picture seems so peaceful.
rest in peace little one....
That's really sad, and what a beautiful kitty. And then you come over to my blog and read about catfish death - some sort of synchronicty at work there.
Paulo~ Ironic that you commented on the archived peace sign post ... I thought of that very post probably right about the same time you were commenting! weird, huh?
every time my outdoor kitty takes off for a couple of days, i hope she's off having some big adventure and not hit by a car or something. hope lathie is creating some major chaos in her next incarnation.
hmm, i may change that last wish. since Nyarlathotep enjoys creating madness more than anything, i'm not wishing that on anyone!perhaps lil' lathie can come back as a kinder, gentler god(dess).
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