Cats! Not the musical!

Because I kept complaining that Oliver is Adrienne's cat and not mine, for my birthday present, Adrienne paid the adoption fee on a cat from the shelter, and she's incredibly kerdorable. We're going to pick her up Monday or Tuesday (whenever we can get an appointment at the vet), and I'll post pictures probably next week. But you can see the picture of her that I stole from The Monroe County Humane Society (always get shelter kitties) and her listing is at the bottom of this page. She's a female (fluh!) spayed cat, ~2 years old, and she was being very sweet to the kittoon with whom she'd been placed in the crate at Petsmart, so we think she'll do well with Oliver.

Her given name is Joann, but I plan to rename her "Marzipan" because it sounds similar and won't confuse the cat. And Marzipan likes baby animals and cats. The names I had planned to give my first cat were either "Doucheface," "Jeepers Creepers," or "Tawny Kittaen;" which, I'm aware, is an extremely gay reference. You don't want to know what names I've picked out for my unconceived children. But, anyway, Adrienne nixed the first one, and Marzipan is neither tawny nor a kitten. But I knew "Joann" would have to go, and "Marzipan" is actually the first rhyming name that came to mind when I thought of "Joann." Plus it's clever, and we all know how important it is to give our pets clever names after minor characters from obscure webcartoons. We'll see if the little pet-tag machine at Petsmart will accept eight characters. If not, she may have to go by "Marzy."

So, to summarize in haiku form:
Kitty adopted
Her name will be Marzipan
Pictures *next* Monday
- Francis performed this service for you at 9:09:00 PM