15 posts tagged “pets”
I never really paint cats, but being that Milkshake is popular why not do one of him for practice? I've been told, by more than one person who has met him, that between the eyes and overall expression that it totally is Milkshake...
You can purchase this little 6x8 inch painting for only $65 over at www.bellavendetta.etsy.com. Milkshake is after all an internet sensation! He's been on CuteOverload, ICanHasCheezburger and even Gawker! So I was thinking to myself, maybe since he is so popular that i should start a little fanzine about him the way you had in the 70's with the teeny bopper idols. I actually had one dedicated to Depeche Mode that my now-husband brought back from England once for me when I was about 12 years old; I totally cut out the pictures to put on my walls and loved it. I also remember finding one dedicated to Shaun Cassidy at a thrift store, and it was hilarious! Just pictures of him on set of the Hardy Boys and crap about his favorites foods and stuff. Shaun liked popcorn best if you were wondering.
I don't really have money to do a mini print Milkshake Fanzine, but that would be so awesome. I'd probably sell more copies of those than all of my art prints put together. Well, maybe I should just let you in on some of his favorite things...
You may or may not know, his favorite food is Mayonnaise. No lie! A close second is cheddar cheese. He also has two favorite bands; The Libertines (maybe because he is a little punk) and anything with Rod Stewart on vocals. Again, no lie, as we have run experiments to determine this. You're probably wondering if he has a girlfriend? Sorry ladies but yes he does, but she's more of a Real Doll type than anything. She's a stuffed monkey named Snowflake.
Tune in next time for more fun facts about Milkshake.
Is this the face of EVIL?
I haven't done a Milkshake related post in a while, and he is after all an international celebrity. This week he was up to no good...as usual. Besides the fact he now refuses to use the litterbox and only drops bombs in the bathtub; he bit my tongue, which has yet to heal and hurts when I eat; he bitch-slapped husband, making a huge gash on his nose; and the little monster managed to give himself roids, no doubt due to him being agitated all the time and holding his poops in. I think he is getting stupider as well. His loss of grace and coordination, along with the fact he chases and attacks his own tail, cannot be good signs. How often does your cat fall backwards off furniture because he lost his balance? It is a good thing he's handsome, because he ain't too bright.
Odd happenings going on here at Casa Vendetta:
My cat won't stop humping his plush monkey doll. He does it twice daily now. He is neutered, and I don't think that is normal for a cat to be such a sex addict when they are neutered. He makes a very loud weird purring noise when he does it and doesn't care if people watch him. He is a deviant! Dogs I can understand, cats, not so much.
My next door neighbor was just taken away in handcuffs by the FBI. They asked my husband to identify her, and there were lots of them in our hallway for quite a while. I never liked that woman. I knew there was something not right about her and thus avoided talking to her. Especially when I found out she was going door-to-door borrowing money from the elderly tenants to buy cigarettes. FBI means serious shit, I wonder what she did.
Due to boredom and too much coffee, I now play a little game when out interacting with the public. Especially when a stranger talks to me for no reason, and I really didn't care to talk to anyone in the first place whilst running errands. I call this game "most ignorant woman" where I lately have just said the stupidest stuff to strangers to see what their reaction will be -- all while trying not to laugh. I don't plan, I just roll with the conversation, and some pretty funny facials expressions have come out of it. For instance, the other day I'm in a check out line softly singing the horrible "Crumbelievable" song from the Kraft cheese commercial. I know it is based off the EMF song "Unbelievable", I went and saw them play with Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine once! I don't know why I did this, it was so mean, but I guess I just wanted to see what would happen:
Woman in checkout: Oh I used to love that EMF song
Me: huh, oh no I think it is a Kraft cheese song
Woman: um, well yeah but it was based off the song by EMF
Me: EMF?
Woman: Yeah (her facial expression was priceless)
Me: Wait, I think you mean that band REM, and I know they never did a cheese commercial
Woman: No, ugh, wait, no that band EMF don't you know?!
Me: (in irritated valley girl voice) Like, I have no idea what you are saying to me right now (and proceeded to pay for my things).
I'm sure she's told her friends all about it. I just had fun annoying her with my supposed stupidity. So then yesterday, I didn't mean for this to happen, but it was just so easy. It was MLK Day and I went to the post office to get mail from my PO box. The actual office part was closed for the holiday of course. As I walk out with my mail, and guy walks in and states,
Man: Oh boy, I forgot that it was Martin Luther King day
Me: Who?
Man: (with the most dumbfounded look) Martin Luther King Jr.
Me: Oh yeah, I forgot they have holidays for those moon astronauts now. (and I continued walking out).
That man stared at me through the window as if I were the dumbest gal on earth. It was hilarious.
It appears that both super cuteness and fame run in the family...of my cat Milkshake. I've already talked about Milkshake and his brother Spike over here, and today was super exciting because we found out that Spike has now also become a world famous "lol cat". As Spike's daddy said,
"At first I thought it was just another black cat in a sweater, until I noticed that my dinning room is the background"
Here is Spike modeling a fisherman sweater his momma had him try on for 10 seconds, and the caption someone else made for it....
Is it just me, or does time go by faster the older I get? It seemed a year took ages while in elementary school; I remember it felt like 3rd grade dragged on forever.
Well another year of fun happenings has passed me by: I lost 20 pounds (granted about 12 of it was this past month alone), was able to quit my day job, got to travel around the USA a ton, had some cool shows, and got to see many friends I hadn't hung out with in years. Thanks to all the friends, family, and fans who have supported me and this whole art thang that I do, you guys are awesome!
And now for no particular reason, I give you an end of the year photo set of Milkshake to close out 2007....
It has been decided that we are moving. To a new and bigger pad. Sorry I know most of my family are secretly holding their breath for me to move somewhere "nicer so they can visit" or back to Los Angeles. But no, we're just moving down the street as we need a real office and a studio or music room. The nice thing about this city is that I can demand things from an apartment building or management company, unlike other cities where you are at their mercy to approve you and in competition with other prospective tenants. Here I can say: "I want a 2 or 3 bedroom, with hardwood floors, and high ceilings, and underground parking, and heat included, and an elevator, in a not-ghetto area and I don't wanna pay more than $650 for it -- now gimmeh!" And they totally will! Basically we need doors that close properly. Doors that close to keep this bugger away from computer cables, records, books, wood furniture and oil paints...
It has also been decided that Milkshake here will have to learn to be a big boy, and stay home alone for 24 hours with no supervision or kitten brothers to play with. He's 3, but he still acts like needy-princess-baby-sparkle-pants. This will either be a good step, or end in complete disaster; much like what he did to my husband's mint condition new wave records, or like this morning he whacked my phone off the table -- because he gets bored you know -- and it shattered into bits. I'll be away every weekend in November so I better get used to it I guess. Here's hoping he gets so bored that he just sleeps all the time.
Anyhoo, here are some more photos from Friday courtesy of Julie Finley...
Alright I'm outta here for a while, so I leave you with my baby boy Milkshake, and the "lolcat" I made of him....
I have a confession to make. I have become one of those
people...that will give their cat a birthday party.
Although technically Mr. Hubby is the one that initiated this tradition, and out of everyone's birthday he actually remembers that cat's day of birth and thinks about what gifts to get him a month ahead of time...okay I think about gifts to get him too. This all started because our pals also own the brother of your little boy. Milkshake and Spike, Spike and Milkshake you get the gist. Look here's baby Spike spreading Xmas cheer...
Anyways, what we really are celebrating is the fact that both our cats didn't DIE as babies and that they are spoiled healthy macho big boys now. Without going into the whole story of how I happened upon these little babies, let me put it to you this way:
crack apartment complex where even the janitor got murdered
screaming coming from boiler room
locker
metal box inside locker
2 week old kittens trapped inside with no air, or milk for God knows how long!
And seriously, they were tiny, my vet thought Milkshake was a hampster at first. They didn't think they would live because some sicko decided to take them from their mother and suffocate them in a hot basement. What did the cops say? "Well, what are we supposed to do?" Gee, I don't know. Find what tenant did this because it is prospective serial killer behavior! This was Milkshake about 4 days after the rescue...
So yes, tomorrow is our celebration of the non-death of our little boys. See he's all healthy and beat the odds even with a severe lung infection early on. Healthy enough that he bullies the crap out my husband and I...
They will be three years-old tomorrow. And really, cat birthday parties are just like kid's birthday parties; adults sit around getting completely hammered and eating sweets while the little ones run around like idiots all afternoon yelling and playing hide and go seek. And yes, last year we did wear party hats. What of it!? I luvs my kitteh.
While I'm fortunate enough to live right off Lake Erie and catch a nice breeze, a little someone in my house can't stand the slightest hint of warmth. While this week hasn't been too humid at all, my little guy has gotten so used to the sound of the A/C that he starts screaming and whacking it frantically once it gets turned off. It's his new best buddy and he mourns in the silence. As much as I think he is plain stupid sometimes, the little guy is pretty smart about knowing that "loud box makes cold happen" and gets the primo spot for naps...
Awww yeah.
Why I can't have nice wood furniture, or a normal dining room set for that matter....
Hi. I gots putted in jail
It happens a lot aktually. I did bad to the Nuggets 1 & 2 and Echo and the Bunnymen CD boxed sets
It be okay tho, I is bustin' outta the joint
Mmmm, incarceration tastes like chicken. And my doctor wonders why I gots such plaque-free teeth
I'm bored, which be the "fake bar" ?
