The stars aligned -- in our catfood

I had a really well-written, I would even say elegant, account of this event. But as I'm now completely frustrated from losing it, I'll just tell you what happened. I shook the catfood dispenser and 5 bits of food came out in the shape of our favorite constallation Cassiopeia.

It seriously was eloquant writing wherein you got to know a little more about our kitty Lu and how the universe reveals itself in funny ways. There was even some suspense in there since I didn't tell you what happened until after a drawn out sequence detailing how I came home, greeted the wife and cats, toyed with a hungry and begging Lu, jostled the food dish, saw the shape, inquisitively cocked my head, scooped up Lu so she wouldn't eat it, grabbed my camera with Lu in the other arm, got laughed at by Sarah, snapped the photo, let Lulu have at it, made some connections to swirls in coffee and patterns in old oak trees and the universe, and commented about how I'm not very religious and that this was my Jesus in the toast, and then was punished for being a complete heathen and the entry was sacked in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Toast.

See? This is why I'm putting a stop to nearly all freelance work. I'll be adding some sort of save progress or auto-save feature to my website so Murphy and his damn law never strike a well-written entry again.

Hey, that was pretty therapeutic. I think I'll go watch some TV.

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11/23/2005 @ 2:57am

Looks photo enhanced, I'm not sure the event really happened...I think the story would be better if Lu the clairvoyant had been eating and left the five pieces as a clue to her thoughts. Those thoughts being, 'Mmmm, food!' What you really should have done is saved it, and sold it on Ebay like the Virgin Mary on toasted cheese that sold for a bazillion dollars!

by Toni

11/23/2005 @ 6:30am

There was no holding her back -- and it certainly isn't a forgergy as is evidenced by Sarah laughing at me while I frantically held Lu in one arm and got my camera with the other. I thought it was cool.

by KevinFreitas

11/23/2005 @ 7:05am

Oh yeah, here's some linkage to a Wikipedia entry on the constellation Cassiopeia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassiopeia_(constellation)

by KevinFreitas

11/23/2005 @ 11:25am

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5624393427

This made me laugh out loud. I want the holy toaster to come to my town! Maybe you should sell your holy cat food dish on ebay.

by Gavin Jensen

11/23/2005 @ 6:31pm

The universe speaks in mysterious ways. Sarah knows of what I speak. Pay attention to details. See Kevin, we even have you wondering.

by Momquote

11/26/2005 @ 11:59am

I'm not exactly sure what the constellation Cassiopeia looks like but the sheer fact the you think you saw it in the kitty's food dish is amazing in it's self. If your first attempt at the story was anything close to this entry I think we all missed a great article. Still a little frightened at the cat food incident but stranger things have happened.

by Steve

3/17/2007 @ 12:30pm

what the heck is going on here i'm lost, why is this such a big deal if you let the cat eat it anyway?

by gkjashrfshdfhskj

3/17/2007 @ 12:34pm

i am the same person as gkjashrfshdfhskj i just changed my name, why is this such a big deal it was probably just a coincidence it is just like the girl that got struck by lightning and the scar looked like cassiopeia but with catfood.

by dude