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Nee-poo
Plus... I really do love my cat. A lot. Her name is Nia (NEE-ya). She will be three in July. She is something like a silver gray tabby, but she's a little more brown than that and has some spots instead of stripes. She was one white paw, and has pretty big ears. I've been trying to mythologize who her ancestors were and we both agree she is egyptian.  She has an affinity for expensive bags and scarves and likes to lay on them. She turns up her nose on regular cat food and demands organic (its my fault, i raised her this way). She likes to try to help me clean up by sweeping with her paw when i drop something on the floor. She talks to birds in the window by making a sound like a chirp. She's super affectionate, and often goes to sleep on my tummy. If she thinks I am oversleeping, she will wake me up by making a whole lot of racket on the otherside of my bedroom door. ...yeah she can't sleep in bed with me at night because she's a shed monster. She's really talkative this time of year. (In true cancerian form she's moody... or maybe its cuz she's a cat... whatever) Since I tend to have more guests in the summer she loves to love on them. She easily gets overstimulated and cant handle too many people at once. She gets super excited and plays rough at that point. She likes to have full on conversations with my mother who calls her Nia-poo or Nee-poo depending on how many syllabus she feels like saying at the moment. ...yes that is her on the big momma chair in the post on storms. Yes, she is in my avatar image as well. (I was sooo seiss when I saw that they had a cat with Nia's coloring as an option.) You can email her at niapoo [-at-] gmail [-dot-] com. Yes. I am a black woman. And I LOVE my pet. I love my pet CAT for that matter. Its always been a thing for Black people to talk about how much we don't really care for animals all that much. Thats not very afro-centric to me. Not to mention this idea that we don't like untamed nature. (Forests and fields and such.) Now I'm a little prissy. I give you that. But I'm not animal hater, nor am I someone who can't take a hike or pee in the bushes without freaking out. I guess it is the little bit of cuntry in me, but I also think its ludicrous to assume black people cannot connect to the world without an apparatus of some kind. What we don't do is choose animals over human brothers and sisters when we have the opportunity (i.e. The Jena 6, Meagan WIlliams, New Jersey 4 vs. Mike Vick). The way white folks have clamored over Vick's treatment of animals, but could not get off of their asses on issues that affects the very lives of Black children... um yeah not the business. But let me be clear. Mike Vick was dead ass wrong. Dead. Ass. Wrong. He deserved a financial ass whoopin or maybe a night in jail, but white folks wanted him skinned and his flesh boiled for lye. Not my feeling at all. However, there are some humans over whom I'd choose my cat any day. Bush is an example. On second thought... the list is quite long. I would write it here but that would just be distasteful.  Nia. At the time of this post. uttered by a black girl at 9:42 PM.
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She is an absolute cutie. I found your blog on my visit to The People Could Fly. I don't buy teh idea that Black folk don't love their pets. Of course we do, but like you said, not over people.
i'm afraid i may unintentionally substantiate the black ppl & animals assumption. i'm allergic to pet dander & i don't like creepy crawlies in my house. but a sister will go hiking or camping. ;+)
awwwww....
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she doesn't... she is way too busy meowing at the front door. (whether i am home or not)
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