Sunday, May 16, 2004

Enter the Twins
The Hubby-Man left to fetch our kitten, and returned with a pair. So now we have 3 black cats. One grumpy, overweight cat; and two puffy kittens; one boy and one girl. What to name them? Studies show cats respond best to two syllable names, so I've suggested: Hunter and Seeker, Java and Coffee, Midnight and Starlight, and a string of ridiculous names like: popcorn and kernel, pepsi and cola, meatloaf and gravy... do you see a trend here?
I looked at some baby-names-for-twins sites and found that Aswad is Arabic for black, but I can't call a cat "ass wad"
Dee means black or dark in Celtic, while Nigel or Nigella mean black haired. Moonshadow and Melingro would be great, but they've already been used on other cats. Melingro means "walks with the dead".
Purrhaps Maelstrom and FeMaelstrom? How about Catalyst, Catastrophy, Catalogue etc?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

*update*
The kittens are now named. Hunter Of Things In The Night (Hunter) and She Hides In Shadows (Moonshadow)
Hunter is happy, pouncy and cuddly -frequently all at the same time. Moonshadow likes to hide. She'll let me pet her, but I've yet to get her to purr.
Friday is slowly giving ground to the kittens, albeit with much hissing and growling. She spent most of yesterday guarding her kitchen; so we put food, water and litter in the living room. This morning, Hunter and Shadow invaded the kitchen. Hilarity ensued. Friday laid down by her food bowl and hissed up a storm. The kittens don't know what to make of her. I guess that's ok, though. She doesn't know what to make of them, either.

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