Kitty! =^.^=

[exatron]

Today made up for not being able to go to MFF, even if I do still miss the people who went.

I saw my sister's new cat and got a few pictures; unfortunately, I only have two right now because Livejournal went a bit screwy when I tried to upload more. Here's a link to the gallery with the pictures.

My sister hasn't picked a name yet. The front-runners are: Minerva, McGonagle, and Emerald.

It's cute, very affectionate, curious, a bit weird, and basically chose my sister. It follows my sister around, purrs at the slightest bit of attention, and likes having its belly rubbed (most cats don't like that). Playing doesn't seem to be its thing, but that may be because it was spayed three days ago and still has the stitches.

The IM conversation we had when she told me about the cat was amusing, and I wish I could share it.

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[nekura-ca.livejournal.com]

LJ still seems to be having problems, I could only see two of the pictures close up, but from what I saw, the cat looks very nice. I like the name Emerald, for the eyes. Really cute.

[exatron.livejournal.com]

I think LJ's move to a new datacenter is the source of the problem. They had to take the system down, and moves like that never go as smoothly as intended.

The cat is very nice.

I'm not quite sure about the name Emerald. The green color in the photos is just light reflected from the tapetum lucidum, a reflective membrane at the back of cats' eyes. It would be like naming someone Red or Ruby because of the infamous red-eye effect in humans.