PittsburghThoughts

 

Oh, I'd still be vulnerable to disease and other negativities and seeing a large, looming, kick-ass stray cat would probably scare the shit out of me but these are things that I've endured, in one way or another, as a human as well.

 

The difference is cats never worry themselves sick, oh wait, there are neurotic house cats and if there can be neurotic house cats why shouldn't there be neurotic feral cats too? Imagine a young Woody Allen cat, or a supremely insecure Richard Lewis cat, who, by the way, had a short lived TV sit-com starring Jamie lLee Curtis. The series was ruined, the whole premise destroyed once they had sex. The show was built around the sexual tension existing between the two characters and... but I digress.

 

Oh the other hand, in the wild could a Woody Allen cat even evolve? There are bound to be aberrations in every species but maybe the duality of a cat neurosis has a survival benefit; who would ever take in an unrepentant killer cat, love and feed it?

 

It's quite reasonable to assume that the world is filled with Woody Allen cats, cats seeking redemption, for their murderous ways while suffering the guilt of being who they are. Think Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, where the mild mannered Dr. Jekyll eventually gives way to Mr Hyde's insidious, criminal tendencies. Cats fighting their inner demons without so much as a comfortable philosophy to assuage them.

 

I don't want to be a cat after all. It wouldn't be cool, I'd have too many worries, and situational problems. As for the money ... Woody Allen and Richard Lewis cats have both done well for themselves and the venerable Mr, Hyde stills kills for the sheer pleasure.   Gene