And here I was almost expecting you to be tagged for Nyu's meme, but you tag her instead! I find that amusing.

Anyway, as I am currently living with four cats, why do you regard them as holy? If you feel like telling, of course.

Lol! Yeah, I was also amused by that. Actually, I was both amused and amazed to find that she was the originator of what is probably the most mega-uber-popular meme I've ever seen, given that the only place I'd known her from was MZDM.

Anyway, as far as cats go, it's kind of hard to explain. I'm not really sure if I can, to tell you the truth. I've been very attached to cats ever since I can remember. When I was offered the choice of a puppy or a kitty when I was three years old, I immediately and unquestionably knew I wanted a kitty. When I was young enough to sleep with stuffed animals, I had something like fourteen stuffed cats I slept with every night. (Yep, that was one crowded bed!) I also had almost an entire bookcase of shelves crammed with a cat-figurine collection and a ton of cat posters on my walls...although looking back, I think maybe part of the reason I overdid the cat motif was because as a kid it was one of the few things I could claim as my own thing, rather than something my parents had put on/done for me. But it didn't hurt that when I was growing up we always had between one to eight cats around.

I suppose it really shouldn't have come as such a surprise that when I went Pagan in college and began looking for a patron deity, I was very promptly tagged by Bast. I guess this sort of reinforced my sensibilities about cats being sort of holy, but I don't think it initiated them. (If this concept offends your own sensibilities, then perhaps simply consider it a feedback loop from my own mind, if you like.)

These days I have one real, live cat. Only one. She is a beautiful, petite, silver cat with golden eyes, and she is like a daughter to me in many ways. I don't dress her in stupid clothes or call her ickle baby names. But I do give her lots of love and scritches, keep her in kibble and kitty litter, and believe that she is the best cat in the world. She returns the love, with lots of purrs and warm furries and drool, and apparantly thinks I am her mother. I swear she is slowly learning to talk. And we're both good with this setup.

Hehe. You got me. Memes, I'm such a sucker for 'em.

I very much understand you with #8, although it wasn't Aikido for me.

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Really? What was it, if I may ask?

Southern Eagle Claw.

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I don't usually post journals
but thanks for tagging me:

1. I like to sort skittles by colors then eat them based on my mood.
2. I like to eat yogurt like crazy
3. sometimes I forget to drink for days
4. I speak 4 languages
5. I like to watch/play horror games by myself
6. I hate to take showers
7. I can't swim/or own a swimming suit
8. I have been called a sir before.

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Thanks for responding!

^_^;; I've never spoken to you before, but I've read your comic for years. I just wanted to say it was cool you have taken Aikido. What style was it?

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Hi! I'm glad you've been enjoying Eversummer Eve.

The dojo I went to is an ASU (Aikido Schools of Ueshiba) dojo - one of the major lines of Aikido in America. It's a pretty straightforward one with most of the training emphasis being on physical technique rather than on chi techniques. (Well, as much as that's possible, anyway, Aikido being what it is.)

Do/did you also study Aikido? If so, what style?