Kasey's Celebration of Festivus

There’s an episode of Seinfeld in which Frank Costanza creates his own holiday, called Festivus. If you, like us, are fans of the show, you no doubt remember the episode. Well, part of the celebration of Festivus involves the ‘Airing of Grievances’. During this ‘Airing of Grievances’, family members are supposed to let everyone in attendance know what each has done to anger, disappoint, or frustrate them over the past year. (Kind of a twisted version of the ‘What I am Thankful For’ Thanksgiving tradition)

Well, Kasey has expanded on this practice and chooses instead to air her grievances on a daily basis. As we mentioned in our first posting, Kasey is the most vocal and critical of our three cats, never hesitant to voice her displeasure to the humans who occupy her house. Particularly offensive to her are those occasions when we allow the food dish to empty. When this occurs, she generally begins with a few ‘warning meows’ to inform us that there is a problem. If an extended amount of time elapses without a resolution of the situation, she implements the second phase of her battle plan, which is a ruthless combination of psychology, aesthetics, and an assault on the auditory nerves.

She runs into the utility room (where the food is stored), jumps onto the washing machine (what we call her ‘grievance stump’), and meows incessantly until the dish is refilled. And, to her credit, the jump onto the washing machine is a bold psychological move; most likely honed by thousands of years of instinct, and the ability of a species to adapt and survive. Evidently this is done in an attempt to intimidate us, and assert her authority by bombarding us with meows while at an elevated position, putting her at more of an eye level with ‘the enemy’. Her final weapon is that she is just so cute, that it is extremely difficult to stay mad at her (as seen below) for an extended period of time.

Anyway, below is a great picture April took of Kasey last week during one of her grievance sessions.


See.....you can't stay mad when this face is looking back at you :)