Portraits in Boredom, #1

[nonelvis]

Mr. Peterson says that I am boring, and his toys are boring, and this house is boring, and you? You are boring too.

Meanwhile, I say that the camera built into the MacBook Pro is awfully entertaining, at least for me.

Comments

cutie

[mmancuso.livejournal.com]

Of course he's right. Were I less boring, I'd be there giving petting him, or not petting him, whichever he prefers. I could spend the whole day petting him or not petting him.

:)

The pitch at which I said "cutie" in my head suggests the following analysis of human/pet behavior may be correct:
http://xkcd.com/c231.html

--mm

Re: cutie

[nonelvis]

It wouldn't matter whether you petted him or not, YOU WOULD STILL BE BORING.

And xkcd, as always, is outstanding.

Re: cutie

[mmancuso.livejournal.com]

Sigh. I've gotten that reaction once or twice before. :)

[platypus]

You actually have a cat named Mr. Peterson?

[nonelvis]

Indeed I do, and he is of course named after the small, skittish black cat from "Jim's Journal." We used to run the comic strip at The Tech (MIT's student paper). I think I still have at least one old "Jim's Journal" t-shirt, probably tie-dyed, in my dresser somewhere. God, I loved that strip.

[profrobert.livejournal.com]

If I were there, he would not be bored -- many, many other things, but not bored.

[platypus]

Heh. I have an "I went to college and it was okay" mug full of pens on my desk. The guy who wrote it was based in Madison so there was a lot of that sort of thing around when I was there.

[nonelvis]

"Terrified" and "well-hidden" are certainly two adjectives that come to mind.

[profrobert.livejournal.com]

The TER-ROR!!!!!