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My Cats, The Ones That I Have, Were Feral When I Found Them So The Relationship That I Have With Them 10 Years In Is Very Mutual, Earned, And Evolved Over Time. It Was Never An Easy Thing. I Like That They Have A Certain Distance And Have Their Own Sense Of Selves.

I've Always Been Someone Who Likes To Talk To People. When I Was A Little Kid, I Sought Out Freaks And Weirdos That Wandered The Streets By Where I Worked In High School. I Would Just Bring Them In And Talk To Them.

That's An Animal Fable About Humility. If You Survive Your Mistake, You Must Learn From It. Accept That You're Fragile, Vulnerable, And Sometimes Stupid. Realize That You're Not Immortal And You've Got To Take Care Of Yourself. And Then Laugh It Off And Fly Away.

We Live In An Age Where People Are Like, "i'd Love To Catch Up. Maybe Text Me Later? But Don't Call Because I Don't Really Listen To My Messages. But If You Text Me..." We've Displaced Interaction Into Sound Bites And Untethered Phrases And Sentences That Come Up On The Phone As Twitter Feed.

You Know When You Make Popcorn There Are Always Those Fluffy White Kernels That Are Fun And Good To Eat But There Are Also Always Those Burnt, Black Kernels That Don’t Pop. You Know Why They Don’t Pop? Because They Have Integrity.