Comic geniuses Keegan Michael-Key and Jordan Peele (AKA Key & Peele) produced and star in the upcoming “Keanu” movie (April 29) about a kitten who is adopted by Peele’s character only to be kidnapped by gangsters. Key and Peele masquerade as gangsters to retrieve the precious kitty “Keanu.” Here is the promotional calendar featured in ComingSoon.net produced by the film’s promoters.
Jean Claude, the black Bombay and KoKo, the domestic shorthair are having a ball at CCL’s other house ( not in Brookland). Though smaller the house affords them unique hiding places and extra large backyard. This inspired me to include Mel Walters “The Smaller the Club” – the bigger the party- yeah baby.
No, I”m not talking here the 2003 Russian film or the 2004 horror flick with Sarah Michelle Gellar. Koko, the domestic shorthair and Jean Claude, the black Bombay have come to spend a little time with me. That means a lot of things, certain furnishings are covered, scratching posts in strategic places.The main thing is to remember to raise blinds, curtains etc. so that they can witness the world from various windows in my house and so Jean Claude continue to keep an ongoing conversation with the birds in the backyard.
Watching The World
Finally, time permitting I went to see the film “The Avengers.” The title reminded me of the British television show with Diana Rigg (Mrs. Peel) and Patrick MaNee (John Steed) from the 1960s. Always a lot of fun but not quite as colorful or awe inspiring as the current version in theatres featuring the Marvel Comic characters, Iron Man (Robert Downey), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) , Thor (Chris Hemsworth) , and Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson). The plot goes something like this: Loki (adopted half brother of Thor) has formed a scheme with some other spacevillian types to destroy the Earth. Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) concocts a scheme to revive S.H.I. E.L.D, a sort of space terrorist fighting organization with the reluctant heroes who have been living on earth doing their routine – for some extraordinairy – routines. In the film they come together and save the world (or at least New York City) from destruction. There are a lot of superheroes among us here on Earth. Most going on with their routine routines which are, if not extradinairy, at least awe inspirting but without special effects. Those persons in my life include the male co-worker with the even-handed humor who shows quiet strength and is always ready to do the right thing, the friend who cares for his elderly uncle and mentors students and my brother, a fairly new but very present father, who is starting a business and cares for my mom and my sister. And of course Jean Claude, the male Bombay cat, who daily manages Roxie, the Japanese bobtail and provides serenity to all he encounters. Heroes among us. Happy Father’s Day.
Cats sometimes like to bring their owners little presents. Years ago my sister “Li” owned a black cat named Pirate. Pirate used to like to roam in the woods behind Li’s apartment building. He sometimes brought home a little present, an empty can of yogurt, a dead bird, and small dead mouse. For Pirate it was love and my sister seemed to understand.
One of my coworkers told me the other day his young daughter had been particularly fond of a cat who only seemed to have love for her and her alone. The cat slept in her bed nightly, under the covers , that was until the fateful day the cat– out of love ?? — left a headless bird in her bed. Yep, the little girl pulled back the covers, just like in the “The Godfather” movie and there was the decapitated birdie. The family soon purchased a new mattress for the distraught little girl who after some months found love again for her feline friend although he was no longer allowed to sleep in her bed.
Cats & All That ™ 