# Cat pictures!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 26, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-pictures/597685 "2011-09-26T19:20:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Amanda\_the\_Wuss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cdc98d/32.png) [@Amanda\_the\_Wuss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amanda_the_Wuss)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-pictures/597685/1 "2011-09-26T19:20:51Z")
Hey, newish person here. I’ve been a lurker on and off for several years, then finally registered a few weeks ago, had a thread in IMHO about some crap that’s been going on in my life, and then sort of disappeared. Now I’m going to try again to be a more active member of the SDMB, this time with a less depressing thread. So… what’s the least depressing thing in my life? The giant ball of fur I call my cat. Vicki is some sort of Maine Coon mix (either 1/2 or 3/4 Maine Coon). She used to belong to my friend/former roommate, who got her from an animal shelter years ago, but when my roommate moved out and couldn’t take her with her, I got custody. [Here’s a short video of Vicki playing with a bag.](http://www.flickr.com/photos/67949172@N07/6186333240/in/photostream/) As I say in the video description, I woke up one night and found her in the bag. I’ve since been sure to keep plastic bags where she can’t get into them. Sorry for the weird breathing/maniacal laughter; I was half asleep. [Vick in a box](http://www.flickr.com/photos/67949172@N07/6185794181/in/photostream/) [Vick sleeping.](http://www.flickr.com/photos/67949172@N07/6185793489/in/photostream/) My roommate and I had just gotten her shaved into a “lion cut” because summer had just started and we wanted to make sure she stayed cool. [DERP.](http://www.flickr.com/photos/67949172@N07/6186317500/in/photostream/) [Vick after tucking herself in](http://www.flickr.com/photos/67949172@N07/6186317384/in/photostream/) [If you don’t audibly “squee” after seeing this, you have no soul](http://www.flickr.com/photos/67949172@N07/6185792939/in/photostream/) [Staring at birds out the window](http://www.flickr.com/photos/67949172@N07/6186316964/in/photostream/) [Sam Fisher impersonation](http://www.flickr.com/photos/67949172@N07/6186316746/in/photostream/) [More Vick in a box](http://www.flickr.com/photos/67949172@N07/6185792367/in/photostream/) ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-pictures/597685/2 "2011-09-26T19:29:43Z")
she’s gorgeous! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-pictures/597685/3 "2011-09-26T20:28:01Z")
She’s a beauty of a cat. I love 3-coloured cats, and she’s one of the most beautiful I’ve seen. I’m jealous. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Al\_Bundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@Al\_Bundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al_Bundy)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-pictures/597685/4 "2011-09-27T13:28:28Z")
It’s your digital pictures that need some work. You could improve them greatly by turning the white balance up a notch or two. Either that or you could lighten them after with Irfanview. ---
**Author:** ![Amanda\_the\_Wuss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cdc98d/32.png) [@Amanda\_the\_Wuss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amanda_the_Wuss)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-pictures/597685/5 "2011-09-27T17:40:09Z")
**MoodIndigo1** - Did you notice the whiskers on one side are white and the other side are black? I’ve always thought that was adorable. **Al Bundy** - yeah, I know next to nothing about taking photos. I was using my phone camera (Droid Incredible). I’m not even sure if it has a “white balance” setting. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-pictures/597685/6 "2011-09-28T00:48:57Z")
That bag video was too cute. Your kitty seems really mellow. She’s just like, hey, I’m in a bag. This bag is fun to nuzzle. I think I will have a nap now. yaaaay ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-pictures/597685/7 "2011-09-28T20:46:47Z")
Your kitty is beautiful. And don’t worry about the photography. Some of the best and most memorable pictures I’ve ever taken of my cats have been taken with crappy cell phone cameras. ---
**Author:** ![Amanda\_the\_Wuss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cdc98d/32.png) [@Amanda\_the\_Wuss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amanda_the_Wuss)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-pictures/597685/8 "2011-09-30T02:59:39Z")
New video, [Vick snoring and twitching in her sleep.](http://www.flickr.com/photos/67949172@N07/6196972258/) It’s a bit slow in the beginning; you might want to skip to about the halfway point. **Rachelellogram** - Yeah, Vick is very laid-back. She seems to get an almost Zen experience from laying in boxes or bags. **Infovore** - Thanks. 🙂