Nope- they like cozy hiding places like under the bed, or under the couch in my living room. The Neville kitties are very friendly and seem to be well-adjusted, but they still like to get under the bed and under the couch sometimes.
Rooster? 
Cats like to Lurk. Under the bed or behind the sofa is a great place to Lurk. We usually have a corrugated fiberboard (cardboard to all you folks who didn’t grow up with fathers who made the stuff) box around the house, so that the cats can sit in it and be happy. Get yourself a box, or better yet, a cat carrier, and set it up so that he can get in and out of it easily. He’ll feel very cozy.
Apparently, he’s happy with you, and likes your company, especially at 5 AM. Two of our cats always argue with a squirrel outside the window in the early mornings, so I feel your pain.
What do you mean “no pictures”???
Surely you can cough up (heh) $12.
The best name I ever had for a cat was Spot, who, took over a neighborhood, bringing his friends into the house for parties, up to a dozen sometimes, became, Downtown Spot Brown to all the neighbors. (Brown was my last name then) Or maybe it was that he was the coolest cat ever, so he name remains a legend. 
I agree, that getting a gently used cat, rather than a brand new one is better. After all, the animal shelter is just a used kitty store.
Well, Ast, knowing about your poker skills and what the cat’s gone through…may I propose…
Jacque le Spayeds
Bad Beat Bill
River Cat
Shadow Showdown
-OR-
MF’r!
Come on, Yeti. That cat has to be named Ether. There’s just no other way.
:smack:
Of course.
Cut to one dark and late Friday night…
Ast: Now where is that Ether?
LG: Why do you need ether?
Ast: I always have Ether with me. I just can’t be leaving Ether laying around. That’s a dangerous proposition.
LG: (trembling) Wh…What are you going to do with ether? Shouldn’t it be left back in the lab in safe place, locked up?
Ast: Heh, don’t worry about Ether…I know it’s our first date and all, but Ether is awesome, even on a first date. It would be sad not to have Ether with us.
LG: (backing off) But I’m not that “type” of girl…
Ast: Are you kidding me? All the girls LOVE Ether! Especially when Ether sneaks up from behind and then gets in your face…
LG: (starting for the door) I think I need to be leaving…
Ast: No…No…Stay here! Get comfortable on the couch while I go get Ether…Ether is a real knockout…you’ll love Ether just like all the other girls…
LG: (horrified) Just…like…the…other…girls? What happened to the other girls?
Ast: Oh, they just let Ether snuggle up to them and they usually drift off to sleep, totally knocked out and limp until they feel something pawing them hours later…it really brings a smile to my face when I see that…
LG: Gee, look at the time…I gotta go…(Running out the door)…
Ether: (just coming out of the bedroom) Meow.
Ast: Bad timing, sport. Where the hell where you?
Ether: Meow.
Ast: You’re giving me a bad rep, cat.
Okay, I finally went and spent $20 a cheapy digital camera. So here’s Shadow.
How about a “In your face” shot of Ether?
Here’s Ether, you mean.
Isn’t Ether just breathtaking?