Yesterday afternoon, prolific author and National Book Award winner Joyce Carol Oates retweeted this gif.
I love JCO so much. If you’re not following her, you should, because sprinkled among her thoughtful tweets about literature and politics and being human are pseudo-philosophical musings about cats. She’s just the greatest.
Personal Story: I once met Joyce Carol Oates at a book signing and she complimented me on my nail polish. I believe it was a personal favorite of mine, Sally Hansen Inta-Dry in Mint Sprint. It was literally a highlight of my life. Top 5 moment for sure.
Homeless Monsters 
Cats are nutzo when it comes to shoes. My cat used to put paperclips and earrings in my shoes. No one knows why.
Nan isn’t interested in my shoes, other than she gives them a quick sniff every once in a while. She’s not interested in anything that might be fun, though. She’s joyless.
Are you guys seeing this gif??? I think I’ve sent two hours total of my life watching it since I first saw it yesterday afternoon. The eye! The little squished paw!
Ive been consumed by a bunch of deep dark relationship thoughts today and so this is literally the best thing to happen to my afternoon. I will watch this happy kitty all day long!!!! Makes me soooo happy!
We had a really rough day at work yesterday, so I sent it to a bunch of my coworkers.
One time I met Elizabeth Berkeley and she complimented my nail polish too. She even put her foot up on the table to show me that her high heels were the same color. The polish was bright purple. Who knew that nail polish was such a great celebrity intro topic!