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formerly gauzyguts

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MY CARRD

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i like off and hylics and date everything and ikigusare idols and super mario and smile guide and animal crossing and tomodachi life and uhh some other stuff

juniper was a sona but like, i don't burn incense anymore? i'll use her as a regular oc maybe

juniper was HARDLY developed anyways

yes he looked like that. he was so very crusty when he got old

he was named Spanish Eddie, after the song Blackjack by Ween. I didn't pick this name. I wanted to call him like, meatball or meatwad or something i can't remember. we settled on Eduardo (named after Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends) but then mom comes home and goes "nah. spanish eddie" and we all went w it.

he was sweet and cuddly but he was also kinda terrible at existing

he'd just vibrate and make a weird throat noise and occasionally the throat noise would make him cough all wetly and disgustingly (did that his whole life and we have no idea why. the vets said he was in good health until he got old and crusty)

he also was entirely ruthless in his quest to stick his tongue in every facial orifice that every human he knew had. it was gross. you COULD NOT sleep w eddie in the room bc you absolutely 100% would wake up to dog tongue in your nose, ears, etc.

he also BALLOONED in size when he got old, thanks to my grandma giving him scraps because she had only ever had big dogs before. he lost some weight when our german shepherd, maddie, passed. he couldn't steal her food anymore.

he also was a NICOTINE ADDICT. constantly tried to get into grandma's ashtrays or eat cigarette butts off the ground, or GOD FORBID you have a cigarette in your *hand* because then he'd be relentless in trying to eat it. he'd try to climb me to get my cigarettes back in the day.

when he died, my brothers tried to buy a pack of marlboro reds to put on his grave but they were underage and the gas station employees, while thoroughly amused by their tale of our nic fiend chihuahua, refused the sale. we cremated him anyways so it works

despite his possible lung cancer (/j), he still made it like 14-15 years somehow

as my whole family said when he died

rest in pimp, spanish eddie, you were a legend

senior cats are my favorite cats and i'll die on this hill

like yeah kittens are SOOOOOO cute but oh my god i've helped raise TOO MANY KITTENS. i like adopting senior cats who are already adults and are calmer and won't climb me like a tree to chew on my hair 24/7

but with that being said, they are still cats.

my grandparents' 17 year old tortoiseshell, Goblin, is constantly screaming and trips people for fun. she is screaming right now because she finished her food and wants seconds which she is not allowed to have

she also likes to stand on my grandpa and scream at 4 am. i hear him yelling at her nightly but i'm pretty sure she can't hear very well so she just keeps screaming

she also shits like a GHOUL down the side of her litter box and doesn't bother to cover it at all. it's disgusting and i throw up every single time i clean her litter box.

we found her in the ceiling when i was 11 that might be an important detail. heard a kitten meowing and we were all like "bro we do NOT have a kitten?" and boom. there's a god damn kitten in the rafters. my aunt spent three days luring her out and into the house. once she came inside we just closed the door and never let her back out.

besides the time she got out a few months ago. and again, this cat is nearly 17 years old. she is FRAIL. grandpa and i thought she was a goner but one day my mom was over and she goes "um. i think your cat's on the porch" and i cornered her and got her back in. thank GOD. there's been a ton of bald eagle sightings in my area and i do not want my cat being eaten by an eagle. the eagles already got two of my boyfriends chickens aughhhh

i fucking love those chickens. one survived the attack but her leg's kinda backwards now. i'd take her as a house chicken if my cat (and my grandpa) wouldn't flip shit haha

my 14 year old angora, Samus, has cataracts and flat out runs into shit pretty often. she gets zoomies and runs around the basement in circles all the time, she also really likes to be as tall as possible (which means climbing the fridge usually). but again, she can't see very well, so she has broken picture frames, a vase, hand painted ceramics, my favorite bong, a few dishes, etc.

samus also likes to step on my face, touch my face, lick my face, etc. literally all night. i've just learned to sleep through it. the only time she stops is when my boyfriend comes over and that's because she does it to him instead. and he can't tune it out like i do, so she just keeps him up ALL night

unless he has his service dog, roy, on him. because oh my god samus hates other animals (and children). she will hide in the crawlspace for days if roy (or my little sister) comes over.

she also just likes the crawlspace a LOT. and nobody in the house is able bodied enough to get in there so if she goes in? she comes out on her own terms only. plus she hid like 90% of her cat toys in there. i'm gonna have to send my dad or boyf in there to get them before i move out/grandparents sell the house/whatever happens first

but all of it is worth it bc samus is SOOOO affectionate and sweet as long as you are an adult human because everything else is scary to her. including goblin. but goblin's a dickhead on purpose to other animals

goblin used to cuddle the chihuahua (rest in pimp eddie, you were a real one) until someone walked in and then she'd start beating the fuck out of him. tsundere ass cat

speaking of eddie. oh my god. that little SHIT. used to eat cigarettes aggressively. we had to keep a REALLY close eye on him because he was a FIEND. he'd eat em off the ground outside. he'd break into grandma's room and eat the ashtray contents. he tried to eat a LIT cigarette out of my fuckin hand once. guy went nuts for those things

when eddie died, my brothers tried to convince the people at the gas station to sell them a pack of cigarettes to put with his ashes. both my brothers were underage at the time and they were unsuccessful

eddie also looooved sticking his tongue into every facial orifice on every person he could reach. it was disgusting and he was relentless in doing it

he was so sweet though genuinely. loved cuddles and sitting on peoples laps. his bestie was my stepdad's house pig for a few years. he moved around a lot but always stayed with the family, everyone took care of him at some point. that dog lived a long crazy life for a chihuahua.

and OBVIOUSLY i can't talk about these animals without SHOWING them so here you go :)

this is goblin!!

and here's samus :3

and roy, the sweetest boy in the world

and here's eddie. i promise he was less crusty looking when he was young lmao. he was sweet but not very photogenic

who doesn't love the sounds of my grandparents' screaming elderly cat