{"id":742,"date":"2010-11-05T15:00:40","date_gmt":"2010-11-05T19:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/?p=742"},"modified":"2010-11-06T15:32:03","modified_gmt":"2010-11-06T19:32:03","slug":"keep-your-enemies-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/keep-your-enemies-close\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep Your Enemies Close\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few months, I&#8217;ve made a lot of friends.\u00a0 Most of these friends are humans, who I seem to always get along with.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/pic-1-22.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-760\" title=\"Sean &amp; Zeuss\" src=\"http:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/pic-1-22.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"154\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/pic-2-21.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-761\" title=\"Zeuss with a mini person\" src=\"http:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/pic-2-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"154\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I also have made a few animal friends, like Sandy the neighborhood dog \/ nomad&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"464\" height=\"321\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/LNa1IPdBf2c?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><br \/>\nI guess it&#8217;s obvious why I have a lot of friends, but you might be surprised to learn that I have a few enemies as well.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s true!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How can a 20 month-old cat have enemies?&#8221;, you may ask.\u00a0 Well, that&#8217;s your answer right there&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;M A CAT&#8230; and cats have enemies, both natural and learned.\u00a0 Makes sense, right?\u00a0 So, I&#8217;d like to write about two of my enemies- to give them some bad publicity.\u00a0 Perhaps it&#8217;s petty, or a bit&#8230; catty?\u00a0 I agree:)<\/p>\n<p>Since the day I arrived in Boston, I have had two enemies.\u00a0 The first nemesis I&#8217;ll mention is the Crowe.\u00a0 This Crowe lives in the same house as I do, but I rarely see him.\u00a0\u00a0 When he does come out of hiding, he&#8217;s soooooo annoying and loud.\u00a0 This Crowe sometimes comes into my loft and invades my space!\u00a0Other times I&#8217;ll hear him cawing from the next room, and when I go to investigate I&#8217;ll find the Crowe acting load and annoying, just picking a fight.\u00a0 And fight we do&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/pic-3-21.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-773 alignleft\" title=\"Zeuss with Crowe on loft\" src=\"http:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/pic-3-21-300x151.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"157\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/pic-4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-779\" title=\"Zeuss fighting Crowe\" src=\"http:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/pic-4-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"157\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, the Crowe is no match for me. Yet, he&#8217;s persistent, and always up for a fight. I&#8217;m sure he&#8217;ll continue to antagonize me until I finally chase him off for good.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"460\" height=\"370\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/-ee4zfUhH5E?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Do Crowes fly south for the winter?<\/p>\n<p>My second nemesis is who the humans refer to as &#8220;vacuum&#8221;, or vacuum cleaner.\u00a0 This machine\/robot\/beast is even louder than the Crowe, and nearly as bothersome.\u00a0 Vacuum appears every few days, loudly storming through the house doing who-knows-what.\u00a0 What purpose does this loud creature serve, other than to annoy?\u00a0Anyway, I&#8217;m not afraid of Vacuum, and I let him know this recently as it went about it&#8217;s troublesome pursuit.<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"460\" height=\"370\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/jUGBjlZCo_c?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Neither the Crowe nor the vacuum seem to understand that I mean business, so the attacks will continue.\u00a0 The humans tend to find it amusing when I fight, but they always take my side, and I appreciate that.\u00a0 It&#8217;s another reason that I like humans so much, on top of procuring my food and drink.\u00a0 As long as the humans seem to approve, I&#8217;ll continue to protect them from our enemies!<\/p>\n<p>Til next time, thanks for reading!<\/p>\n<p>-Zeuss<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few months, I&#8217;ve made a lot of friends.\u00a0 Most of these friends are humans, who I seem to always get along with. 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