Kutching's Voice

As many of you know, we have a crazy little cat named Kutching (this is the Malay word for, you guessed it, "cat"). We love our crazy Kutch, and have developed a really funny means of personification of his "personality" into a high-pitched voice that "speaks" for Kutch whenever he does something we think worthy of being spoken for, i.e. running up and down the halls, sitting, standing, walking, eating, playing, climbing up on the shelves, etc...

Laura has wanted to get a cat since we got married, but we were unable to until we got our condo (our first apartment wouldn't allow pets). We went to the Humane Society and got two little kittens, Picabo and Kutching. In one of the sadder nights of our marriage, Picabo suffered from Feline Distemper, and died about a week after we had brought him home. Kutching, though devastated from the loss of his brother, never showed any signs of being sick, as has remained healthy to this day.

It was around this time that Laura's family stumbled about the "talking cats" YouTube video, which towards the end has a black cat "talking" with subtitles. I don't know if the subtitles are responsible for making my mind think the cat is saying what it's saying, but we does really sound like he is saying things like "Oh my dog" and "Why I eyes ya," etc. etc.

This high-pitched voice formed the basis of our "voice" for Kutch. It's similar to the way that Izma, the villianess of Emperor's New Groove fame, sounds when she is transformed into a cat-and as such, Kutch's personality, or the personality we have ascribed to him, has the feel of an emperor, once powerful and glorious, that is now stuck in a house cat's body. One also thinks of Salem, the wizard-turned-cat in the Sabrina the Teenage Witch series (I thought Melissa Joan Hart was hot when I was younger, so sue me).

All of this leads up to the Kutch we now know and love, who stands at the top of our cabinetry in the kitchen, and proudly declares "Yes my subjects! Make food for the Kutch's delight and pleasure!" or better yet, as he is laying on our lap and cuddling with us while we watch a movie, "Do not watch the magic box! Pet the Kutch! That is your duty!" I think Laura does the best job at approximating what I think is Kutch's personality, but we both get a kick out of it, that's for sure.

So, in closing, here is one more example of how Laura and I find joy in the most odd places, and yet they are a hilarious part of our lives. Kutch, Heaven bless him, is an awesome part of that life as well!