Turnin the Werld Insid Owt

Musashi Sez:

I ben thingkin about how it wud be if kittee peeplez wer lik twentee feets tall an ownd the werld the wae hoomin peeples doez now. An if we had “pets” of hoomin peeples…

Ther wud havta be stors fer buyin soccr ballz an books an “caffeen,” an also spunjiz, cuz of cors hoomins don’t lik the catnip an they doezn’t hav propr tungs fer givin themselves bafts.

Mom callz this typ of thingkin “what ifs” an sez it is verree norml fer novulists an such peeplez whu thingks throo all kindsa stuff to figgr out whut migt happn. She sez that ScyensFikshun an Fantasee novulists do this kinda thin all the tim, an the bettrer they doez it, the bettrer their storeez ar...

Mor Trubbl wift Mai Novul

Musashi Sez:

Wull, mai mom an I finishd reedin/sleepin-on that novul about them kittee wizrdz, and it wuz thrilling an a littul sad, wift som reellee egsitin parts!!! So of cors I akskd her about how I cud writ an egsitin buk wiftout havin to writ sad bits, cuz I NOT lik them. An she sed it wuz moslee a cays of “jhanra”: diffrint kindsa buks has diffrint kindsa egspektayshunz attatchd to them, an yu gotta gives folks whut they egspekts. I NOT thingk mutch of this wae of tellin storeez. Mom sez that I kin do whut I want fer mai Art, but I gotta egspekts that I migt mayk a whol lot less monnee, cuz peeples don’t pae fer to be surpryzd or dissrpoyntid. It lik the noospaypr: they not reellee pae fer noos; they pae fer “oldz.”

Huh. Stoopid hoominz. Dismotivaytin mai hihg art wen I i'z not jus a arteest’s protazhay or somthin, but a Reellee Troollee Arteest all bai maiself. HUH!

Novulz ar Hardr than they Looks

Musashi Sez:

Wull, I have ben hard at werk laytlee, tryin hard to werk on mai Noo Yeer Rezolooshunz, partiklree the one about mai novul. Mom sez that novulz is hardr than they seem, an yu gots to hav lotsa nots an owtlinz an such, an yu gots to hav a verree strong feelin about yer Mayn Chariktrz, lik whut they ar wantin, an why, an whut they are willin to do to acheev it. I toldz her that all this wuz too abstrak fer me, an cud she finds me a more spersifik egzampul? An she did.

Todae, she caym hom wift the novul by Diane Duane (whu she has red befor) calld The Book of Night with Moon.

It about som kittee wizrdz whu ar holdin the fabrik of spays an tim togethr by their clawz, whil figtin som bad gyz. It is troollee inspirin. I has mutch mor to thingk about now that I has joind mai mom whu is reedin this grayt book by sleepin on top of it whil my mom is sleepin in her bed, in between mai shifts on her knee. (This importint werk, maykin her kneez feel yoosful an stuffs.)

I'm Eevn Dreemin Sno

Epiphunnee: Kings an Crowns an Parteez!

Musashi Sez:

Happee epiphunnee! This the dae wen the three kings (or wiz-gyz, which is the meenin of the werd magi) rod into Jerusalem on a camul, which musta ben pertee crowdid, cuz camelz are the ones that has onlee one hump to sit on. I figgrz that this is proof that the wyz-gyz wer kittee peeples insted of hoomin peeplez, as is offin assoomd wen this storee gets toldid. Or mebbe they jus tookd turns. Aftr all, it wuz Christmous, an yu’r spozd to be nice to folks on Christmous.

If this is tru, then we has to chanj the song. So heer it is, chanjd. WTK = We Three Kittees

We three kitteez, whu don’t has a car
Travulz on our feetsis so far
Field and mountain, but no fountains,
Becuz we NOT lik bafts. O-O!
Star of wundr, star of perfekshun
Yu gydz us so we not needz direkshunz.
Headin west, yu still the bestest!
Now we needz a nap.

Ther ar a buntcha versiz too, but they tayks me mor tim to remembmembr.

Som Rezolooshunz, Bai ME!!!

Musashi Sez:

Heer ar som Noo Yeer’s Rezolooshunz. They follrz the tips from Mom that I toldid yu about yestrdae. Yu kin borro them if yu needz som.

1. Sleep at leest 4 hourz a nigt an 4 hours a dae.
2. Not to eets the ice creem. At all. Evr.
3. Not to get caugt sleepin unnr the heet lamp on the taybul by Karli.
4. Halp Mom gets her egsersiz by chaysin me aroun.
5. Not to mayk faysiz wen Mom insist on watchin Glee. (I’m allowd to sleep throogh it tho.)
6. Halp Mom wift her relernin Frentch, cuz I is tres fluid in the Frentch.
7. Not to get unnerfuts wen folks is cookin.
8. Writ at leest 1 blog per dae.
9. Start thingkin about a novul.

Noo Yeer’s Rezolooshunz: Sciens vs Mai Mom!

Musashi Sez:

Parentlee, evr yeer hoomin peeplez mayks speshul promissiz to therselfs to get biggr or smallr or bettr at stuff. They does this in Janooary, an it is calld “Noo Year’s Rezolooshunz.” Mai mom does it too, but she do it bettrer than lotsa folks, cuz she gots the plan.

Accordin to Wikrpedia, “Recent research shows that while 52% of participants in a resolution study were confident of success with their goals, only 12% actually achieved their goals. A separate study in 2007 by Richard Wisemen from the University of Bristol showed that 78% of those who set New Year resolutions fail…”

Huh. Whut they noe? They jus scientitsts. Mai mom wuz a percastinayshun coatch, and she noe lots an lots about motrvaytin peeplez to a-cheev their golz. An Mom sez:

1. Has at leest 1 (an mebbe mor) no-braynr rezolooshun(z) that yu can keep wift yer eyz clozd. (I assoom this pertaynz moslee to nappin or mebbee sniffin thingz.)
2. Is importint to rezolv to halp othrz. (I is mor likelier to halp mai mom wift importint stuff ((lik nappin an egzersiz)) than to halp me.))
3. Enligted self-intrist sound bad to som peeplez but it reellee werk!!
4. Has at leest 1 hard rezolooshun, lik “Figgr plan fer werld pees” or “get shots at vet” or “NOT to eetz the ice creem!” or like that. Mom sez yu shud strectch yerself. She stretchiz bfor shovellin or doin kung fu, or somtimz cookin, if the resipee luk reellee complkaytid. She NEVER pullz muskl, so it mus werk.