We used to have two cats: Mickey and Kuchi. Mickey wasn’t too pleased when whe introduced Kuchi to him. He would hiss at Kuchi, who returned the favour by hitting his butt. The two of them never became friends -to put it mildly.
Two years ago Mickey passed away at the respectable age of 18. From then on Kuchi has been the “only child “. He really enjoys that privilige and follows us through the day.

But since a week a new white furry critter called Catootje has intruded his house. She belongs to a friend of us, but couldn’t get along with the 4 cats who are now living with him. So we decided to give it a chance. Surprisingly she felt at home very quickly. Only occasionally she hides under the bed and she enjoys our company & the tiny bits of cheese we give her (actually she’ll grab it out of your hand like a shark attack). The only downside to this story is that she and Kuchi aren’t really getting along. They try to avoid eachother and when it comes to a confrontation, Catootje will hiss at Kuchi. Kuchi has found his new spot on a cardboard box and Catootje is living at the other end of the room.

I’m missing Kuchi’s attention right now. He’s no longer the enthusiastic cat that will sit on my lap before I can even touch the couch. We still hope that everything will work out though, so we decided to give them a little longer to get used to eachother. If you have any tips, please share them! We do spend time with both of them and they have got their own blankets and bowls.

Now on to the winner of the Trick or Treat “contest”. The randomizer picked number 5 and 9, corresponding to commenters Carina and Pepsi. Congratulations You will both receive some kawaii stationery.
Have a great weekend everyone!

Happy Halloween everyone!
If you’d like a treat, please leave a comment I’ll randomly pick out one or two commenters next week, who’ll receive some free kawaii stationery

It’s almost Hello Kitty’s Birthday, she turns 35 -you wouldn’t say so…- on November 1st. To celebrate this occasion www.artbox.co.uk will give 20% discount on their items tomorrow, just enter “birthday” at checkout. This also means that the Hello Kitty MMORPG has been around for a year. Needless to say that they’re throwing a birthday party over there.

Plugs: Scrumptious Delight for her sweet plush Candy Corns and N+ for their Evilz font.

Last year a friend told me about a manga called Nana and how much she enjoys reading it. So far I’ve read a couple of manga’s, but didn’t really stick to a specific series. Untill now—at the moment I’m obsessing over Nana. Probably because I can relate to the story. Luckily I don’t fall in love that easily as Nana K. , but I can be insecure and I used to hang around with punk people. Not that I was punk myself, but I like people with alternative/non-comformistic opinions. Also I’ve always enjoyed music and like many people secretly dreamt of becoming a singer, lol . Since my singing voice isn’t really good and hobby bands I sang in didn’t last long, I just stick to listening to music or watching shows like Idols .

Back to the manga. Nana is a story revolving around two girls who are both named Nana. Nana K. -a small town-girl- travels to Tokyo to start a new live together with her friends. Nana O. is a punk singer who wants to start her musical career in Tokyo, after her boyfriend Ren went there to join the band Trapnest. Both Nana’s meet on the train to Tokyo by coincidence and find out they have a few things in common, although they do look completely different. In Tokyo they lose sight of each other until both Nana’s go house hunting and arrive at the same place. They decide to live together in appartment 707 (Nana means 7 in Japanese) and the story continues from there on.

If you enjoy the manga I can also recommend the anime, it does a good job at following the storyline. You can download episode 1-43 with English subs at nana-nana.net
The manga is also available online, but personally I prefer reading the real volumes and this supports the publishers. Currently creator Ai Yazawa has put her NANA series on hold due to a sudden illness. Let’s hope she’ll be back to good health soon