Nutshell

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A pile of lint and cat fur.

Nutshell @NutshellGulag12/22/2023, 2:20 AM

curious quail @curiousquail

curious quail @curiousquail12/21/2023, 10:37 PM

Solstice Cats: 2023 Edition

Every holiday season around the longest night, I endeavor to take portraits of all of the permanent cats in our rescue and make a fun little gif with the instructions:

'hit pause (except pause on cohost restarts the gif at the first frame, so instead - take a screenshot) and let me know which cat you got, I'll try my damnedest to explain what that means for the state of your 2024.

Past Editions - 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018 - no idea what happened to the 2020 entry but I know I did it lmao, also sorry about the twitter links

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jackie @jackie---hollow12/22/2023, 12:10 AM

landed on hermy

curious quail @curiousquail12/22/2023, 4:22 AM

Fuck yea, Hermy is a mixed bag. Your 2024 could be full of beauty but also solitude and hiding in your room. Your roar will be fierce yet dainty.

jackie @jackie---hollow12/22/2023, 1:11 PM

thank you! do you think it's more likely a mix of the two at any time or a periodical change?
(half-asleep, i actually dreamed up my own interpretation - which said i'd be cooped up for the first three months before a change that got me more outgoing. so i was wondering if this isn't actually a compatible reading haha)

curious quail @curiousquail12/22/2023, 6:46 PM

Honestly Hermy's behavior can sometimes be what you're describing. It can be months before we'll see her leaving her room and then she'll have several weeks of hanging out near the dining room.

jackie @jackie---hollow12/22/2023, 6:54 PM

okay, preparing to hunker down for a while but make moves for april. thanks hermy 😎

joe @reverb12/22/2023, 12:10 AM

i got Salamander!

curious quail @curiousquail12/22/2023, 1:03 AM

Ok hell yea so - if you care about eyeliner at all you’re SET for the year, it will be fierce as fuck no matter what you do.

If you’re not an eyeliner person we transmute this to determination to get things done despite all odds. She’s a small cat with a LOT of sass and it brings out the best in people.

joe @reverb12/22/2023, 3:15 AM

thank you Salamander!!!

NekoRaita @NekoRaita12/22/2023, 1:18 AM

:D
Cat named Bison
They look like a tired old man... cute

curious quail @curiousquail12/22/2023, 4:26 AM

oh Bison is a BEAR. She means confidence and individuality, and knowing that anyone who tries to fuck with you will be inevitable felled by their own foolishness

NekoRaita @NekoRaita12/22/2023, 5:01 AM

oh...

Nutshell @NutshellGulag12/22/2023, 2:20 AM

I got Smokescreen.

curious quail @curiousquail12/22/2023, 4:29 AM

good pull!! He passes on to you his hair trigger reaction times and ability to creatively change your mind about something you’ve committed to even if you’re in the middle of said task and even if that task is not biting someone.

Sang as it Ever Was @SanguinaryNovel12/22/2023, 5:18 AM

I got sleepy Lilith!

curious quail @curiousquail12/22/2023, 6:48 PM

Lilith!! lets' fucken GOOO
You're wild at heart and your 2024 will be full of friends both looked for and unlooked for; you may have some trust issues but as a contradiction you will also feel safer than you previously had. Also polyamory is not off the table if it were before. (Lilith has so many husbands.)