No, Don't Get Up, You're Fine

This damn cat Hallie, sometimes she'll go hours without moving. And not while sleeping -- fully awake, just sitting in the same damn spot on the floor, or the table (?), or the couch. Here's what she does while sitting in the same spot: stare at something for a while, turn her head and stare at something else for a while, turn her head back to the first thing and stare at that for a while, lick herself, stare at the second thing. And repeat.

The only things that will get Hallie up are the sound of food pouring into a bowl and a toy fish dangling in front of her face. She's so lazy that instead of jumping up to play with the toy as she sometimes does, she'll just lift her paw two inches toward it as if she's pretending to be entertained, mocking the world as it turns all around her.

I like to play a different game with Hallie. I call it "Stationary Objects." I'll pick a stationary object in the room -- like the leg lamp that's part of our Christmas decorations -- and see if it will move before Hallie does. Usually the game never ends.