Today I learned that June is the American Humane Society’s Adopt-A-Cat-Month. I discovered this in the middle of my daily moment of zen, which I really needed after translating 3,000 words on Internet censorship, sending out a reminder to Francophilia members that they only have five days to buy their tickets to the FrancoParty next week, and some other stuff.
I have mentioned in the past that I need the LOLcats for my mental health. And it cheered me up even more than usual when I saw today that ICanHasCheezBurger and PetFinder have teamed up to promote cat adoptions this month.
They’ve made it fun and interactive too. If you’ve ever been tempted to do a LOLcat of your own but haven’t quite known where to start, it’s as easy as 1-2-3-4 this month:
1. Go to PetFinder and find yourself a cat picture.
2. Click the link below the cat picture that says Add to Icanhascheezburger.com.
3. Fill in the fields in the LOL Builder next to the picture.
4. Click Save & Submit.
And you get your own LOLcat. The one I did (below) isn’t clever, and I don’t think I’ve mastered LOL language, but I was willing to humiliate myself for the cause. I hope this guy gets a cheeseburger machine of his own.
Four million cats end up in shelters in the US every year. (And France wins the prize for the most abandoned animals in Europe. Bad, bad Froggies…) So almost every day I almost adopt a dog or a cat. It really won’t be long now, I promise.
My only problem with cats (other than that they walk on your counters and their hair gets everywhere) is that they have an alarming tendency to sleep on your keyboard. But I may yet succumb…
If you make a LOLcat, send me the link. Pleez.
And don’t breed or buy while shelter animals die. Pleez.
