Details of Normality

  I am often fascinated by the domestication of animals. When you think about it, it is quite bizarre and equally incredible, that humans and animals have been able to bond over the course of tens of thousands of years, to the point that we just adopt and let them live inside our homes now. Cats became domesticated simply because they ate our vermin, and now we love and care for them without that expectation, and seemingly, they love and care for us as well. My cat Bootsy has been around about as long as I can remember. I was only seven years old when my mother adopted him. I had wanted a kitten for forever, and finally for my birthday that year she got me a kitten. I got to pick him out, and I selected him from the litter of gray fluff, because I noticed his cheeks were a lot poofier than the rest of his siblings. He was the only boy out of his litter. I knew he was special. Of course, that is, special to me. He's always been lazy, and gluttonous, and moody, but I still love him t