This is Keely.
Most of his days are spent exactly like this, napping in the sun (when it's sunny) or in his cat bed or on my bed. He's a pretty good "co-worker," and probably enjoys the extra treats he gets now that I work from home more than he enjoys me being home. He occasionally decides he needs cuddles and will sit on my lap, but only if I'm sitting the way he likes on the couch. Cats...
He does, however, have his moments of crazy. These almost always occur when I'm presenting during a meeting, on a call with my manager or a member of leadership, or I'm leading a class. He knows when I can't pay attention to him, and plans those exact moments for needing all the attention. I used to try to distract him with a small laser pointer, but there were too many times when my moving the pointer around was too obvious on a call, so I bought him a motion activated laser pointer for Christmas. It runs every hour for 15 minutes. To say that Keely loves this toy would be the understatement of the year.
Y'all, he is obsessed. I've been trying to get video of him playing with it, but he always seems to stop at the exact moment I hit record because he knows I'm filming him. He pounces. He attacks. He runs around in circles. He runs so fast he darts past where the red dot is and into another room. He goes after the red dot with the type of focus Bond villains save for coming up with interesting ways to try to kill James Bond. When the thing shuts off, he looks so defeated, like the moment the villain realizes Bond foiled his oddly specific plan (the one he told Bond about while trying to kill him in a very inventive way). Keely knows exactly how this is going to end, but he's still incredibly disappointed when the red dot disappears.
Today's piece is inspired by one of the more famous quotes from the movie version of Goldfinger. I was on a call this morning, staying on mute because Keely was meowing, when the red dot started. He went into full attack mode, and it made me think of this particular scene in Goldfinger, which also involves a laser. My apologies to Ian Fleming; I'm sure this was not what you had in mind when creating James Bond.
I was able to capture a short video of him today. It's doesn't capture his full our war against the red dot, but it's good enough. Jump on the red dot!
Details:
Stitches: back stitch, French knots
Thread palette: DMC 310 (2 and 4 strands), DMC 666 (6 strands)
Inspiration: Ian Fleming's Goldfinger, my ridiculous cat
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