Why is it that people are obsessed with taking pictures of their pets? My roommates and I have a kitten. We think like any new mother thinks that her child is THE cutest baby in the entire world. But don’t worry my roommates and I aren’t delusional, we really do have the world’s most adorable kitten. Therefore we find every opportunity we can to capture our feline, Princess Tigerlily Mancos-Davis (her birth name) doing something picture worthy. What constitutes ‘picture worthy’ you ask? Well, really her just sitting there or lying dormant will do. We don’t need much encouragement to snap a camera in her face. It’s nice when we can muster a smile out of her, but she’s a cat and often bossy, so smiles are rare.
On many occassions we have stopped our human activities such as intense conversations, eating and cooking when Tigerlily is looking photogenic, one of us yelling throughout the house, “where’s the camera, where’s the camera!” Those of us in the house hear the urgency in our roommate’s voice, knowing what it is about and scamper in and out of rooms looking for the camera.
Even though our cat looks adorable day in a day out, we still feel compelled to capture her essence daily. Absurd? I think not. So where does this compulsion come from? Possible hypotheses include, we are simply cat ladies. Our cat really is the cutest cat and should obviously be as popular as Boo is on Facebook (dogs are always stealing our thunder.) Another option is our cat and pets are extensions of ourselves and we are intrinsically self absorbed species. Taking pictures of yourself on a daily basis is frowned upon and often labeled ‘vain,’ however taking pictures of your animals is normal and widely condoned, thus getting around the system of vanity.
Check out Princess Tigerlily Mancos-Davis on Facebook. She is eager for new friends and photographers!
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