The new cats have very distinct personalities. Sydney is the psychotic grey one who likes to make feeding time hard by diving into the food tin while we're trying to scoop. She'll load up her cheeks with food, chipmunk-style, and then jump out and spray pellets all over the floor so she can eat them at her leisure. It's quite possible that she has worms, and we're taking her to the vet on Thursday to get her checked out. Sydney doesn't like being held for long periods of time but she's getting to be a better sport about it. There's a very feral streak in her, as if she were a fighting alley cat in a former life.

Amber is quieter and more thoughtful, and tends to run away from everything (then come immediately back). She doesn't have nearly as much of a food fetish as her sister and is not as gung-ho about playing with us. However, she's like Kitty because she'll play pretend by herself when no one's watching, and go tearing around the house in the process. Both cats play with each other all evening long, and occasionally Booty will join in a chase or two.

Kitty and Booty are tolerating the new ones just fine. If you place a kitten near Kitty, she'll mother it and if you place a kitten near Booty, she'll punch it in the face and chase it down the hall.

_T TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE
Contestant: "I'd like to solve the puzzle."
Pat Sajak: "This shouldn't be too hard. Go ahead."
Contestant: "E.T. takes one to know one."
Pat Sajak: "Uhh...really?"