animal instincts

no .. not that kind of animal instinct. geesh.

anyway, my illustrious partner in crime and i are pet-sitting once again. this time it's a rather cute cat named jingles. sure, we're not supposed to have pets in our new apartment, but it is just for a week (although, i'd like to keep her indefinitely - i don't think her owner would like that too much though) - we told our landlords about it and they were rather worried, they seem to be under the impression that cats are very destructive and will ruin the place and that they are very very smelly and the smell will never leave the apartment.

so back to my real story. tonight, there was a huge crash. i went to check it out, but couldn't find anything that had fallen. the cat had decided to take up a post outside my bedroom door. she kept sticking her nose in my bedroom but then would back out very quickly in a somewhat frightened/startled state. she crouched down by the door frame - staring down the hinges. now, i know cats like to pounce - but usually i see them pouncing for fun, and see that they have an actual target on which they are pouncing. neither applied to jingles. she was very intent and very serious. it was very strange.

i walked back down the hall ... and she stayed there, staring at nothing ... occasionally making a move towards the door and then backing up in that same startled manner. i called her to come back to the living room and she did ... but only for a minute and then she returned to her post. she was there for like 10 minutes. it was very strange, very creepy.

i believe that animals have much better instincts than humans. well, either that or they actually listen to their instincts while we let other things make our decisions - logic, guilt, hope, fear ... etc. it really makes me wonder what she was frightened of. hmm ... i really shouldn't be writing things like this before i go to bed - it will give me nightmares. she's here on my bed now and happy and sleeping though, so that means everything's all right ... right?