After 49 days of blog stasis wherein I probably lost regular readers and drove away potential subscribers, I’m back on the blogging scene, riding the dizzying whirligig of blog hopping, and returning comments one by one. To paraphrase Buffy, “Seize the moment, ’cause tomorrow your blog might be dead.” (OK, I’ve been looping episodes again.) I have good reasons why my blog has laid mostly fallow for the last 8 months, but let’s skip the explanation. Instead, focus on the chubby, fluffy, baby kitty in the basket. Aww, cute? That’s a photo of Max the Fat Cat when he was a few weeks old, BEFORE my Uncle gave him to my family. The author of this blog recently celebrated a birthday. Cat? 
Uh, I hadn’t fully appreciated the phenomenon of LOLcats (those photos of grammatically-challenged cats, notably the ones in I Can Has Cheezburger and Cute Overload)… until one of my fave bloggers made me some, featuring Max. (Reminder to self: thank her properly.) But if you owned the Laziest Cat in the World, then you’d know that Max doesn’t need funny captions over his head… to be humorous. And he’d probably object to the poor grammar, haha.
Anyway, I should tell y’all that I haven’t checked e-mails, pingbacks, and trackbacks sent to my blog for almost a month… so, don’t feel offended that I haven’t replied yet. I’ll be tackling that pile next week. But I did take note of a few, ehrm… gentle wake-up calls, notably from these lovely bloggers:
Joana @ Nanashi-Inc.net:
“Slacker! It’s been a year since you blogged! See, you posted in 2007 and it’s 2008. You’re a total slacker.”
Lad Madrigal @ Life in Lenses:
“Whenever I pass by this blog, I always think to myself, “Sira ba ang browser ko at hindi ko makita ang new entry niya?” (Translation: Is my browser broken coz I can’t find her new entry?)
GYK @ GYK:
“Hello there! After 58 years, you still haven’t updated yet?”
Lei @ Cheese to go with my whine* (her previous last entry — Sep. 9, 2007):
“Omg, lol^^ I finally updated. You should too.” [ fruity sez: OMG. ]
In my defense, let me clarify that I am not a total blog slacker… just 96%. I did manage to cough up a new look for the blog, upgrade WordPress version and plugins, and clean up the dead links in here (including links in comments). Yay? Coming soon: huge comments milestone celebration / thank-you entry!
And the birthday? It was both shiny and happy. Thanks for your greetings: Ann, Coy, Dan Hellbound, Iva, Janette Toral, Joiz, Joni, Kiro, Pusa, and Tina. 
Baby got older. Would you believe that I only have ONE (known surviving) baby photo and that I was in my 20’s when I saw it? I briefly mentioned in this previous post that my parent’s earlier photo collection is assumed destroyed as it was left behind in the Philippines. Unfortunately, as luck would have it, my one baby photo is a very faded, scratched, cracked, sepia-toned, stained 5″ x 7″ shitter. Unfortunately, I put it through so much Photoshop processing to get it to look half decent… I look like The Omen baby! If those soulless eyes and head the size of a watermelon got you freaked, you’re not alone. Scary. 
When I was born, my parents thought that my skin was so pink that they nicknamed me Pi _ _ y. That’s the name I go by in very close circles. In an Apgar score (a method to assess the health of a newborn baby), a normal pink baby is healthy… and gets a score of 2. If it’s possible to score 10, I’d get 10.
Click on a thumbnail image below to enlarge photo:
- Extremely blue babies are unhealthy (low Apgar score of 1).
- Extremely grey babies are unhealthy (low Apgar score of 1).
- Extremely green babies… are the spawn of The Incredible Hulk.
I’ll be back much later with a Very, Very Late Post-Valentine’s Day Post or a Very, Very Late Post-New Year’s Day Post. Oh yeah, Happy Valentine’s Day to y’all! Are you seizing the moment or a Supersize Single Serving of Chocolates?
Adieu,
She Blinded Me With Fruity Slacker Science
I wish there were digital cameras in the old days. Maybe we would all have more pictures back then.
I look forward to your Valentine’s post. =)
Sending all the love in the World for this Hearts Day… HAPPY HAPPY HEARTS DAY!
Kiss
Fendi
Oo… I like the green baby.
Happy B’day! Happy V’day! Happy happy happy. Max is cute. Where are the food pictures??!!
Yay, an entry! And I like what you’ve done with the header.
Happy Valentine’s Day!!!
Omg, you updated again!
Cute cute baby photo. And Max’s pic too! Happy Burfde, Happy New Year, Happy V Day, Merry Christmas, and happy happy joy joy to you. ^___^
Belated Happy Valentine’s Day.
Belated Happy Birthday.
Happy Heart’s Day nalang.
Happy Birthday!
Why am I not surprised that Max was a fat kitten?
Hey, you should have a LOLcat contest. Fun.
An update? I suppose there’s been a rift in space and time.
Max looks positively adorable in that little basket. He was even a chubby kitten - look at those puffy little cheeks!
The new layout is snazzy, loving the use of hot pink - I would now wouldn’t I?
Anyway, Happy Birthday Max, belated Valentine’s wishes (I abhor the holiday, tbh!) and welcome back to the blogging scene. And is it just me or does baby you have slightly emo hair? Take care.
Wow! Finally! Hahaha. Well, belated Happy Birthday! And welcome back! Yei!
Belated Happy Birthday! Great baby pic… nice head of hair!
I love the new blog layout… and the wonderful homage to Heroes! What is your super power?
Finally! Welcome back.
Hey fruity! Belated Happy B & V Day!
Thanks for continuously visiting my blog. I’ve been slacking lately too. There’s just too much to do… Your visits to my blog give me the drive to write.
And btw, it’s Incubus that I’m watching next month (Light Grenades Pacific Rim Tour).
That’s one FAT cat (not talking about the baby picture hehe).
You know, I made it a point to scatter MOST of my baby pictures so that none will be left in the future. I get comments that I look like the tyke I used to be, then followed by laughter. It’s horrible!
Welcome back.
Belated Happy Valentine’s Day!
It’s really nice to see you back, and belated Happy Birthday.
Ooh… welcome back then. I thought you left the blogging world, but now you’re back. Hooray!
You were such a cute baby! :3 And Max was such a cute kitten (and he was already fat, lol).
The Apgar score always makes me think about how creative and vain Dr. Apgar was.
Belated Happy Valentine’s Day to you too.
You were such a cute baby. The only other thing cuter than you is… Max the Fat Cute Cat.
Belated Happy Birthday. Nice to see you back.
Hopefully, we get the chance to meet at the next Piolo concert. I am thinking of going.
Aww… that’s such a cute baby picture! There’s nothing Omen-ish about it. =3 I wish you a belated Happy Birthday and Valentine’s Day.
Your layout is making me giggle. Spread the Heroes love!
Welcome back! Happy Birthday to cat and minion! Little Max is so cute! I love LOLcats.
Also, we have very few baby pictures of me as well. I don’t know that I have any before the age of 2.
Belated Happy Birthday and may God bless you with more blessings to come.
Belated Happy Boitday! Cute baby pic, love the hair!
(Sssh, piolo? Where?)
Welcome back! Missed your entries. Hehehe!
Cute cat!
Belated Happy B-day!
U know, I don’t have a picture younger than 6 months. Makes me think I’m adopted. But no, I look too much like my father for that. lol^^
And Pi _ _ y? How badass is that?! kkk^^
I was laughing on the inside RE: blue, pink and green babies. In medicalese (see, I’m a freaking geek), blue babies (cyanotic ones) represent those having cardiac and/or pulmonary problems, pink babies are the healthy ones, and green babies are those who er, crapped inside their mummy’s tummies and are choked by those horrendous pieces of stuff. Gross, I know.
So, Pi _ _ y…
Hahaha. And hollah on your special day!!!
Belated Happy Birthday!
And welcome back! =D
Green babies, ha. I don’t wanna say belated Happy Birthday but there, me said it. Glad you updated, I barely have things to update about. Pretty kitty, super cute.
Awwww! Happy Belated to him.
Belated Happy Birthday.
It’s nice to see that there’s somebody in the house.
Happy Birthday or is it Happy Meow Day albeit a late one? 
Welcome back to the blogosphere.
Belated Happy Birthday, Fruity!
Cute baby pictures of Max and yourself.
Are you sure this is the only one or are you just hiding the stash from us? Hehe… 
I get the feeling you don’t like your nickname.
Welcome back. To us. To blogging. LOL.
And belated Happy Birthday to Max!
I don’t remember if I included a greeting on my last comment. If I haven’t, then belated Happy Birthday!
wp-grins won’t work for me and I don’t know why.
Hi, nice blog you got here.
Love the look!
Welcome back. Happy belated “burp” day. That photo is way cute.
Haha, SPAWN of Incredible Hulk! Lol. Now I know na hindi sira ang browser ko.
Super Duper Belated Happy Berdey. Haha.
Awww belated Happy Birthday, fruity! Cute kitten, such a lovely gift for you.
Ayan you’re back na. Akala ko totally abandoned na itong blog mo, hehehe, j/k lang.
Ahaha! I have read a comment above: “After 58 years, you still haven’t updated yet?”
Oaty so busy with his cuddly cat!
Kiss
Fendi
HAHA. After 58 years… lmao. Oh dear. And you haven’t answered emails and stuff for over a month?! Dude… I hope you don’t have too much to go through!
Aww… you were a sweet baby!
I was born yellow, but my parents didn’t call me yellowy. Ha…
LOLcats
hurr. But he is a rather cute little orange cat, TOTALLY makes you forget about the reasons too… -high five-
Ha, awesome Hulk humour. And may I say that I really love your header? Too bad, saying it anyway. It’s excellent.
Hey! First blog of yours I read (at least I think so) was your V Day blog last year.
Glad to see you’re back to blogging.
We share a passion for Buffy. OMG, “Passion” is a Buffy episode.
I have to share a secret with you. Do you remember the episode where Willow says “Carpe Diem” (seize the day)? I have a tattoo that says “carpe diem” because of that… lol. Ok, not just because of Buffy (I truly believe the carpe diem thing), but it’s also a way for me to carry around a tiny bit of Buffy without anyone really knowing I’m such a pathetic fan. 
Belated Happy Birthday!
What a cute cat and what a lovely baby.
Welcome back nga pala.
Welcome back, Fruity. Ooh and the cat is soooo cute!!!
Thanks for coming back to my house, Oaty! Nice welcoming you again and again! You always make my day!
Kiss
Fendi
Hey, looky look. You’re No. 9 today on Ratified.org. Wow! And what are you talking about? You were a very cute baby. Big Head = Big Ego. Kidding!
So, how many comments does a post have to get before you return to grace us with your whacky fruityness? 50? 60?!
Because it’s been over a week since you wrote this… Update! Keep the momentum going! Go, go.
You’ve been away for a month huh!?! Total vacation from blogging? But you can escape the blogging world.
Welcome back!!!
Seems like your traffic is just fine! Lots of comments!
That cat is SO adorable!
The baby pic is cute. And oh. Happy Birthday!! Apir!
Cute cat. =D
And everyone’s a little lazy every now and then.
At a few weeks old, he already had the makings of a faaaaaaaaat cat. Makes me wanna quote Bustopher Jones.
Not to ignore the baby photo, you were really cute. Though I have to say Max outshines the four baby photos. ^^ Is it the cat lover in me talking?
Super Belated Happy Birthday to you!
In my case, I have around 20 surviving baby pictures of myself. But most of the pictures that were taken during my childhood years were not spared by the lahar that hit Pampanga way back in the 90’s.
Lol, he’s absolutely adorable. Belated Happy Birthday to you and your cat and welcome back to blogging!
Belated Happy Birthday!
What a cute baby picture you have… 
I also think that’s the cutest photo you have of Max the Fat Cat.
P.S. Welcome back to blogging!
Ei, belated Happy Birthday! May you have more birthdays to come and God bless!
No, no, people! You’re doing it wrong! The cat is anerable! A-ner-able!
Lol, ayan may update na ako!
Feature mo ako dito sa site mo next time, ha… para naman malaman nila na friends pala tayo. Dika proud na friends tayo? Hehe…
Ang mag babalut
That is the cutest kitten I’ve ever seen! He’s a little fat, yeah but cute.
Lol @ Slacker Science. Yeah, I Can Has Cheezburger is a great website.
I’m sorry you lost most of your photos. That’s a cute one though!
I am glad to see LOLcats have made it into your life. LOLcats > everything else. You should contribute any you make with pictures of your cat to 4chan.org and similar sites.
I never get tired of cute kitty macros.
Awww… hey Max! You’re too cute. Mwah!
I am guessing that posting a milestone comment will generate some cool prize. So I am going to post random stuff in hopes of winning stuff. My guess is it could be: ad space, Shando Stormrage or a quarter chicken with a Fresca. This of course is purely speculative, but so is 99.3% of all actions I take.
“whirligig” is an interesting word.
P.S. Thank you for your groundbreaking contribution to science. Previously, it has been deduced that by placing a cat in a box with nothing, it will eventually die. Now we know that by placing a cat in a blog about nothing, it will eventually… can has cheezburger.
Signed,
Sacristan of Hormel
Belated Happy Birthday!!! Hahah, we all are slackers at bloggy sometimes.
*tee-hee* Hahah, that kitty sure is cute… same goes for the baby photo. But woah, you saw your baby photo when you were 20? *gulp* Take care~ xoxo
Oh! Happy Birthday to you! May you have your heart’s desires!
Belated Happy Birthday to you. Looks like you were an adorable baby, although the green version made you look a bit strange, lol.
I’s been blog-dead too! Oh noes!!!! However, we can just keep bringing our dead blogs back to life like Frankenstein monsters, right? … right?! The only difference between my blog and yours is that yours is a reverse zombieblog. Your zombieblog gets stronger with time, whereas mine turns into dust. XD
And OMG Max LOLcats!!!! =D
You were such a cute baby. Some of my own baby pictures got ruined just by touching them. Too bad film can’t last longer or something.
That adorable kitten reminds me of my cat that passed away a couple of years ago.
He was a lot older, but still orange and adorable nonetheless.
Hello Massa P,
Remember the razing you would give me for not posting on my blog? Well you have a loyal following so I suppose it does not matter. Always a pleasure, certainly an experience.
Val
Um… where are the food pics??!!!
Tell your parents congrats on their anniversary today. And feel free to FedEx us some of your sister’s desserts, LOL!
Where has FruityOaty gone?
Wooohooo?? Is there anyone here… ?
Kiss
Fendi
I visit… with a very, very late post-burpday greeting. Woot! Happy Birthday!
Hey, welcome back!
Lol, that baby photo of you was both kinda scary and kinda cute. You did have a big head. O_o
Thanks for making it, sweetheart! Though you don’t give us updates as much as we need, I can see you’re toeing down to my Kissfendi home. Thanks for dropping by.
Kiss
Fendi
I used to think that the random LOLcat images I saw online were a bit retarded until I stumbled upon I Can Has Cheezburger last night and was amused for quite a bit. XD That and my friend has funny captions for her kittehs, too.
Yay for being back, though! :]
You know, I totally feel you on the whole baby photo thing ’cause as far as I know, I only have one known surviving picture as well. :/ The photo album with all my pics from when I was all cute and cute (srsly) got drenched in water when our house burned half-down (because only the 2nd floor went up in flames), so yeah. Somehow, my mom found one picture of me and her, but other than that, all clues of me ever being the most adorable leetel girl everrr is gone. Which was a shame, too, I remembered finding these special invitations with pictures of me this one time…
ANYWAYS. I don’t think you had a big head as a baby! I think you look awwwwwwwwwww. And yeah, that was all I can think of when I look at your pic(s) because it really is cute.
Happy Birthday and welcome back.
Aww Happy Birthday! It was my birthday too recently.
Your baby photo is very cute… but I have to say I haven’t yet discovered the joy of LOLcats… maybe one day!
Pi _ _ y!? I think that’s better than FruityOaty. Whatever.
Anyway, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Belated. I dunno why hindi kita matiyempuhan whenever I visit this blog! Lol. Anyway, Happy Birthday!
Haha, those cats are grammar whores, eh?
Thank u for the wake up call… I finally found time to write something and do a bit of blog hopping.
Very belated Happy B-day. Happy Easter too.
We’re finally done with our 2nd year and I’m writing my entry tomorrow.
Now it’s my turn to bug you about updating.
Btw, how are your French classes going?
[ Karma = hackers will get their fair share of whoop-ass soon enough. Sweeter if you'd find a way to personally deliver it of course. ]
Hey honey fruity!
Happy Easter! May you find the most colourful egg around and have a good time chasing your bunny.
Kiss
Fendi
I never got to like the LOLcats phenomenon. They’re funny don’t get me wrong and the kitties are cute, but I just don’t like them THAT much.
I can’t believe you only have one surviving baby photo! At least it’s a good one! And oh so cute too!
Err… Belated. XD