Winston is annoying

Below is a little slice of Winston's life. It's also the story of my life. I know that this may somewhat undermine his cuteness (or his cute-ugliness), but whatever. The truth needs to be said: I live with a brat.

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Winston mostly cries like this when he's hungry, i.e. ALWAYS. But you know what the best thing about this video is? When I was putting it together, Winston was attempting to sleep next to me on the couch, but he kept waking up, hearing his own crying and the pre-meal sounds present in the clips I was editing. Ha! Now he knows how annoying he is. I mean, I'm sure he forgot immediately, but the moment of justice was worth it.

Comments

[mariaaaaa]

OMG, Winston's Totoroness just kills me!

[Jess]

He looks like Sara with those crazy tics!

Still adorable, though.

[Jess]

Oh. my. GOODNESS!

I feel if I lived with it, that may undermine his cuteness, but since I don't ... it just seems adorable! From the violent repetitive sneezes to the crazy-long string of meows in the hallway, even to his emo-ness at the end. .. Oh, Winston.

PS, Rich, in case no one has mentioned it to you lately, you're so fantastic. =)

[Marian]

Winnie even SNEEZES cute!

[Ms. Pants]

His mouth opens up like a marionette! Like someone's pulling a little Winny string!

I'm going to have to play this for Phoebe tonight when I get home. She's a loud little bugger (likes to "chat") and this will probably freak her the eff out.

[Ms. Pants]

(Fave bit: the purr rumble as he necks out towards a hunk of cheese.)

[claudia]

my cats came running in the room while I was listening to that and started to search the place for the cat making that noise.

[jtalia]

when i was in highschool this lady on the bus meowd just like that through out the entire bus ride, this clip transported me to 2003
:)

[Nick]

Aww...that made me smile.
If I had to hear it every day I'd probably develop some sort of tick (ala Winston's sneezing)...but I don't, so I just think it's fucking cute.

I've decided that all cats are brats though. My friend adopted two about 4 months ago, and they already own everything in her apartment. She's just their live-in chef/servant...

[Tiff]

My cat does the same thing...but he's definitely not as cute as Winston.

[Katie]

Oh man, I never liked cats until Winston came around.

[SarahD]

Let's not forget the whiny needy baby meows in the middle of the night, to see if you still love him while you're sleeping. Or the crazy howling string of meows because he spotted another cat in the darkness and had to come screaming into the bedroom to tell you about it.

Oh, that was MY cat.

[Gary]

Thanks, Rich! With almost everyone out of the office observing the new year I needed some entertainment.

[wendy]

How is it that I'm making this exact same video with my cat at the exact same time? It can only mean we have the same brain.

[moss]

DUDES! He looks like the guy in the book "The Five Chinese Brothers" .. the one who could swallow the sea.. when he has the sea all stuffed in his cheeks.

HAHHAHA

[Belly]

Ungggg...
I can't get enough of that wonderful stuff!

[amy]

Wow, winston's meow is annoying, kinda like scratchy sounding or something! The sneezes were soooooo cute though and the part in the hall where he kept going and going. He really doesnt get tired, does he? ;o

[jenner]

SarahD - I have THREE who ALL do that LOL!

I don't think this undermines the cuteness at ALL. All that personality just makes 'em CUTER ;)

One of mine was the runt of the litter, host of health problems all her life - one of them is she cna't meow properly (or at all as a kitten.) As a result, her meows are more high pitched honks than meows.

AAAAAAAA-dorable. :)

PS - RUDY!!!!!!!!!!!

Had to get that in....lol

[Julia]

I love kitties, but my ears are bleeding now.
I still love your kitty. He is cute, esp. when he sneezes.
Julie

[Leanne]

Winston IS the guy from The Five Chinese Brothers who could swallow the sea. Check it out Rich!

[Corinne]

my cats came running over too! I wonder if Winston is aware of his celebrity status and in cat language, he's calling together cats everywhere to hatch some evil plan...

[Nora]

Winston looks like a barn owl!!!!

[n]

I STILL want to eat his head.

I about cried with laughter during his sneezing fit.

[Mark O.]

Winston is amazing. I think this is my favorite video yet.

[Jean]

My favorite part was when he rimmed Rudy.

[yungrii]

i spy with my little eye..... a fannypack!?

[mariella]

you know rich, i hate animals. i think having them as pets is way to costly and could be better spent on food or other necessities. on the other hand, i love winston. if i were to get a pet, i would want one reflective of my own nature, pissy, high maintenance, and not too attractive. winston to a tee!!

[Jennifer]

I almost fell out of my chair laughing at the part where he is standing in the hallway meowing. Having a mouthy cat myself I can relate. Seems like she never shuts up.

[Talix18]

A new go-to video to cheer me up when I'm pissy! Yay!

And yet, when my own cat does it, it's the worst. The paradox of the cat.

[Kat]

Whoa, those sneezes make me think he's possessed. I love the lonely cries in the hallway as well. Also how you call him Winnie! hehe

Our old cat used to do that. Her name was Lilly, she looked like a baby and she was incredibly fat. And she never could make proper "meows". She always just did these little squeaks when she wanted food. Pretty adorable.

[KELLYq]

Kingsley, my Kitten,
(pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/laurenmcmahon/tags/kingsley/
was in the room while I was playing this montage and won't stop sniffing and batting at the laptop; is Winston available for cat on cat action? Cause we could totally set them up.

[Katie W.]

Ha! That was great, Rich. When you called him "Winnie," I about died laughing because you sounded just like Bridget on "Girls Next Door" (the Hugh Hefner reality show on E!). She is always calling her dog "Winnie" (short for Wednesday).

[Judy]

Hehe, I loved the clip! At the end, Winston was like "I'm tired now, no more meowing." My cat does the same thing in the morning when he wants to be fed, and when I don't get out of bed, he comes and bats my face or makes as much noise running around as possible.

[bobbywombat]

that was the most cute thing i ever seen.. although it got a bit annoying... i didnt realize how big a cat he is until i saw that hallway shot... nice cat

[Amber]

Hahaha the twitches!

[Karen]

I just appreciate that there is someone else who doesn't give a fuck and let's their cats walk aorund on their kitchen counters. Because really, I have three and there is just no way to stop it... even if wee wanted too.

Though none of my friends will eat any food prepared at my house. Huh.

[Kathryn]

Sheesh, what a mouthy little SOB! But damn it if he's not adorable.

And my god, how cute is it that he always looks like he's sulking? Loves it.

[marina]

He's sulking!

Still an adorable little kitty anyways :)

[sunnyday]

jesus CHRIST i love that cat.

[Kristina]

My cat, Brunswick, is trying to sleep next to my computer. He was awoken by Winston's annoying meowing and jumped off the desk to sleep in another room.

[Daniel]

OMGZ! Kitty sneezes! Tee hee!

[Rachel]

Hah! I love his stubborn refusal to look you in the eye at the end. And the sneezing. Dear God, the sneezing.

(This has done nothing to diminish my Winnie-worship, though. Ours is a love that cannot be broken.)

[Marie]

What a total Di-vah. Lord.

And Moss, you took me back to childhood and one of my favorite picture books! You either have a photographic memory OR own the book right now. What a fun thing to remember. :D

[LED]

The hallway part cracked me up.

[Pook]

Winston IS God. I love the hallway shot!!!

[Jules]

OMG, THE SNEEZING!
bigpikchur.blogspot.com

[Sean]

Winston's sneezing is hilarious!

[Jane]

I love Winston 3rd best out of all the cats in the whole wide universe. (Must love my 2 best, der!) Seriously, why is there no Winston channel? More Winston! There can not be enough Winston. If you're sick of Winnie, you're sick of life!

[Lara]

Haha! The best part at the end is where he ignored you so you would look silly!

I have a deaf cat that does the same thing. I don't know how he knows to meow louder and LOUDER to get my attention, but he gets totally out of control!

[jack mehoff]

I started counting the cries/meows..until my BF walked in with his hard throbbing cock sticking out of his pants!

[Desmon]

Winston's sneezing was hilarious! The silent treatment at the end was priceless, too.

[milkyaqua]

Definitely loved the standoffishness and not wanting to be bothered at the end look. I swear some of Winston's meows sounded like he was saying, Help! and Ow!

[Kyle-Steven]

Oh. My. GOD. This video has made Winston the single most cute and simultaneously irritating thing ever. The whole like 20 second moment where he's standing across the room meowing incessantly had me wanting to hug him and yelling "Shut UP already!" at the same time. Which made me laugh and cry at the same time.

Way to make me bipolar, Winston.

[Lisa]

I was in the worst mood like 2 minutes ago. Once again, Winston puts a smile on my face no matter what!
It's bittersweet, though. He still reminds me of my sweet Otis, may he rest in peace.
Him and Winston together would've created a vortex of cute adorableness that would've engulfed the world!
They have the same wimpy little mews, as if they're too lazy to fully meow.
Melts my heart..

[Kristina]

I love it when cats sneeze.

[LIZ]

I love when cats do what Winston did at the end-the "don't look at me...I'm too precious" look. Damn, Tyra should incorporate that into ANTM.

[scareah]

ha ha he was totally giving you the silent treatment at the end!

[food]

Those last 15 seconds are the best ever.

[my love for you.]

omg. he is so cute i want to eat him. i love how he totally ignores you at the end. you should check out www.themoldydoily.com, not only is that girl amazing but she always has photos of georgie boy, her kittie who looks just like winston.

[Miss Lisa]

Now we know: Winston is slightly bigger than a breadbox.

[Rosie]

Honestly, I didn't expect to watch that whole video. I didn't think I would.
But damnit, that cat is too ugly-cute.
(Also, my kitty Mrs. Lovett was sitting next to me, and started meowing back. Why is it cute when he does it and annoying when she does it?)
The bit in the hallway seems like a scene in an adorable horror movie.

[randomschwah]

i rarely actually laugh out loud at things on the internet
but oh man
the sneezing just got to me
so adorable

[Queen Lena]

First of all, that was STILL cute.

Second of all, Winston could shit on my face and I'd still think it was adorable.

Lastly, my cat was annoyed at all the meowing, so I got two times the pleasure out of it. Thanks Rich!

[Keisha]

Haha, Lafawnduh (aka Greedy Cat aka Pathetica) does the SAME thing. Cats are so annoying, yet loveable.

And when both of the cats (Propecia and Lafawnduh) heard Winston, they both ran in here confused and excited to see another cat. When the clip ended, they just ran away sadly.

[anna]

My cats behave very similarly. My cat Loki does these drawn out meows that just sound like a whine, and he does them barely opening his mouth. I have to admit; I do encourage my cat's meows. We meow back and forth at each other, and I talk to them all the time. (I am not a crazy cat lady, however. I am a perfectly normal person that talks to her cats.) My two boys were littermates, and they have specific meows for when one can't find the other. The hiding one hears it and bolts out from where ever he's hiding to reassure the other. Very cute.

[Vagabondblogger]

He's so cute, and what a personality! Does he have allergies?

[Nia]

Love how he just cant even bring himself to look at you at the end. There! Have you learned your lesson?

[kiki]

The mewl @ 1:18 (1:32 if you're counting backwards) really does it for me. It's such a offended little "Well, excuuuuse me" noise.

[Michael]

Does he have like a clubbed tail?

[Bob]

I apologize if you have answered this elsewhere, but I am in a foreign country where internet access costs about 33 cents a minute and I dont have time to scour the comments thread. (I also dont have the time to find the apostrophe on this fucked up foreign keyboard): who is that guy listed as MY HERO at the top of the site? Cause he looks an awful lot like a really hot guy from an old Falcon porno VHS I literally burned out the tape of.

[Hilda]

That is one seriously moody cat. Cute as hell though. And I see why he's called Winston Churchill..unusual face. Cute.

[kenna]

Wait, was I the only one who noticed when he stopped meowing to stick his face in Rudy's ass??? Perv.

[Amanda]

A whiny Winston montage! I love it!

[theodora]

winston has TOTALLY let his internet celebrity go to his fluffy head.

am i projecting my own consumer desires, or was that a camo-apolstered couch i saw???

[ciaobella]

Winston wins my heart over and over again. but Winston doesn't even come close to his owner. Great job Rich in making us rabid Winston fans.

PS. In Asia and happy.

[Tanith]

Nails on a f-ing chalkboard.
Unedited (i.e. in life) this would become a maddening purgatory.
One of my fur-minions is part Siamese (=feline Tourettes), one is senile (screams randomly to himself and his reflection in the TV; also specializes in purring really loudly, punctuated by spastic screeching relating to nothing), and one is fat because at least I can shut him up by feeding him.
Winston's cute and whatever, but this isn't a true reality check.
Put the volume on high and loop it for 30+ minutes while you're trying to finish an overdue essay and see how adorable he seems then, everybody.

[Catherine Cantieri]

I'm sure I'm projecting here, but I like to think he looks slightly ashamed in those last few seconds. Like, "I'm a mouthy little sumbitch, aren't I? I'll try to work on that."

He won't, though. They never do.

[finding the filth]

i am going to eat his face! winston is the the definition of cuteness.

[brandy]

My mother is a crazy cat lady and one of her cats bring her things from around the house(bras,sweaters,underwear etc.) and when he does he makes the craziest meowing sound ever. I think I'm immune to cat meowing though because I was brought up in a crazy cat house.
My favorite part was him in the hall just standing there meowing at you then he moves a bit closer, like he suddenly thought "well maybe he just can't hear me."

[Jess]

Yes, yes...Winston is adorable and annoying - but for all of you that love this site, you have to check this out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylPqlrBoyRY

(hint: Tyra + Britney. You won't be sorry.)

[Lora]

I love it! I could watch him all day!

[TheDonutBaby]

oh God, that cat is awesome. i have one kind of like that, and it's so annoying/cute that i cry marshmallows. also, it's so awesome that you, as a guy, do not find it necessary to emphasize your manly manliness by hating cats. so hot.

[Hajnal]

Hey, Winston is on Cute Overload (sorry if someone already posted it!)

Hi Winston,

Here's your friend Willy... http://brunmarde.com/weblog/media/willy-morning.mov

;-)

meow meow meoooow

[Kristin]

My cats also came hauling in here trying to figure out where the strange kitty was. It was so funny, my youngest kitty came in here with all of her hair standing up on her spine...god you gotta love the furry lil shits.

[Elaine]

hahaha Kristin, my cat did that too.

hey, does winston have bi-colored eyes?

[Jen]

The kitty sneezing was what reeeeeeeally made me fall in love w/ adorable Winston!
I'm sure those last seconds were "omg, i hope to heck this doesn't make it on YOUTUBE, I'm be sooo embarrassed!"

Thanks for sharing! He is absolutly adorable!
JEN

[Deborah]

Teh Winston continues to rule! The sneezes were too cute, but the hallway was absofuckinglutely classic! I love how he *did not* put one paw over the threshold into the next room. Loved it.

you're feakin' my dogs out ova hea!

i keep trying to show them that the sound is coming from the computer and not the back yard, but they ain't having it. i need to save this so i can freak my dogs out some more.

[Lauren]

Bonus:

http://feministe.powweb.com/blog/2007/09/14/hola/

[Monica C.]

I love Winston's round head.

And I know why he's crying - he's afraid to get down from the kitchen counter, poor baby. :)

Love the last few seconds. It's like he's saying, "If you don't get that camera out of my face ...".

[Suz]

Count me among those with cats who reacted to the awesomeness that is Winston. Mine had this whole "WTF" look and kept trying to figure out just where in the hell it was coming from

[harlemgrrl]

just visiting from cuteoverload to say my two spoiled cats were also intrigued by winston's sad song. perhaps he's the feline messiah...

[Y]

Dude!

The part where he's standing in the hall needs to win some kind of an award.

God, that was funny.

[otakuden]

totemo kawaii!!!!

[julie]

hey Rich, a clip of Winston in th bath was just posted Cuteoverload.com and they're thinking of making a new category just for you in cuteness: "hot guys bathing kitties"!

[Zoe]

Goodness gracious, he has the weirdest meow.

[Karen]

I finally watched this at home and all three cats came into the computer room, very agitated. One, after walking around the computer 3 or 4 times just gave up and started meowing along with Winston.

He is their God.

[gigi]

Winston reminds me of my deformed, polydactyl, all black, cross eyed, runt cat Gigi. She has taken to yowling lately, for everything.. I am a heartbeat away from booting her fat ass out the front door. But honestly, like two peas in an annoying pod..

[Shirl]

You think that's bad? I have 8 that do that. LOL!!!

[Scott Free]

My co-workers were just like "WTF?" when they heard Winston meowing! Adorable...(ugly, but adorable).

[theidlereceptionist]

ok, does it make me weird that i was all soothed watching you kiss a post-bath winston? ahn...

[Shannon]

I have two cats...one likes to climb on my chest, stomp right up to my face and meow-scream in the middle of the night...just to make sure I still love and am paying attention to him even while I'm sleeping.

Cats are jerks.... :-)

[jezebelly]

Speaking of crying when hungry, Fat Camp was just on MTV. And GUESS WHAT?!?! Fat Camp II was filmed this summer, according to Wikipedia (I know, I know...):

"MTV filmed a second season in the Summer of 2007 focusing on new kids, and updating what has happened to Dianne. (emphasis mine.) The new season is expected to premiere in late December or early January."

I CANNOT WAIT!

[Stephanie]

Oh, Winnie! You must be a lost brother to my keeper Boomer. He sneezes like you, and he yells at me from the hallway too. He's a really tough big guy, but he's been cursed with the weakest and whiniest voice in catland. He looks like a lion and opens his mouth to say "meep!" It's not his fault he's big-boned. I know where your brother is if you have any long lost Canadian litter mates...

[frank]

He gets so emo at the end.

[westward ho]

the quadruple sneeze was classic. i especially liked the end, in which he threatened to morph into yoda.

[Toni]

I feel your pain. I have TWO whiny cats.

One of my kitties, Kesse, was napping on the chair next to me and when Winston started meowing on the video, she sat up and just watched. XD

[kim]

as soon as i clicked on the video, my cat smokey went into a state of high alert and threw himself on my speakers in attempt to find the cat. i also understand the crying/hungry crap. smokey wakes me up every day at 6 am because it is time for him to eat.

[Lesley]

Your cat is way to adroable for words. I just watched the one of him getting a bath too. I must say...you two are adorable together!!

[Spin Sycle]

My Tigger was looking around to see who the whiny cat was whil my Foo Foo, who was on my lap, went "whatevs, I'm cooot tooo!!! now pet me."

[Spin Sycle]

my point being, my cats are brats too.

[rhp]

uh-oh. now one of my cats thinks there is a whiny kitty living under the desk where the computer sits. at first, he thought the cat was in the computer itself, but after smelling the computer and stepping on the keyboard, he assured himself that no cat could live there.
so now he is quite sure that the cat lives under the computer, and is going to quietly stalk it until he locates it and can have a howl-off with it.

[Jen]

When you bathe your cat, i's head resembles a dandelion fluff.

[Jase]

That's a good lookin' pussy if I ever saw one. ;)

Oh, and Paul Carrigan's looking all nice and pound-worthy...

... not sure if you're a GG fan Rich, but here's my hero (Betty White):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jywmMen6PuA&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsurvivorsucks%2Eyuku%2Ecom%2Ftopic%2F6947%3Fpage%3D81

[Jase]

Or rather, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jywmMen6PuA (without the spamminess)

[T]

The sneezing was ADORABLE. I love how his little face puckered up! My cats sneeze to get attention. They do it over and over again like Winnie here, all, "I'm so sad and pathetic and needy that I have suddenly contracted kitty-SARS! The only cure is PAMPERING. Pet me."

The hallway scene was the best ever. It was like, he was perfectly content to holler at you for attention, but he wouldn't come and get it of his own accord. He's lazy AND a diva. I want him.

[Susan]

I love this cat! I just watched the 'Winston gets a bath' video and now I love him even more.

[Susan]

I love Winston! So cute! Lovelovelove him. His sneezes are priceless!

Oh dear, my cat heard that and now she's upset.

Is that you being your own hero in that picture?

[M]

How can I possibly love him so much?

[Meg]

The 1st time I watched it I didn't have any sound going on and the video filled my cold empty life with JOY! Then I watched it with sound and I couldn't watch it all the way through cause that meow was just so awful.

Also, I think that my cat is the Anti-Winston. He is completely black and completely silent. He doesn't meow EVER!

[colleen]

I've been trying to find the video of Winston playing with the feather toy - he gets really annoyed at one point. It's SO funny. Anyone have it?

[aubrey]

Has there ever been a cat as cute as Winnie? I think not.

[Susan]

That long tracking shot in the hallway was pure cinematic genius. The pathos, the emotion embodied in the meow paralelled by the dark quiet of the hallway. Sigh.

[Kris Lindsay]

Hi,

This cat has to be MY WINSTON!!! Is this the Winston who was adopted from Kris of Only Hope cat Rescue?? There can only be one cat as cute as him. It was so great to see him! You guys sure do know how to spoil a boy...Ha!. Please keep in touch and send a email. Hope all is well. Kris

[tamron lohan]

this is basically the greatest cat on the face of the planet.

[Liz]

OMG! My cat is going BERSERK! She's running around everywhere growling and searching for the other cat!!!! Winston scares Nevada :(

[Rachel]

My cat is like this, too! I thought it was just an "adjustment" phase in which she needed a lot of attention. It doesn't seem to be, though. She cries and whines all the time!

[honeybear]

i am in LOVE with winston.
i want more...me-ow.

[honeybear]

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=11410725&blogID=309764351

[Tania]

omg! He's like a younger mini male version of my old girly cat - called Winnie!
http://sparklygrrl.livejournal.com/49614.html

[JB]

I heart Winston.

(Winston seen on cuteoverload.com.)

[radiogirl]

I love kittehs in all forms, but I don't get how the smoosh-face varieties ever evolved. Do they really just propel themselves into walls, one generation after another? Is it hereditary features, or hereditary behavior?

But GO WINSTON. Kudos to your human for admitting that cats are a pain in the ass despite their wonderfulness.

BTW, anyone know how to get a cat to stop peeing on an armchair? Anyone want to trade cats?

[Pie]

I <3 ur >^..^<

[Kim]

All right, like I didn't love you enough for your Flav-related VH1 blogging, now you have to throw Winston at me! He's ADORABLE, and I'm a dog person, so that's something! More please!

[adrienne]

Awwwww. Does Winston have a myspace???

[velocibadgergirl]

That is fantastic. I love the part where he sneezes the best.

I also have a big fat fluffy cat with a teeny little baby voice. People poke fun!

[totaleffect]

How does that cat sneeze? He doesn't have a nose.

[Ingvild Eiring]

I love Winston!

[Barbarella]

Awwww! I love Winston. He may be annoying but he´s the cutest-ugly cat in the world. :D

[Leigh]

My husband and I LOVE Winston! We have all his videos saved on youtube so we can look at them whenever we need to laugh! I love the "annoying" one at the end how he decides not to "talk" anymore! He looks so discusted, like, "nope, I'm through talking to you. You won't come when I call you, so I'm just not going to talk anymore. harumph." HAHAHA

[Britney]

Winston should have his own tv show. He's that entertaining! I LOVE WINSTON!

[Liz]

He's so cute!!! Was he in an emo mode at the end? Hehehe... so cute!