You know, I hate dressing up my cats, but it's Halloween, so I think it's OK to make an exception:
I can take no credit in this -- making Winston a Rice Krispie treat for Halloween was 100 percent the brainchild of my boyfriend. Winston is so sweet (and likely to tear up the roof of your mouth) that the costume is a great fit. I think we'll keep him in it permanently.
Meanwhile, since he isn't nearly as cute, we threw a sheet over Rudy and made him a ghost.
Just kidding. Rudy's totally cute. He's so handsome, in fact, that next year, he's totally going to be Patrick Swayze.
And, since we're combining animals and pseudo-horror, there's no better way to revel in this than with Riz Ortolani's Cannibal Holocaust main theme. This is played approximately 5,000 times throughout the movie -- it's more indelible than any of the atrocities the film has to offer. It's first a treat, then a trick. But whatever, making yourself sick is the new scaring yourself to death. (For real!) Think of that when you're stuffing your face with candy!
When I first looked at the photo I thought Winston had got himself into a thing of rice cripsies so it's very good! Good job!
Posted by: JadeFan | October 31, 2006 at 09:05 AM
lol!! happy halloween rich!! i sure would like a bite of winston's sweetness right now!:D
Posted by: wanda | October 31, 2006 at 09:13 AM
OH MY GOD, he's like a giant poundcake!!!
Posted by: threetoedsloth | October 31, 2006 at 09:19 AM
Holy Crap this is amazing. Halloween is now offically the best holiday ever. I am going to steal Winston.
Posted by: Mer | October 31, 2006 at 09:19 AM
I think it's mean to have a favorite kitty. Rudy has feelings ya know.
Posted by: Chaka_khan | October 31, 2006 at 09:21 AM
RICH!
Winston's the BEST! :D
hhahahaha, he's looking great in this, I agree, keep it permanently!
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Posted by: omar | October 31, 2006 at 09:30 AM
you make me so happy. oxox.
Posted by: angela Morrill | October 31, 2006 at 09:43 AM
Oh my damn, this is amazing. Winston looked super pissed to be stuck in a costume.
I'm a dork...I got my dogs costumes from Old Navy. One is a little black t-shirt w/ a glow in the dark skeleton and the other is a little black and orange tutu skirt with fake spiders. My dogs are all going to attack me one day and I can't even blame them for it...
Posted by: AJ | October 31, 2006 at 10:05 AM
No one expresses shame quite like Winston. It's all in the eyes.
Posted by: whatwouldjanicedickinsondo | October 31, 2006 at 10:11 AM
I'm sure you weren't really thinking it, but I'm glad you made a pseudosnarky comment about Saw. I'm so sick to death of movies that equate scary with gore. Gore isn't scary. If it was, then Discovery Health would be the scariest channel ever!
Posted by: matt | October 31, 2006 at 10:15 AM
The look of indignity on Winston's face is something I shall never forget. Which is reason enough to do it, believe me - I don't know what it is about us gay boys and our cats, we just live to humiliate them. I think we just resent their attitude of superiority and want to knock them down a notch. "Oh, too good to sit on my lap, bitch? Now you're a Rice Krispie treat. Enjoy that." HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!
Posted by: Joe | October 31, 2006 at 10:52 AM
Rudy's my favorite.. he's adorable :x
Posted by: Jade | October 31, 2006 at 11:13 AM
Winston is lookin' deelishis.
By the way - it's not only gay men who love to humiliate their cats. I do it just because the look on their little faces makes me laugh my ass off.
Posted by: Erica | October 31, 2006 at 11:18 AM
I think that's the best thing I've ever seen. What a great job you did!
But now you're going to have work extra hard to make Rudy look better next year. Can't be playing favorites, y'know?
Posted by: Amber | October 31, 2006 at 11:27 AM
I think it's an improvement for Rudy.
If I had to compete against Winston for cuteness I'd wear a sheet over my head too!
Posted by: Cote | October 31, 2006 at 11:50 AM
That might be one of the more awesome things I've ever seen. Nice work.
Posted by: Stephanie | October 31, 2006 at 12:11 PM
You and the boyfriend put me to shame! I wanted to make a Jambi costume for my 4 year old nephew and didn't even know where to begin. And yet you guys made a RICE KRISPY TREAT costume for your cat! YOU GUYS are good parents!
Rudy looks so cute, very Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin. How the hell are you going to keep the sheet on him?!
Posted by: mariaaaaa | October 31, 2006 at 12:24 PM
man..i can't tell you how much i adore the cat updates. it's ridiculous. i squeal with glee and forward them to my friends.. happy halloween!
Posted by: bradnish | October 31, 2006 at 12:48 PM
Winston always looks pissed/indignant/ridiculously cute. That's what makes him Winston, innit?
That costume has me in hysterics. The best part is his cute li'l parts poking out the bottom. Tee hee!
And frankly, I think Rudy has the better end of the deal; he may not be the "favorite," but he's also not constantly harassed. ;)
Posted by: ♥dex | October 31, 2006 at 01:01 PM
I feel like your cats shoot you looks like that a lot.
Posted by: Foxy | October 31, 2006 at 01:03 PM
Oh, man, that picture of Winston has me howling. The look on his face is priceless. I want a Winston.
Posted by: cheeky | October 31, 2006 at 01:05 PM
Rudy actually looks a bit like an owl in that picture. Even cuter!
Posted by: ♥dex | October 31, 2006 at 01:06 PM
i love it! at first i thought the rice crispy was a bale of hay...
Posted by: aquababie | October 31, 2006 at 01:37 PM
Poor Rudy. I actually liked him as a pimp, as per an earlier post.
Posted by: Christine | October 31, 2006 at 02:23 PM
But more importantly, what are you and the bf going to be??
Posted by: Christine | October 31, 2006 at 02:24 PM