Why did your cat attack you?
Because he's a fucking cat, I guess. He was absolutely fine. Petting, petting, purring purring, then all of a sudden LATCH ON HISS YOWL BITE BITE SCRATCH PEE EVERYWHERE. Seriously ticked me off. Was right before I was scheduled at the toy drive, too, so I had to do all that night's work one-handed basically. And when I got home from it, he was all normal again, even affectionate, even though this is the most damage he's done to me. He's freaked out twice before, in the few years I've owned him - first time was when I saw a dog before him and picked him up to bring him inside before he was ready to come in, second time was when he was in my office at work a couple months ago and refused to come out from under a heavy desk until I reached in and physically dragged him out. This time was a lot bloodier though, and just out of the freaking blue. Had me thinking black thoughts about him for days.
I'm sure if Pauline had been here to see the rivulets of blood trickling off my fingers in a solid stream onto the carpet, she'd have insisted we send him to the shelter and be done with it.
