lol, good thread - my gf's cat is hillarious also - complete control of all the humans in the house
from waking us up at 4:30-5:30am for some wet food using any close-by convenient noise appliance (read: pLastic bags, papers, things to knock over, chair backs to claw into); to stealing my gf's hair bobbles (fuzzy thick eLastics) and putting them in his food dish; to general attacks of energy running around the place from a window to a door to another window - he owns his environment...
we let him out in the backyard - usually with a long long leash - (and he has a rather loud bell on his collar which always jingles) - he STILL manages to catch birds - dont ask me how
i'm convinced they colonized earth cuz they did an analysis of humans and decided they can get a free ride for eons
oh well, fun in a 5 pound fur package is a good thing
also why i enjoyed so much of weber's honor harrington books
(in addition to the good hard space opera sf)