This online cat magazine is just an experiment. I don’t know exactly what will happen. I have some ideas of what I would like to get out of it and that’s it. Some of the content I will generate and it will be a discovery even to me.
But it’s not just me. There are currently two other people who are contributing content and I have no idea what they will come up with. I don’t even know what kinds of questions people will ask about cat care and what Laura will answer.
And of course, cats themselves aren’t predictable. Just when you think you know what they will do, they surprise us again and again.
So, right now, I don’t know what surprises Sir Socks has in store with his memoirs, or what surprises Emperor Julius will spring on anyone, but we will all find out soon…
As you can see, our financial report for our first month isn’t so great. We had just enough to pay for the webhosting from WordPress and to pay the staff a little bit. We had a gofundme account which has yielded two out of the three donations. The third one came directly via PayPal. We did have an online auction at 32auctions.com which yielded nothing at all.
We do have an option to sell ad space, but we need at least 100,000 views per month. This month we’ve had less than 300 views. So, we need to increase the traffic to the site to activate this financial option.
I realize this is just the first month, so perhaps the donations are low due to being unknown and untried. We’ll see how it goes next month to see if our donations increase enough to pay the staff, contributors, and featured monthly charities.
And hopefully, the traffic to the site will increase well as we post more content.
Happy Halloween from Julius! What are you and your feline friend going as this Halloween? Stay safe, and remember, black cats are in fact very good luck!
Happy Thursday, everyone! This is Emperor Julius checking in. I am looking forward to sharing my escapades with you in the coming months. I have many stories to share, including recollections of my adventures at the vet, dealing with the difficulties of being a regal feline, my attempts to steal food from my humans, and more. I also have some questions for you, dear followers. What kind of stories do you want to hear from me? What do you want my tales to focus on?
Hello there, my name is Julius, and I’m the emperor of this household. Even though I’m orange, I’m not actually named after an Orange Julius, as appropriate as that might be. My mom is obsessed with Romans (as well as cats), so she named me after Julius Caesar. I chose her to be my human two years ago because I was tired of living in a crowded, noisy shelter where there was no good food. My old humans just left me there when I was a kitten and never bothered to come back for me. Before Clarabelle came along, another human adopted me and returned me because they couldn’t deal with my vivacity. But I did a good job charming Clarabelle–she adopted me immediately and took me home without a second thought!
Even though I’m an emperor and have to constantly remind my subjects that I’m in charge (breakfast is served every day at 5 am, no exceptions), I’m a kind, benevolent ruler and make sure my subjects know they are loved and appreciated. I love snuggles and cuddles, so I make the most of every opportunity I have to be near my human. When she’s sitting down, I sit in her lap; when she’s in bed, I snuggle with her; when she’s in the bathroom, I sit near her; when she walks around the house, I follow her. I never bite or scratch her because she is kind to me and I am kind in return. The only problem I have with her is that she tries to hinder some of my activities, which is frustrating. She doesn’t like it when I search for goodies in the trash can or when I steal things out of her purse, and she doesn’t let me eat plastic or tape, even though it tastes amazing. She also sometimes serves my breakfast late, which makes me extremely angry, but I always forgive her because she is so nice to me.
I’m very happy with my empire as it currently is, and I hope it stays this way. I never expected that I could end up as such a happy and successful emperor.
Sir Socks Le Chat 