Those who are furriend with me on Facebook (it is still time to add me!) may have seen that my human attended an event at Strand Books in the place called Manhattan, last Tuesday: a talk between Jackson Galaxy and Gwen Cooper.
[For those wondering, the kitty on the left is NOT Gwen Cooper. I don’t know who the kitty is.]
So I wish I could have been there of course! But having my human go was the next best thing! She had Jackson Galaxy’s book signed to me and she took some pics and notes.
There was a large audience and not enough chairs for everyone. Also it was really hot this day. It was the day before we started having a lot of rain and cold temperatures again.
When Jackson Galaxy and Gwen Cooper arrived, they were welcomed with a big warm wave of applause!
They, of course, talked cats! Gwen Cooper was playing the interviewer and Jackson Galaxy was answering. What did they talked about?
- How Jackson Galaxy came to be working with cats:
He said that he loved all animals and when he started working in shelters, it wasn’t about dedicating himself to cats specifically, but cats were all over him (hey, they knew! ;-), so that’s how it all started. - On the mystery of cats:
He totally believes in cats having and keeping a part of mystery. - On shelters:
Things are changing a bit and there are less killings, but he also talked about some kind of “entrenchment” in some shelters. For example, he said that when he was suggesting some changes in some shelters, they would not consider thinking about it, because that’s just not the way they’ve been used to functioning. - On cat daddies:
Here too, things are changing. The image of having a cat being unmanly is slowly starting to change. When Jackson Galaxy asked how many were in the audience, about 20 men raised their hands. He mentioned this kind of meeting used to be 90% women. - On cats “exterminating” birds:
He said the numbers given by those accusing cats of mass-murdering birds were just not realistic, cats cannot kill so many (billions) of birds!
Those are some of the points that were discussed. The audience could also ask questions, but general ones, no personal questions on everyone’s kitty. The entire discussion lasted about an hour.
My human said both Jackson Galaxy and Gwen Cooper seemed very nice as humans (apparently it is important to her too – if she says so!).
Here are some pictures of the both of them. At the end of the post are links to their books!
Motor Mommy is not familiar with these folks (she must have been living under a rock, huh, Texas?!).
I’ll get her right on it!
Purrs, Sundae
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Hiya Sundae!
My human recently finished reading “Love Saves the Day” and she loved it! She (and I too) thinks your Mom would like it too. A lovely novel, partly told by a cat called Prudence.
Now we have to read Jackson Galaxy’s book (which we haven’t read yet!!) too. I love watching My Cat from Hell with my human on TV.
oh oh oh oh oh!!!! Mommy (and us) are so totally envious! We bet your human had a great time.
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She really did!
And despite the fact that it was about 80F, no AC, humid as NYC can be, she had rushed from her job to arrive in time and she had no chair. Humans can’t help but complain about the little things, can they? ;-)
Seriously, she was really glad to be able to attend!
Purrs
J’avais adoré le précédent livre de Gwen Cooper, “L’odyssée d’Homère” C’est un des plus beaux livres que j’ai lu sur les chats. J’espère bientôt trouver Loves save the days en France. je vais chercher aussi celui de jackson Galaxy.
merci pour ces conseils de lecture.
Mon humaine a adoré “Love Saves the Day” !
Elle le recommande a tous les humains qu’elle croise ces jours-ci ;-)
Thank you for this wonderful report! I wish I could have been there – and if it hadn’t been so close to BlogPaws, I would have been, but Allegra and Ruby refused to let me leave them again so soon.
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I can understand them ;-)
Purrs
Sounds like your mom had a very interesting time! Don’t worry, humans have different priorities to us kitties, they can seem a bit strange!!
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Dad read “Love Saves the Day” to us and promised “Homer’s Odyssey” soon. Jacksons book is really pretty interesting, if you like hearing about hoomans, as you would never imagine the long road this guy has been on to get where he is. You have one lucky Mom to have seen these two “Alive Livin and Breathin”
Timmy T
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We adore Gwen Cooper – what a lady! and such a perceptive writer. Loves Saves the Day broke mum’s heart (she still cries now…) and Homer’s Odyssey is FULL of so many genuine and true things about cats, and love, and the fact Blind Cats totally Rock!!
Mum must find a book by Jackson Galaxy, she feels he’s famous – right?!?!?! (we don’t have TV!) she can add it to the next @StreetCatBob book coming out soon!
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My human would LOVE to see both Jackson Galaxy and Gwen Cooper in the same room! Your human is lucky. Gwen Cooper is coming out to Los Angeles on her book tour in August and my human plans to see her then. Jackson, my human has known for years, and he is every bit as nice and genuine as he appears on his TV show – maybe even mores.
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what I would have given to have attended this! How lucky are you??????
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I would have loved to be there too!!! I know my hubby would love to read Cat Daddy!!! We wll get it one day!! Thanks!!
Jackson Galaxy and Gwen Cooper in the same room? How pawesome is that?! Our head peep would have loved to see that. We’re so glad your human was able to attend and share the story with us.
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How cool that your human got to see Jackson Galaxy AND Gwen Cooper at the same time! The mom says she would love to see just one of them!
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Me LOVES his shirt! Yous knows, us animals knows! me thinks Dogs probably likes Jackson Galaxy too!
Kisses
Nellie
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Lucky Mom!
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What a great opportunity, I wished I was there :)
Looks like mum had a great time. Have a marvellous Monday.
Best wishes Molly
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How wonderful to attend. Would love to meet him
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I think so, cats are mystery – and they are magic. …hmmm… unmanly… REAL man love cats ! YAY!
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Oh I just bet your human enjoyed that a whole lot…..! Way cool that you now have a pawtographed copy of Cat Daddy’s book………
Kitty Hugs, Sammy
Thanks Texas for the sharing. My human likes very much to watch Jackson Galaxy on TV. Purrs!
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That’s pretty cool! We know them from tv.
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How pawsome!!
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That’s so cool!
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that looked great,xx Speedy
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Je ne les connaissais pas du tout. Peut être parce que je suis française.
C’est super d’en avoir parler, comme ça je vais mettre leurs livres dans ma liste de “à lire”.
Caresses Texas
Nat à Chat.
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How fun! This was a great idea since Gwen and Jackson are friends. The cameraderie must have been natural.
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You are so lucky. I would love to meet Jackson Galaxy, particularly. I am in awe of his connection with all cats. They just know that he “gets” them. Thanks for sharing this. Janet
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oh, we love the Strand and Mr. Jackson! what fun. did they bring any kittehs wif them? that seems kind of silly, if they didn’t. but next time, maybe they can have you and Miss K as special guests. that would be VERRA well attended, I’m sure!
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Wow, what a special event! Lucky you that you got to go and see those special guests!
Piggy kisses,
Katie and Coccolino the mini pig
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Sounds like you had a great time!
Coucou !
J’ai lu et aimé l’Odyssée d’Homère. Chamitiés du mardi.
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Do you want to hear something funny? I think I was sitting right behind you at this event!
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