Close encounters

As a fellow cat-lover, I know how painful losing a long-time feline companion can be. But how nice that your Blazer encounter at least distracted you from the trauma for a moment.

Channing Frye is indeed a “Buffet of Goodness!”

that’s a rich long life for a kitty.

Glad you got to meet Mr. and Mrs. Frye though, they seem very nice indeed. Thanks for telling us the story Jorga! – Elgin

As soon as I read “empty cat carrier” my heart sunk. I’m so sorry for your loss. How bizarre that you ran into the Fryes at the cllinic — the whole thing must feel very surreal for you.

Hugs.

He was wearing Blazer gear and was planning on ATVing.

That’s just so tough. Hang in there.

So sorry for your loss. Not even seeing/meeting a Blazer can make up for the loss. Talk about a range of emotions you musta felt!

Again so sorry-
Peace Out
CJ Blazer

RIP-Jorga Kitty

I’ve also had encounters with a few blazers

They were Lamarcus, Rudy, and Sergio. All hanging out together bowling about a week after Rudy arrived in the united states.

to let them go. It’s amazing and wonderful how attached we become to our pets. We had two stray kitties move in on us and take over our lives a few months ago and already we love them dearly. Again, I’m sorry.

I’m sorry, jorga. That is such a hard decision to make. Thanks for sharing your story.

It’s tough to lose a pet…especially one that has been with you for so long.

I’m sorry about your kitty though, Jorga :-(

I hate those pet emergency room waiting areas. They are so depressing. At least you had an interesting distraction during that portion of the ordeal. It had to be better than reading a three year old copy of Readers Digest or a dog eared copy of Highlights.

I’m really sorry to hear about the passing of your cat. If your ready for a replacement, you can have mine. He won’t stop jumping on the screen door and he keeps letting injured lizards go in the house.

It’s nice to know “The Buffet of Goodness” is still a fan of Portland….and bulldogs. That makes him extra cool.

I actually feel really bad about this. It’s something I’ve been wanting to get off my chest for a few months now.

I work nights downtown, and one evening I went to the super market by the college to grab some baby formula to bring home. As I was going through the aisles I looked up and saw GO there. I knew it was him after all how many 7 footers are limping around downtown Portland. I immediately did a double take. I couldn’t believe it. Greg freaking Oden was standing right in front me. No. 1 pick. Franchise savior. All that. He noticed my double take, and he got a lil smile on his face. I’m ashamed of what happened next. After my double take, I immediately sucked my teeth and rolled my eyes at him as if to say pfff it’s just Greg Oden.

Well, he noticed my reaction and immediately the lil smile on his face changed. (can’t blame him). It didn’t turn to a look of anger. It looked as if it wasn’t the first time he’d seen a reaction like mine. A look that said, oh, so you’re one of those fans. That’s why I felt kind of bad. He probably gets some degree of that every where he goes. No doubt, a lot of people are disappointed in all the injuries, and no one is disappointed more than him I’m sure. Ever since it happened I’ve been thinking to myself, damn, what a huge jerk I am. Even though I’m not the biggest GO fan, he probably could have done without that. Plus, I’m a huge Blazer fan. I should have shown my support even though he was never my pick.

The weirdest part about the whole thing is that nobody in store seemed to care that GO was standing right there. I’ve seen celebs in public before and, generally, people go crazy. Girls start blushing and whispering to each other. Even guys get a little giddy sometimes when in the presence of a celebrity. That wasn’t the case here though. For the most part people seemed to be relatively unimpressed with him. I kind of tracked/stalked him from aisle to aisle. I saw a couple people point him out to whomever they were with, but once they got a glimpse they went right back to their business. I didn’t see anybody ask for an autograph, or a picture. I didn’t even see anybody attempt to talk to him, or even say hello. It was weird. This is the same guy that people filled the streets of downtown Portland for just a few short years ago, and now nobody cares that he’s standing right there. The cashier got a huge smile but she looked happier to have a story to tell her friends about than she was to be serving GO.

What do you guys think. I know I am jerk so you don’t have to answer that, but do think people around the city are starting come down from their GO high? Do you think it’s starting to bother him?

for your kind words. I hadn’t really intended for the cat to be the focus, but that part of the story obviously touched some of you.

The cat’s name was Rudy and every now and then I’d startle my grandson (the teen who goes to games with me) by innocently saying something like “Rudy woke me at 2 this morning when he jumped on the bed.” He’d always do a double take and I’d have to say “the cat! the cat!” I can’t imagine he really thought “Fernandez” when I’d say things like “I have to give Rudy his meds” … :D

Incurable and fatal.

:(

Losing pets is horrible. But Channing and his wifey seem really nice, and it’s good to hear that they are hanging here in the off season still.

Last week he didn’t come home at night, and a couple days later my mom found his collar … let’s just say it looked like the coyotes got him.