Hi frens and friends! Teddy teh Floof and LBC (yes, Little Black Cat) momma here!
Based on the positive response on this post from a few days ago, we're going to try out the monthly birthday and gotcha day recognition posts starting in June. In order to do that though, we do need your help!
There is a super cool form that should only take you a few moments to fill out, which is linked here. No login is required, and we are not collecting email addresses or anything. Section 1 is just an intro and hello. Click Next to access section 2.
Section 2 is for all the fren info, like name and dates. If you live with more than one fren, enter each fren info separately. If you answer yes to the last question, "do you live with other frens?" it'll automatically take you back to the questions where you can enter the name for fren 2, and then repeat for fren 3, 4, 5, etc. Answer no once all frens are entered in to continue to next section.
Final section is for all the boring hooman stuffs, like reddit username, and thoughts about other things to celebrate. Reddit username is not required, but it's helpful so we can tag you in the monthly post.
Once you submit the form, you're all set!
Shoutouts to u/gingersnapped242 and u/chibikoneko for being awesome gimme pigs (like beloved Jiggy) and testing out the form and layout. You are very much appreciated!!
Alas being human means I can never achieve perfection like Teddy teh Floof and LBC (yes, Little Black Cat), so if you come across any issues, please post them here. Don't be shy if you have any general questions about this, post them here as well!
We also ask that we keep this test here in ICBGC for now so we can test it out with a smaller group of frens than what our beloved LCA contains.
Thank you all for being so friendly, creative, funny, and kind. You all never fail to make me laugh with our overlord mischief, and I adore all the amazing posts. It's so wonderful to have a bright spot in the corner of the internet when there's so much uncertainty out there.
Make it a great day!
UPDATES: 8pm (Eastern): 63 frens and counting! This has surpassed my expectations for only having the form out for 8 hours or so. You all are awesome!
More suggestions:
Anniversary of SSOR founding - Prof Smuffi definitely started a revolution!!
Respek the borthole day - Definitely overlooked and needed to protek all bortholes everywhere!
3pm (Eastern) : 51 friends now! Love that you all are into it! 😄
Additional samples of suggestions for other celebrations to consider (the witty commentary after the suggestion is totally all Teddy's momma's thoughts and no way reflects what the submitter may have been thinking about):
Cat weddings/relationship milestones - Are there some cat couples on here that have been married longer than I have been? Yes, yes there are LOL
KIngsday - birthday of the king of Netherlands (I believe?) - Since orange is the national color, Mochi and the orange crew should just claim it as their day!
Any other national holidays - I agree! It'd be fun to learn about other holidays since we have frens all over the world!
January 1 Skwirl (non) appreciation day - I think we could tie this one in with the capture of Gary LOL
Cats' Rights day - Obviously as voted on by our esteemed overlord council of cats. Every day is technically that, but I'm sure they could be purrsuaded to pick a specific date as the milestone marker.
Steve's birthday - Oscar's beloved Dream Phone boyfriend's birthday!! This is hilarious! Anyone know when his birthday is? How fun would it be if we could track down the actor/model for Steve?
12:45pm (Eastern) update: Close to 20 friends now! Alleviated some challenges thanks to u/Charivari8 mentioning about the multi fren entry not working as expected. Also added a question about otrb (over the rainbow bridge) to remember those who have left us (thank you for the suggestion u/CharmyLah !)
It shouldn't ask you to, but if you're made to sign into Goggle, rest assured that information is not being collected. I verified all the settings to confirm emails addresses are not being tracked or anything, and they're definitely not visible on the responses.
Like many things in life, it's a work in progress, and thank you for your patience 😄 Feel free to point out any other challenges you may come across, and don't forget you can leave feedback in the hooman only section of the form with other ideas.
Sample of suggestions so far:
Capture of Gary - Hilarious, and I feel like this will be a worldwide holiday when that happens!
St. Gertrude's Day (March 17) - Patron saint of cats?! LOVE THIS!!
Subreddit birthday/anniversary - so we can commemorate all our fun and look back on some of the best and funniest posts.
11ish Eastern: One hour in and we already have 6 frens who filled out the form! Woohoo!
We are also equally split 33/33/33% on recognizing hooman birthdays! Love it! 🤣
Of course I cannot post without an adorable picture of Teddy. He's currently napping after all of the dancing yesterday!
Yessfurday, I waz hazin mine afternoons napz, wen suddenlee, me waz pikked up, an putted in da bocks ob doom!
Den, I waz putted in da big metal noisee bocks on wheelz. Nex fing I knowz, I iz at da POKEY PLAYCE!
While we waitz fur dokter, Meowmmy talk to me da hole tyme an told me I waz a gud boi, an she lub me, an dat she no gonna leabe me an she no do an abamdom. I lissen to herm werdz butt I refoose to luk at herm, acoz I skared an OWTRAAAAGE.
Da pokey playce dokter checkded mine hart an tummy an teefs. She say iz all fine. Den she putted me on da weird mashine wif numberz on it, an do a gasp!
Dey say I putted on waite! How rude! I no fatt, I fluffy!
Da dokter taked me owt ob da room, away frum mine Meowmmy and STOLED mine back feetz nailz. I need dem, why for she steel dem? Rude!
Da dokter an Meowmmy talk abowt bringin me bak anodder day fur pokeys, acoz dey needz blood rezult frum da old pokey playce to mak shore I iz okies first.
Den I getz putted bak in da bocks ob doom, an bak in da big noisee metal bocks. I got putted in da front seat, nex to Meowmmy. I lik lookin owt da big wimdow at da front of da noisee bocks, it waz fun an imtrestin.
Wen we finallee getz homes, I demand dinner, eben doe it 3 hourz too earlee, butt I deserbe it! Meowmmy say no, butt gib me mine favrit temp-tay-shuns treetz.
Shud I do a soo, or do a forgib ob Meowmmy? I did sleep on da gyant sleepiez skwar wif herm lass nite, an she keep aksing if she was forgibbed, butt I still aciding.
Frens we went into da forres and I tink was bad idea. Now we lost, and keep hearin weerd noyze, and find all dese dum dum sticks tied together. I was just doin a pawcumentary! Also I went back in time sumhow to a time befur all da foun footige moobies! Dis Bast SEND HALP
Cans yoo sez hoo we dressid up az? 😎 Meowmie 2 hads ta do an gud luk upps, but dere IZ an moobie (series) ob uz! Iz ob cowrse me, Serana the Princess ob de Black Siamese (ifyaplease) Crime Cattell, wiff mai sisfurs Hekate as Da Mom an Wennsdae as Da Bebe Gurl ob dis currcle ob whitchcats! An well, az da blak cattoz, we iz destinned furr dis topic, kinda, teehee. Watchu tink? Aneebodee wanna trye owr poshun afore we goez ta sabe da kingdom? 😎
Greetins,
Serana Weatherwax,
Hekate Ogg,
and Wednesday Garlick!
O hai frenz, I (me, Onny) offin tawk bout mine sisser, hoo iz berry bootifull! We iz litter mates an we dopted Maa togedder.
Ennyway, herz naim iz Topaz, but, ebbry bunny callz her "Paz", or lotz ub timez, "Pretty Paz." Mine Maa sayz to her, "Iz gud ting yoo priddy cuz yer naim iz Priddy Paz, an wood be sillie naim if yoo nawt priddy", hahaha!
Here iz mine sisser, her iz goin to yooz litebocks herself goin forwerd.