cat_loves_mika

Hi guys. 

I hope everyone is well. And congrats on becoming an aunt, Charlotte! I'll be an aunt for the first time as well by the end of the year! 

Update: My fiance and I pushed out wedding back until next year, because we want to celebrate safely and in a way that we always envisioned our wedding would be. We also bought a house in South Carolina and moved in recently. I'm really living in the deep American south here, so it's never a dull moment. 

Life has been crazy lately and I keep reflecting on the years that have passed because I've never felt more like an adult than I do now. I've spent about half my life being apart of this website, isn't that wild? 

My fiancé is still working even though so many business here are shut down and have their employees working at home. He works out of town during the week so I'm by myself for 4 days of the week while my state is in shelter in place for the next month... I feel so isolated.  At least I have google hangout and my dog. 

How's everyone else?

3 hours ago, TinyLove_CJ said:

@cat_loves_mika Thanks for the clarity on what Mika said regarding the DVD/CD. I'm still hoping it will happen. All we can do is wait and see. Seeing as the live album was done in the US, there is a slight chance that something more might be said about physical copies when Mika is back there. Who knows...? 🤔

 

I hope there will still be a DVD, and maybe they will sell physical copies of the live album in US as tour merch. 

Someone should try to ask him about it if they get a chance to see him too for more clarification. I'd hope its still coming along, because it would be such a waste and there are loads of people who would love to have that live DVD. Though DVDs are a little dated, maybe that's the issue? 

2 minutes ago, Starlight said:

Aaaaah thank you for saying that!  So it is still possible that we might soon get a new DVD as well.

It's definitely possible, but I'm not sure if it's likely. I'm thinking the project was scrapped, unfortunately. I don't think they would release a DVD without the live album alongside it. 

I just got a notification that my vinyl album of MNIMH has shipped... What is that, 4 months after when I pre-ordered it? 

Hey guys, I was at this concert where the album was recorded and I wanted to clear up some confusion about the DVD rumor. 

At the concert, Mika said himself, that this concert would be turned into a live DVD as well as a live CD. Now, I don't know if this has since changed and they decided to only do a live CD, but that is what he said at that time. The whole concert was filmed like the Dear Jealously video, with multiple cameras, even going onstage. Mika really gave it his all into performing because he was under the impression this was going to be both a live album and DVD and it was pretty obvious.

On 1/31/2020 at 8:32 AM, TinyLove_CJ said:

I will be downloading this album later today, can't wait to listen to it in full. Lollipop is especially good! 😃

Lollipop was my favorite of the night, so much energy! 

The Atlanta one is GA and the tickets were so reasonably priced otherwise... I was very pleased and can't wait to go. 

I'm going to the Atlanta show, it's right before my final exams but I'm going to make it work! I can't wait, I hope I'll see some of you out there. 

Coachella is fantastic publicity for him, but wow that's going to be very expensive to see him there. Its still very exciting! 

8 hours ago, Starlight said:

We have 5 cats and we never bought any of them. They're now the kittens of cats that came to us by themselves and stayed cos we loved them and took care of them.

I don't want to buy a certain cat. I want to take of those who don't have someone who cares about them...

The last cat that came to us was obviously left alone. We live close to the main road and from one day to the other suddenly there was a little kitten that wanted some food. I think some idiots threw it out of a car...

Our first family cats were strays that we or someone else found. One, our family friend found in her barn. The other one my mom found in a parking lot and took home! I'm sure they were both part of litters that were dumped somewhere, because they were both kittens at the time. The cats they have now we're adopted through a foster system, so they get amazing attention and care until they find their forever home. But a lot of people do just get their cats from the cat adopting them.

I can't believe someone would through a living creature out of a car. Wow. People can be awful. 

11 hours ago, We-Are-Golden said:

 

Aaww! The pattern was one of the things that drew me towards her!  Though looks aren't everything offcourse, as long as they're sweet.  

 

Aaww poor thing.   I wish cats would last a lifetime. Or at least most of them.  I'm glad more people that I know get their cat from shelters instead of buying a kitten from someone. 

 

Well, at least there is more to love now.  

I think most people here get cats from shelters. I don't know anyone with a fancy cat breed. There's little point to them too, unless if you have allergies and want a hypoallergenic or naked cat? All cats pretty much do the same thing and act in the same ways, unlike different dog breeds. 

I've been getting some flack about getting my dog from a breeder, most of them are subtle comments from other dog owners. We decided to go with a breeder because one, an adopted dog can be a lot of work to retrain to how you want to act, they also typically have training and social issues that take a lot of time to train out that we don't really have time for, unfortunately. Second, we also couldn't even find a dog in a size and in any type of breed that would be suitable for our living situation right now, like a breed that doesn't really need a yard to run around in since we live in an apartment, and all of the dogs that weren't too big for us needed that. We weren't going to have an animal in an apartment when it needs to be running around.. a lot. And all the small dogs were Chihuahuas or Chihuahua mixes.... Which we definitely didn't want. We looked for months for a dog and then my boyfriend suggested we go to a breeder. Our dog is also a French Spaniel, which is a rarer breed. So, I think that having a dog of a rare breed and supporting it's preservation is important too, because they are a beautiful breed. Our breeder was fantastic, very knowledgeable, passionate and caring. We had a great experience getting our dog from him and Brandy is beautiful and healthy. I'm really excited to adopt a dog in the future that I can put time and effort into retraining and caring for, but we just aren't at that point in our life right now. 

I'm sorry for ranting, but it gets really annoying for me. It's not like Brandy is a design dog breed like a pug and is bred to not even breathe. She's gun dog LOL 

7 hours ago, We-Are-Golden said:

 

Thanks! She is  Yeah on the photo's it looks like black and gray, but in the sunlight the colours are a bit warmer, with some brown tones in it.  

Aaaww that's sad. How old was he/she?  

Yes! That was his pattern too exactly! It was so unique. 

He was 11 years old and he passed away due to a sudden heart attack since he always had murmur in his heart beat. He was one of the cats I grew up with as a child/teen, but my parents have since adopted a couple other precious cats who we all love so much. One of them has recently become so fat and I don't know how my mom let that happen... I held him for the first time in awhile the other day and it was like I was holding a completely different cat. 

22 hours ago, Irem Aytepe said:

maybe post service is quite busy?

18 hours ago, Starlight said:

Oh my.... that was a long wait for you....  it seems quite unlogical to me that it took so long, as you said... weird...

But at least you can enjoy it now!

Most mail doesn't take that long.. it was also coming from an area close to where I live relative to how big the U.S. is. It was just the state north of mine. It's odd. 

I'm happy I have it now. I love the art. I also wore my Tiny Tour sweatshirt for the first time today because it was finally cold enough to wear it to class. 

ALSO.. yikes. The Native American headdress is making me die a little inside. Cultural appropriation is not a good look. 

I just received my CD in the past week or so. I don't check my mailbox all too often, but I got my mail pretty recently. 

That's a really long time to get a CD. It was produced and shipped from the US too so I just don't understand why it took so long. 

On 10/23/2019 at 1:15 PM, We-Are-Golden said:

We have a new cat since yesterday!  We got her from a shelter. She's 1 year and 5 months. Poor thing was dropped there after she had a litter of kittens. Way too young offcourse, she's still acting a bit like a kitten herself.

 

But she's very sweet and cuddly so far and she loves to play!

 

 

 

She's so pretty! Her tabby color reminds me so much of my tabby can I had who passed away. It looks black and gray, right? I haven't seen this kind of coloring too much in cats. 

4 minutes ago, Anna Ko Kolkowska said:

 

Even Mika mentioned it in his interviews. The music marked has changed. Now they don't sell albums like it was in the past. Streaming and downloading is more important. There is money behind. And I think that if Mika is #1 or #100 the most important is if he gets enough money from sales to cover all the costs he had. He is a source of living for several persons (his musicians, managers ect).

He is a niche artist so he does not expect the same as the top singers of the world.

He has incredible spotlights and essentially advertising from Spotify, the top streaming service. That's more important that album placement on the charts these days. 

Do you think this is because not as many people buy albums anymore and opt to stream them? This trend has only been going upward since Mika's last album release. I don't think you can even buy albums on iTunes anymore? I don't know, I don't have an iPhone or have I used the service in years. 

I see no point in buying physical CDs or digital copies because I don't use them. I got three digital copies of this album for a ticket purchase, merch purchase and purchase of a vinyl. They are pushing the digital copies with these things to boost the album on the charts because no many people buy them anymore. It's kind of ricidulous. 

13 minutes ago, silver said:

 

Just what I thought.  They even knew how many copies to press (pre-orders + some extra)

I'm actually EXTREMELY upset about this. We were promised to be sent it ON release date. It's unacceptable. Now we have to wait what, 2 months? Who does that? 

16 hours ago, silver said:

 

I've been told the vinyl album has been "delayed" - no firm release date as yet

Um... What? That's so not cool. They should have already made these things ages ago. 

6 hours ago, Starlight said:

OMG that's adorable!!!

I bet you're happy now.  and I swear you couldn't have a better support!

I feel so lucky to have such a nice dog and it's been so rewarding so far. We have only had her for 5 days and it's so nice to see how fast she is learning, even though it's exhausted. 

1 hour ago, We-Are-Golden said:

Ooooooooh so cute!!  

She is such a big cuddler, she always wants to sleep on my head especially. It's making kennel training her a nightmare because she is very needy and has a lot of seperation anxiety, but she is so stinking cute. She's gonna be a very loving animal. 

Good thing too, because a huge reason we got her was for an emotional support animal for me. I feel quite emotional supported already. 

43 minutes ago, NancylovesM said:

I was wondering the same thing.  I'm a bit of a bird nerd and that is obviously not a dove (to me).  Lol

Yes, it has talons!

34 minutes ago, kreacher said:

 

 I wondered that too, but I didn’t wanna be the one to point it out. 

I zoomed in to see if there’s a bird flying by or something, but nope the sky is empty xD

 

this billboard thing is a huge deal and I’m so so so so glad his record label is finally f**king promoting him, I just wish it said something on it about MNIMH being his new album & not a show or some wacko just introducing himself something. Seems like some people might be confused wtf this is advertising

It seems a confusing to me too. Maybe if they had a Spotify logo on it, because they obviously have some sort of deal for this record. Or just a simple "album now available" would have worked too. 

10 hours ago, Mikasister said:

 

I'm so confused by this. Is he talking about the American Eagle logo? 

3 hours ago, Starlight said:

OMG so cute!!!!!

and what name did you finally choose? 

Brandy, after one of our favorite songs. 

6 hours ago, Starlight said:

Awww tell me how it went then! I bet it's super exciting!!!

5 hours ago, We-Are-Golden said:

 

Please tell how it went!  

I was love at first lick