I was feeling rather out of sorts, and started looking for a photo that matched my mood.
I searched on the words “irritated”, “angry”, and “bad mood”, but nothing was quite right. Then I noticed the above pic and realized that “grumpy” exactly described how I was feeling.
However, I would have liked a better pic, so I decided to search for more images of “Grumpy Kitty” and discovered “Grumpy Cat” — a real live (well, now she’s deceased) cat who became an internet sensation because of her grumpy expression.
I became rather fascinated as I read (on Wikipedia) about this cat, who as of August 23, 2020, had 8.3 million total likes on Facebook, 2.6 million followers on Instagram 1.5 million followers on Twitter and 283,000 subscribers on YouTube.
I mean, really?!? Yes, really!!!
Check out this paragraph (also from Wikipedia): CNN, CBS News, and CNET called Grumpy Cat the undisputed “biggest star” of SXSW Interactive [in 2013] over Elon Musk, Al Gore, and Neil Gaiman. Over 600 fans waited for hours in the line, which was nearly three blocks long, to take a photo. Among the crowds were Internet entrepreneur Dennis Crowley, singer Andrew W.K., and actor Ian Somerhalder. Somerhalder took photos with Grumpy Cat and called her his “new love”, and described her as “very peaced out”, “sweet as pumpkin pie”, and “kind of amazing”.
The good news? As I reflected on the crazy, crazy world in which we live, I realized I was no longer grumpy. Yay!
Now I’ll leave you with a few of the memes that made Grumpy Cat famous.😂
