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Pet_Sounds · 05-13-2015, 07:24 AM

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That was a period where we were giving our cats German names. There also used to be Reinholt, and Wilhelm is still kicking.

Got an Adolf yet?

The Batlord · 05-13-2015, 07:27 AM

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Got an Adolf yet?

My mother is not nearly as un-PC as I am. Besides, even I'd be leery of putting down "Adolf" as an animal's name at the vet. I'd have named one of them Siegfried though, if it wasn't for those damned magicians.

Plankton · 05-13-2015, 08:01 AM

Sorry to hear man. I know how terrible all that is to go through.

The Batlord · 05-13-2015, 09:29 AM

We're gonna bury him today, so I kept him on my bed last night for one last time, with him at my feet, on a little cat bed with a little cat blanket. Maybe it's a little morbid to sleep with a dead cat, but I just didn't want to leave him alone that night when my bed was his favorite place in the world.

I was listening to Iced Earth's song "Watching Over Me" on repeat for a good long while. I'd thought I was done crying -- at the vet I was a bawling wreck, snuggling him when they gave him the injection, cradling his little body afterward -- but this song tugs at my heart strings at the best of times, and I just couldn't keep it together for the next few hours. This song is definitely gonna be my masochistic go-to whenever I lose a loved one. I'm kind of maxed out on emotions at the moment, but I'm still breaking up a little bit even now listening to it. I thought about rewatching that Dexter series finale, just for a little catharsis, but clearly I'm not ready for that kind of emotional devastation right now.

Thanks to Jon Schaffer for writing this overwrought, melodramatic piece of cheese. Whatever you want to say about the band, this song definitely comes from a real place, with a real tragedy behind it, and is as emotionally pure as any song from any more "serious" band. Dedicated to my little buddy.

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I had a friend many years ago
One tragic night he died
The saddest time of my life
For weeks and weeks I cried
Through the anger and through the tears
I've felt his spirit through the years
I'd swear, He's watching me
Guiding me through hard times

I feel it once again
It's overwhelming me
His spirit's like the wind
The angel guarding me
Oh, I know, oh, I know
He's watching over me
Oh, I know, oh, I know
He's watching over me

We shared dreams like all best friends
Blood brothers at the age of ten
We lived reckless, he paid the price
But why? Why did he have to die?
It still hurts me to this day
Am I selfish for feeling this way?
I know he's an angel now
Together we'll be someday

I feel it once again
It's overwhelming me
His spirit's like the wind
The angel guarding me
Oh, I know, oh, I know
He's watching over me
Oh, I know, oh, I know
He's watching over me

WWWP · 05-13-2015, 10:19 AM

Sorry dude, I've never had to put a pet down, I can't imagine the trauma.

**Goofle** · 05-13-2015, 10:32 AM

Sorry to hear about that man. I can't even stomach the thought of my cats passing away, so I don't even want to imagine how much that sucks.

Chula Vista · 05-13-2015, 11:33 AM

Truly sorry man. RIP Wolfgang. Rest easy.

Justthefacts · 05-13-2015, 04:28 PM

Justthefacts · 05-13-2015, 04:33 PM

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Might I add her name is Haim, and she's 3 months old.

The Batlord · 05-13-2015, 06:13 PM

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You look like you're being held prisoner at claw point.

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Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,765	Sorry to hear man. I know how terrible all that is to go through. __________________ See location...

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Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Truly sorry man. RIP Wolfgang. Rest easy. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”