Josh Getzler
I’m in the homestretch of eighth grade final exams, so this will be quick. I had a conversation with my wife yesterday about the fact that the longest line at BEA for any celebrity book signing was not Jim Carrey or Ann Romney, but internet sensation Grumpy Cat. As I made my way near the Chronicle Books display, I saw a line of terribly excited publishing professionals and librarians all vibrating at the thought of having a photo taken with the most famous sleeping dwarf cat in the world, Tardar Sauce.
They were not impatient, and most of them were either making jokes about the absurdity of waiting two hours for a photo with a sleeping dwarf cat or happily looking through their thirty tote bags filled with ARCs and Wimpy kid tchotchkes.
“Amazing,” I said.
“Not really,” said my wife the history teacher. “It’s all about community. People have needed something in common since they started to live in civilized groups. Sometimes it’s religion, sometimes it’s sports teams, sometimes it’s rock concerts…or online memes.”
She’s right of course. And in this era of sectarian violence, shameful politics, and sports where soccer stars are fixing games around the world and 20 baseball players are about to be suspended for 100 games each, it’s nice to be able to come together over a cat who makes people happy by looking miserable.
just think how happy ROCCO can make people!
Posted by: Toni Lotempio | June 05, 2013 at 06:27 AM