{"id":21750,"date":"2017-02-26T08:09:02","date_gmt":"2017-02-26T13:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=21750"},"modified":"2017-02-26T08:09:02","modified_gmt":"2017-02-26T13:09:02","slug":"the-cat-requires-my-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2017\/02\/26\/the-cat-requires-my-attention\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cat Requires My Attention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"I think the cat wants my attention\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/willceau\/32999798141\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/4\/3772\/32999798141_4ff4b473e6_z.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"I think the cat wants my attention\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Plywood the cat decided to use <a href=\"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2017\/02\/23\/the-sketchbook-from-heaven\/\" target=\"_blank\">my sketchbook<\/a> as a pillow. Okay, you have my attention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plywood the cat decided to use my sketchbook as a pillow. Okay, you have my attention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[49],"tags":[4057,4069,390,43,976,25],"class_list":["post-21750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-came-from-the-sketchbook","tag-atomic-warrior","tag-bed","tag-cat","tag-humor","tag-pillow","tag-sketchbook"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-5EO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40251,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/03\/15\/sketchbook-gruesome-graphite-grotesques\/","url_meta":{"origin":21750,"position":0},"title":"Sketchbook \u2022 Gruesome Graphite Grotesques","author":"Joe","date":"March 15, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"I sit on a couch with a cat and a spouse scribbling graphite grotesques into the night.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;It Came From the Sketchbook&quot;","block_context":{"text":"It Came From the Sketchbook","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/it-came-from-the-sketchbook\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/werewolf-bite.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":40404,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/04\/11\/second-thoughts-on-a-cheap-sketchbook\/","url_meta":{"origin":21750,"position":1},"title":"Second Thoughts on a Cheap Sketchbook&#8230;","author":"Joe","date":"April 11, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"I may get my $3.25 worth out of the terrible little sketchbook from discount chain Five Below after all. 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