2016’s Top Ten Duarte Photos

Hi all! Our Bests & Worsts of 2016s episodes are delayed, due to a number of factors, but mainly I got pneumonia and was too sick to do anything for a long time. Thanks, 2016, for this lovely parting gift. To help fill the gap in Worst Bestsellers land, Kait said she was going to write a blog post about the top 10 best moments of 2016, and I said, good for you but that sounds too exhausting for me to do. (Pneumonia sucks, y’all!)

But I didn’t want to show up to the blog empty-handed, and I figured even in my extremely diminished capacity I could handle a photo roundup of my favorite subject. Here are my top 10 photos of my cat Duarte from 2016. I hope you like them, too. (If not: leave me alone, I’m sick.)

HONORABLE MENTION:

This is NOT DUARTE. This summer I had the pleasure of visiting the Seattle Meowtropolitan Cat Cafe and met Duarte’s Doppelganger, aka Fat Duarte. (Fat Duarte is really named Nova but I prefer not to call her that.) Fat Duarte was very pleasing to behold and she alone was well worth the price of admission to the cat cafe.

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This is a diptych of Duarte preferring not to be photographed. I find it very relatable.

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I took this photo on a recent sick day (did I mention I have pneumonia). I originally instagrammed it with the caption “Blair Witch Project 7” because that’s the vibe I got from it. I did not google how many Blair Witch movies there have been and I won’t do it now. Thanks for keeping me company, witch cat.

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Duarte why won’t you wear a party hat. Duarte it’s a party. DUARTE.

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This is mainly a picture of me but I like that Duarte is hanging out in the background, aloofly supervising the podcast. This was right after we moved to Boston but before our furniture arrived. Podcat’s gotta podcat.

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I was trying out different interview outfits and I draped this blazer over Duarte. I don’t think he liked it but probably just because it wasn’t tailored to his size. Plus it’s overkill since he’s already wearing a tuxedo.

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This is a picture of Duarte and my mom sharing a chair, although Duarte is not very good at sharing. My mom is a very good grandmother to Duarte.

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Oh my gosh his little toes. His little white chin. Oh my gosh. He’s so sleepy. Oh my gosh.

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Duarte bit me like 2 seconds after this photo was taken. You can see it in his eyes. And his tongue.

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When it’s cold out Duarte likes to sleep on my face for warmth. He is yawning in this photo because he is a sleepy kitty who would like to sleep on my face for 18 hours a day if possible. Sadly for both of us, it is not usually possible.

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Since we moved to Boston (or thereabouts) this year, I got Duarte a lobster costume for annual holiday card. (Naturally.) This isn’t the picture I chose for the final card, but it’s maybe my favorite of the set. Fight the power, Duarte.