Since I was a bitter teenager in Elmira, I’ve been seeing movies at the Bijou (well, apart from that nine-year break where I didn’t live here), and for that long I’ve also had a soft spot for the theater’s resident cat, Boo*. Boo is 23, according to her MySpace profile (I could swear she was only 19!), and for as long as I’ve been petting her she’s been, well, kinda big. But she’s a sweetie of a cat who purrs if you scratch her ears just right and who always has a “mrrowp?” for a cat-loving critic who can’t seem to see a movie there without petting her first.

But Boo, it turns out, might need a new home. She gets lonely when no one’s around. She’s quite old for a cat, and she’ll need a lot of attention and probably ring up some vet bills as she gets older. But maybe you work at home, or otherwise have a lot of time and love to give to a sweet older cat. If you do, call the Bijou folks at 686-3229. It sounds like at the moment, there’s still a chance she’ll get to stay, but she might need you.

(That sound you hear? Is me sniffling at the the thought of the Bijou without Boo.)

* March 11, 2009: I’m informed that the cat at the Bijou when I was a wee teen may have been a cat other than Boo. Perhaps I’m mixing up my years; she was there for 11 years, meaning since 1998 — waaaay after I was done with high school. In my mind, though, it’ll always be the same cat!

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