Risin' up, back on the street
Did my time, took my chances
Went the distance, now I'm back on my feet
Just a man and his will to survive
So many times, it happens too fast
You trade your passion for glory
Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past
You must fight just to keep them alive
It's the eye of the tiger, it's the thrill of the fight
Risin' up to the challenge of our rival
And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night
And he's watching us all with the eye of the tiger
Face to face, out on the heat
Hangin' tough, stayin' hungry
They stack the odds still we take to the street
For the kill, with the skill to survive
It's the eye of the tiger, it's the thrill of the fight
Risin' up to the challenge of our rival
And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night
And he's watching us all with the eye of the tiger
Risin' up, straight to the top
Had the guts, got the glory
Went the distance, now I'm not gonna stop
Just a man and his will to survive
It's the eye of the tiger, it's the thrill of the fight
Risin' up to the challenge of our rival
And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night
And he's watching us all with the eye of the tiger
The eye of the tiger
The eye of the tiger
The eye of the tiger
The eye of the tiger
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d.: Well, Cal.E., it looks like we’ve hit a lull in our blog.
C.: d.c. are you forgetting what tomorrow is?
d.: Well, it’s May first, so it’s May Day, but that’s not a big holiday in this country.
C.: May first is the beginning of the training season for the Cat Olympics.
d.: Oh, yes, I had forgotten about that. What events are you going to participate in, Cal.E.?
C.: Well, I thought about the competitive eating event, but I only weigh seven and one-half pounds, so that’s out because I'd be in agony after a few minutes.
Then, I thought about the hang upside down event, but I don’t want to get a head rush. Then, I'd probably fall.
I was going to do the floor exercise,
or martial arts, but T talked me out of doing that.
He wants to do a team event with me, so I said ‘What about the Flying Cat event?’ T.’s so big and strong and I’m so small that we would surely win that event if we entered as long as he worked the cat-a-pult.That’s not the event T wanted us to compete in, though.
d.: What event does your husband, Tucker Tucker Two, a.k.a. The Cat Fighter Formerly Known As The Tuxedo (who really needs a shorter nickname) Now Simply Known As T Because Triple T Was Already Taken want y’all to compete in as a team? And what does a woman named Shirley have to do with anything? Is she your trainer for the Cat Olympics?
C.:Â No, T trains us himself, and he wants to compete in our specialty, cat fighting.
d.: I didn’t know that was an event in the Cat Olympics.
C.: It is now.
d.: But, isn’t Cat Fighting illegal?
C.: Only if the cats’ humans stage the cat fight. If two (or more) cats decide to square off on their own accord, it’s perfectly legal, as long as they don’t get caught by animal control. Since The Cat Olympics are staged in the middle of the night, there’s little chance of us getting caught. Especially not at the venue that was chosen to hold it.
d.: Where are The Cat Olympics being held this year?
C.: In the Astrodome. That way, not only will no humans know about it (other that you and our readers, as well as the humans who helped stage the event, the caterers, the clean up crew and a small, intimate audience of sixty thousand people), but there will be plenty of rodents to eat as prizes!
d.: Okay, but, isn’t professional Cat Fighting staged?
C.: Pro Cat Fighting is staged, but Olympic Cat Fighting is real.
d.: So, who’s y’all’s opponent going to be?
C.: We’re not supposed to know until we step into the ring, but T has cameras set up in every Cat Fighting Alley in Greater Houston. When he finds out who’s training the hardest, he’ll assume that those cats are the ones we’ll fight in our tag-team Olympic Cat Fight. That’s because he’s the individual cat fighting champion in five different heavy weight categories, and we’re undefeated as a tag team. When he finds out by seeing which cats are training the hardest, he’s going to text me a picture of them.
d. Well, that could take a while. Greater Houston is huge, and there are many alley ways where cats may be training for a cat fight, Olympic caliber or otherwise. It will take T many hours of scouring his memory cards from his cameras to find out who y’all are going to fight…
C.: T just texted me. Our first opponent for the Olympic Cat Fights is…MEOW Z. TONGUE?!!
d.: Well, T's saying it's time to train, I so I guess that’s all the time we have for today. Please join us tomorrow for another episode of Cal.E.’s Korner.
