Starship Asterisk*

I read somewhere that beauty is hard to achieve, because it requires perfection, and it takes so little to ruin perfection. Cuteness, on the other hand, appeals to our fondness for imperfection and, I think, an innocence, an openness and a kind of unguardedness. That's why babies are cute, because they have not learnt how to be cool, ironic and cynical.

Here are two of my favorite cute Youtube videos. You have almost certainly seen them before, because they were both monster hits when they arrived at Youtube. But so what? Cute is cute! A cute is a cutie is a cutie, as Gertrude Stein would have said, whether or not she was cute herself.
Surprised kitty. Awwwww!!!!
Cookie, the little penguin at the Cincinnati Zoo. Awwww!!!!

Ann

Actually; I believe it is true; that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

I'm obligated to record that beer goggles help in this regard.
(Somewhat sadly, the supporting evidence is empirical in nature .. in consideration of some of the things I've awakened next to.)


(PS: That kitteh was not surprised....that was "I iz in 'Careful there, suckah -- I'll cut you!' mode.")