this thread has been needed for a while.
Sadly, I have no pictures of the dogs and cats I've been co-owned by before now, but I do have this remarkably fitting picture of Mr./Sir Nick T.
His personality matches his coat. He dips his paws in milk and water rather than tipping it over; that is some serious class, imnsho. He is also slow and polite when walking in front of computers, and he doesn't usually sit directly on top of the keyboards. Oh, and he usually runs zealously towards me when I call him, because he actually seems to enjoy being petted. He does occasionally dash in front of people when they're carrying things, though; made my mom drop a water bowl once.
I know breeding isn't very ethical but I was (more of) a kid and I wanted an american curl cat specifically and my parents eventually conceded. Little did I know I would get extremely lucky and end up with this funny, curious, sugar-sweet little Einstein.
(If you're wondering how she manages to be in the most perfectly adorable position there, the answer is she does it on purpose. I know this because she had a period of rolling over on her back whenever she thought I was about to take her inside. Then it stopped working so she stopped bothering to do it in that particular situation. Too late now, Star! We're onto your plot!!!)
there are some other cats, too. i think i've made this post sufficiently spammy already, though, and there are a lot of pictures I'd have to sort through to find individuals
edit: in my defense american curl cats are one of the few breeds with no associated health problems except an increased risk of ear infections -- most likely 'cause of the narrow ear canals -- and I was careful to check this before begging for one. the breed history is really heartwarming, but they just recently stopped allowing outbreeding, which sucks d/ick.