Jen, it really is time for you to spin off the "Felineist" cat blog.

According to housing law, if it doesn't have a window, it ain't a bedroom. Put the cat in the closet.

Someone call Cheyenne Cherry, she'll know what to do.

Unless you have a rodent problem in your space, cats are useless.

My cats are not useless—there are windows that need looking out of and carpets that need scratching!

I completely understand this couple. I too have a Bengal cat and if he didn't have his own room, I don't know what I'd do. These cats can cry louder than any child! I think the closet would work for the cat unless they have clothes hanging in it. My cat can empty a clothes rack in 30 seconds.

Everyone stop here for a second. The two artistes have almost two years before the kid will out grow the closet. Does the little shit need a view overlooking Marcus Garvey park in the fall? NO!

The cat is probably up in its years and will drop dead prior to being evicted from its bedroom. NO PROBLEMO! Kid moves into cat's room, the bitch gets pregnant again and the new kid moves into the closet. They are good to go for at least another five years. End of story.

In addition, custom motorcycle sales will probably double in three years allowing papa artiste to open up a studio on West Broadway featuring his art. Also a satellite studio in Jersey City.

"If we wind up staying, we’re going to have to find a studio space for both of us, probably somewhere toward Lower Manhattan or possibly Jersey City. But the cat won’t work in the closet."

I keep puzzling over this. What the hell is she talking about? Do they both need a studio (for working) in addition to the apartment?

If anyone can explain, please do.

They are artistes. They need room to express themselves. Plus they are probably messy artistes rather than clean artistes. Have they ever thought about getting a studio to do their thing?

They are "art professors." Where pray tell are they spreading their knowledge? Have they approached their school/s and asked for some studio space? Duh I bet they never thought about that.

Judging by his looks, Hugo Bastidas, appears the kind of artiste that paints flames, and skulls on motorcycles.

He's one of those closet child painters.

If a dresser drawer was good enough for Toulouse Lautrec, then a closet will be like a palace to this yet unborn future artiste.

DE CAT WILL DESIDE

WHERE DE TINY HUMAN MAY STAY

Another stupid artist with his priorities all out of wack. I swear if my kids come home and tell me they are going to be an artist, ill shoot them in the face just so they dont have to go through the torture of life like these idiots.

Sounds like your kids are already going through the "torture of life" at home.

Nobody puts baby in a (closet)!

(Seriously, though, cats can be loud and persistent. But you're the human in this situation -- you have to be smarter and more assertive than your pet. It's simple enough -- buy a squirt gun and squirt the cat when it won't shut up. It doesn't hurt the cat, but it gets your message across -- and it's way simpler than moving.)

"The couple bought it for $599,000 in cash in January 2006,"

I'd like to know what this guy does for a living.

$ 600,000 in cash?

Either his family is really really rich - or he's in the Bolivian marching powder business!

"Bright LIghts, Loud Kitty"?

I believe he is a painter. He does all sizes of apartments and charges per square foot of wall space. The last time I saw his rates, he was charging a dollar a square foot plus materials and travel time.

By painter, I'm assuming you mean something other than a coat of primer and two coats of Tudor Cream in eggshell.

Depending on what he's painting, a dollar a square foot doesn't seem like a lot of money.