From: rich
Subject: LOST CAT
Date: January 22, 2008 1:22:26 AM EST
To: burton1

From: baxterthieves
Subject: We have Baxter
Date: January 23, 2008 1:51:44 AM EST
To: rich
Cc: burton1

Dear Richard,

We have kidnapped Baxter because he smells funny and no one on the floor likes him. If you ever want to see him again, you must meet all of our demands.

The first: Prepare a double layer strawberry and dark chocolate cake, and place it on the dining table of the 132 suite at precisely 12:10 AM on Thursday, January 24th.

Do as we say, or BAXTER DIES!

Love,
-Baxter Thieves

From: rich
Subject: Re: We have Baxter
Date: January 24, 2008 9:06:04 PM EST
To: baxterthieves
Cc: burton1

We have the cake, as requested, in the 132 suite right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASSEE LET HIM GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (and have some cake) (and other people too if they want) (it's pretty much the most amazing cake i've ever seen)

From: baxterthieves
Subject: Re: We have Baxter
Date: January 24, 2008 11:48:48 PM EST
To: rich
Cc: burton1

Our demands have been met, we are very pleased with your offering.

The truth is, Baxter never really left you. Search your drawers a little bit harder. Maybe behind all the Ralph Lauren shirts and imported cashmere turtlenecks, you'll find what you thought you were missing all along...

Love,
-Baxter Thieves

And so, boy and cat were united once again, and Rich cried no longer. "When I first walked into my room on that fateful day," quoth Rich, holding Baxter protectively in his arms, "I instantly felt that something was wrong. Losing Baxter was like losing your best friend, someone who's always there for you. A part of me felt missing, at least Pi/3 radians of my heart...It's great to have him back home, and I would like to thank everyone who helped in the effort to find him."

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damn, I never got to try that cake

Posted by: Kes on January 27, 2008

pi/3 radians.

i love that.

=D

Posted by: BB on January 27, 2008

i think baxter should die, well, i mean if he wasn't already made of straw and inanimate.

damn cat!

Posted by: Cathy on January 27, 2008

That is the prettiest cake I have ever seen, and though it looks really yummy I imagine it must've been a painful task to cut it and deface the poor cat...
Who knew MIT students could cook? I guess if I’m lucky enough to go there I’ll never go hungry…

Posted by: Andrea on January 27, 2008

dude. that's hilarious.

Posted by: kayla on January 27, 2008

Seriously...

Posted by: katie harvey on January 27, 2008

I didn't get cake either! :(

Posted by: Angela Monster on January 27, 2008

Aww, good story. i still can't believe ppl were so mean like that. did u all really knew who was behind this?
-sam r.

Posted by: Sam R. '12 on January 27, 2008

@Cathy

D-d-d-d-don't say that! Are you a dog or something??!

Posted by: Dr. Catburg on January 27, 2008

LOL This is the funniest thing ever. I love cats!!! AND cake! So I thoroughly enjoyed this. Literally laughed out loud.

Posted by: Lauren '12 on January 27, 2008

Wow, that was just hilarious. @__@

Posted by: Vin on January 27, 2008

that cake looks sooo good
i would eat baxter if i could get a piece of that cake

Posted by: dan on January 27, 2008

Awwwwwww...!

the cake looks amazing and the Pi/3 radians bit is priceless!

=)

Posted by: Aditi on January 27, 2008

@Dr. Catburg

i'm not quite a 'dog', but i think me and my dawgs agree that that cat has got to go!

Posted by: Cathy on January 27, 2008

I can haz cake?

Posted by: Baxter on January 27, 2008

@Cathy

Allright, so now you made my cousin Dr. Catburg cry! Ya happy??!

@Baxter

No, but you may haz cheeseburger....

Posted by: Dr. Kittyburg on January 27, 2008

hahahahahahha

it looks delicious and moist

Posted by: Rachel'12 on January 28, 2008

snif, such an emotional story...I'm happy it has a happy ending...^^'

Jess, your blog is great !

Posted by: Isshak on January 28, 2008

what a good story. it made me saad when he was catnapped.
but he's back! good ending

Posted by: david '12 hopeful on January 28, 2008

That's hilarious. Do humans love each other this much??LOL....that was really hilarious.

Posted by: Libin Daniel on January 28, 2008

thats like losing Wilson!!!!!!!!!

ankit

Posted by: 0 on January 28, 2008

~Sigh. Poor Baxter~ Glad that they are reunited

Posted by: Shruthi on January 28, 2008

Ummm.. I've been wondering about this for a while, who or what is the Angela Monster?

Posted by: 0 on January 28, 2008

@Anonymous: http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/qanda/questions_and_answers/the_great_wifi_outage_of_2007.shtml

Posted by: Jess on January 28, 2008

Angela Monster WOULD eat a poor, helpless cat :(

Posted by: Lulu on January 28, 2008

Numnumnum... ah, that was fantastic!

*wipes tears from eyes* Such a beautiful reunion.

I want some cake :( It looks fantastic.

Posted by: Sumaiya on January 28, 2008

i can haz cake too?
and kitteh?
srsly, you made my day! ^-^

Posted by: MiniPocketsized on January 28, 2008

aaaahahaha, this is great. But I have to admit, the title immediately reminded me of the dog in Anchorman.

Posted by: Hawkins on January 28, 2008

The cuteness is overwhelming.

Posted by: 0 on January 28, 2008

Poor Rich. Your story warms my heart to the absolute extrema.
And where could the other 5/3 (Pi) of Rich's heart be if not with his beloved fake cat?!? (Assuming Rich's heart is circular...)

Posted by: E. Rosser on January 28, 2008

Now that's one deck cake.

Posted by: A Hipster on January 29, 2008

okay, i don't get it!!?! why does everybody feel so bad for "the poor old baxter"?!?!! he is made of straw, he smells funny, he's really really scary looking, and he's always watching! why don't people feel bad for the other burton1ers who have to deal with that damn creature every day?? i mean, the cat thieves had some pretty convincing reasoning for stealing him in their initial email. in my opinion, rich needs to learn to live without that wretched creature, or he may one day, grow up to be a 'cat lady' erm, in the man form...

and what if people are allergic to cats? or other small made-of-straw animals?? ...or the color orange??

hmmm...why does everybody always make the theives out to be the bad guy?? i personally think they were doing a good thing!!

P.S. i am NOT one of the baxter thieves. i was out of town during all these happenings...but you better believe i would've been in on it if i were there!!

Posted by: umm...i probably shouldn't give a name, people may on January 29, 2008

People, if you give me his IP adress, I can track him down .

lol you do know we are just joking around, we don't know neither the person nor the cat. Although I would be against thieves in general, and would try to solve the situation by talking. But anyway, we weren't there, so it's really just a joke.

Unless Jess was really sad during the whole thing...were you ?

lol I love these blogs...

Posted by: Isshak on January 29, 2008

omg jess one of the comments is "it looks delicious and moist" .............


FAMILIAR?!??!

Posted by: amrita on January 30, 2008

Does this kind of event often happen in other dorms? XD

Posted by: Ying Wei on January 30, 2008

I can't think about anything other than puns after reading this entry.

"Did you hear about the catnapping in Burton 1?"

"Oh, it was fine, they just woke him up."

Posted by: Sam on January 30, 2008

@Ying Wei:

...only on burton1 !!!

Posted by: Cathy on January 30, 2008

You have the MOST amusing posts, Jess. I love it!

Also, the cake is a lie. (Reference, anyone?)

Posted by: Piper on January 30, 2008

You can't has your cake and eat it too, but you can halve your cake and eat a half.

okay, lame, but what about:
"Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana."
--Groucho Marx

Posted by: duketipquantumelephants on January 30, 2008

now that was funny.
i now that was funny.
i <3 my cat so much... i don't know what i would do if she disappeared. but she's real... like, she shits and everything.

Posted by: omar '10 on January 31, 2008

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