Vampire is to Garlic, as Kitten is to __________

Alas, it is me, my young ones. Come to impart my omnicient wisdom upon you.
Or just ramble for a while because it's winter break at my work and NOBODY is coming in. I'm seriously considering bringing in a small model house to build for James' dad's fantastically splendiforous model train world. I really do have that much time.

Anyways back on topic now. There are 2 correct answers: cayenne pepper and orange peels.

I was looking up ways to keep the Magic Kitten from conquering the Towering Pine in the living room, when I stumbled upon a website that suggested red pepper powder (the hotter the better) and orange peel around the base and in the lower branches of the tree. I was skeptical about the pepper (she is a MAGIC kitten, you know, and must therefore be impervious to mere spices), but I really didn't want orange peel rotting in a tree in my tiny apartment. Sounds like a recipe for bugs. And if you were there on moving day, you know about the bugs...

Anywho, I tried the pepper, and let me say I have finally found a defense for the antics of Magic Kitten. She tries, don't get me wrong. But she always comes out sneezing and eyes watering, cursing the tree with her mysterious kitten magic. I fear for the tree, actually.

The funny thing is when I'm in another room and I hear a bit of rustling, and then I see her come around the corner, trying to play it cool and innocent as she looks like a maced protestor. I've got your number kitty.

I can't explain the glee I felt knowing I had defeated a true champion. I feel kind of like a gladiator. Only not the ones that get ripped a new asshole in the arena. That Russell Crowe one. Yeah....