Bananaman, I know this post is going off topic now but hopefully the others won't mind.
I have also had cat's most of my life but none have been anything like this one. She is a Siamese/tabby mix. I believe the siamese is where she get's the pointed ears, shiny fur, and veeeeery vocal personallity. Here name is Zebrina but we also call her Beebee. She is 3 years old.
We also have another tabby named Star - aka: Beamer She is 16 years old.
I later reallized after we got Zebrina that is is common for breaders to use siamese to cross bread with wild cats, such as the Savannah Cat.
She is quite the character, can often be found riding around on my shoulders and absolutely hates the family dogs.
Here are some pics of her at various stages:
Zebrina @ 8 weeks
Zebrina and Star
Here you can see just how close Zebrina and I are - LOL