OK, cat lover I am too, but Whiskey, the cat where i formerly stayed, was a bit over the top. He used to sleep on the stairs so we were always falling over him in the dark; he used to wake up in the middle of his dreams, run down on the stairs like crazy and bang! into the closed backdoor with his head. He used to wait in the front door even for an hour, patiently, to let him out, and when we opened the door, he just turned back in the house, changing his mind.
And, he used to do this (the pic was NOT posed!), especially sunday mornings: