That dumb kitten tried to run in my way to meet me AFTER I had swerved, too--I'm braking and trying to avoid the dumb thing, but it was like, "HELLO, MY FAVORITE HUMAN! :DDD!" Oh, how I wish I hadn't been a month away from going to language school; apartment rules be damned, that kitty would have been mine.
And oh, your cat. Your cat has so many kitty issues.
Ohh, your poor cat would have ended up airborne if it tried that with my feet. I was cat-sitting for my friend, and was half asleep when Jubei, her big white cat, decided to sleep in his favorite place--on my side. Only, poor thing decided to climb on me at the worst possible time--when I was half asleep, and coming up from behind. Turns out anything coming up on me from behind when I'm half asleep triggers a massive startle response...which I learned when Jubei jumped on my side and then Jubei was airborne when I bolted upright and my arm flung the poor thing off me. I woke up to see him literally sailing across the room. Thank god cats are bendy; otherwise he would have connected in the bad way with the TV or the stand it was on. ^^;;;
He gave me this look of "WHAT THE HELL, WOMAN?!" after he landed, and I was going, "Ohh, Jubei! I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry!" at him. I had to pick him up and put him on my side to convince him it was OK. Thankfully, that was the only time it happened, since I got used to it, but gaaah. ^^;;;