Vulcan mind meld...so easy even kittens can do it.

Ok, fellow Trekkies. Here is an update at my feeble attempts to learn the "Vulcan mind meld".

First a recap: this is how a REAL mind meld should look like:

Spock is performing it on Bones... (if he only could lean in and plant a wet one on him - fan service please!)

Now to display the simplicity of this procedure, here is a representation of how easy it should be:

(by the way, I laughed so hard I almost split my spleen, but if you don't find this funny it could be because you are not an obsessive "Star Trek" fan, which I am!)

Why is it that even kittens can do it but not ME ? Why, oh why....