Puppy V Robot

Or, as the Japanese would title this link Super Happy Puppy Surprise Robot Attack

Also, the Mets got Johan Santana. Boo-fuckin-yah!

Tour de France

I bet you didn't know that the Tour de France is currently in progress. That's what happens when there is no feel good American story at the Tour.

So here is the only 30 seconds of the race that I've seen. It involves a bike and a dog.

The bike gets the worst of this deal. And apparently the French word for 'smack' is 'smack'.

Russian Bears (say it fast)

In the past three weeks I went to 2 concerts. My first in 4 years. Tool in Winston Salem, then Rush at the Creek. Both shows outstanding. Best Rush show I've ever seen. They played all the stuff that I love and skipped most of the lame ass 90s stuff. Lots of fun, great weather at the Rush show, nice cool evening but not cold or humid.

Tom somehow turned a simple dog walking into a 2 hours farce. He was supposed to walk Bear when I was at inventory. He tried getting the lead on Bear for 90 minutes, but anytime he got close with it, Bear growled. But if he just wanted to pet or feed the dog, Bear would let him. Tom was able to coax him onto the porch and he peed there.

Bear is a humping machine. I take him to the dog park and all he wants to do is hump everyone there. Its very sad. I wish he'd stop.

Oh My God!

About 5 minutes ago I realized that I had been trained by the dog.

I was sitting at my computer and I called Bear to put his paws on my knees so I could pet him. The instant I started petting him he got down, so I had to follow him to the floor to continue the scratch.

It was then I realized this dog trained me to do that. I hadn't realized until just now that he's ALWAYS done the same move.

I know what he's thinking, too.

**Okay, I'm gonna sorta jump up, wait till the-man-who-feeds-me starts scratching me, then I gonna sit my ass down and get scratched. Fool, food-man doesn't see it coming**

A Long Time

Its been a while since the last one, things have changed. I now have Bear. Jamie's dad broke his leg and they couldn't have a dog running all over, so I took him.
He's sleeping now, he follows me every where. Its a bit creepy sometimes, but he's cool. And since he's 9 or so, he's completely house trained and not active like a puppy. Perfect for a lazy bastard. Like me.

Tried to see Blades of Glory tonight for free, but the guy in front of me was the last one in the theater. So that sucked. Maybe next time.

Run out of ideas on making song lists in iTunes, now just making lists of all songs with certain letters in them.

Adventures In Dog Sitting

The weekend of Thanksgiving I dog sat for Jamie's dog, Bear, for 5 days. He was just about the perfect dog, he slept alot, he never 'went' in the house and he was generally a cool dog. But I learned alot from the experience.

1. I would have to buy a better vacuum if I get a dog.
2. Some dogs poop more than once during a walk.
3. They like to pee in the same place over and over and over again.
4. It was fun to have company all the time, it felt like I wasn't talking to myself.

I did miss him when he was gone, and suprised myself when I went looking for him the first day he left.

I do wish I could keep him for a longer time, but my plan to get a second job to help pay for Europe, would keep me out of the apartment for 12 hours some days and that wouldn't be fair to me or to him. Then there's the monetary issue. I just can't afford a dog, even a small one, right now.

If I could find a way to keep him I probably would. I could use the daily exercise of walks, I'd never sleep past 9am again and I'd never have to worry about picking up crumbs anymore.