Some of the pics she took of us...

In honor of the late great Athena P. Cat. A couple more....

AthenaCat died tonight in my arms. She took a bad turn around 10:30pm and we knew it was time. We were actually at the Emergency Vet to have her put to sleep when she settled in and breathed her last breath. She was my constant friend and sidekick, along with the late ZeusCat, for the last 12 years. I will miss her greatly, but I am heartened that she is no longer suffering.

WHEW!!

St. Lukes to be exact. Multiple Gall Stones. Gall Bladder removal surgery Saturday at 8:00am. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! :(

But that's OK. It was good to see Shady and Connie Lynne and the Austin Villains. I'm very glad to see that the GCI concept is taking off in Texas. Next I think the Chicago crew needs to step up.

Next up is AFI Dallas for three weeks. Although I am not wild on being gone for three weeks I am happy to be working a gig I know I am pretty good at.

The puppy is ridiculous, as photo evidence proves:

1980. Ordinary People, Coal Miner's Daughter, The Elephant Man, Raging Bull, Tess
1981. Chariots of Fire, Reds, Atlantic City, On Golden Pond, Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982. Gandhi, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Missing, Tootsie, The Verdict
1983. Terms of Endearment, The Big Chill, The Dresser, The Right Stuff, Tender Mercies
1984. Amadeus, The Killing Fields, A Passage to India, Places in the Heart, A Soldier's Story
1985. Out of Africa, The Color Purple, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Prizzi's Honor, Witness
1986. Platoon, Children of a Lesser God, Hannah and Her Sisters, The Mission, A Room with a View
1987. The Last Emperor, Broadcast News, Fatal Attraction, Hope and Glory, Moonstruck
1988. Rain Man, The Accidental Tourist, Dangerous Liaisons, Mississippi Burning, Working Girl
1989. Driving Miss Daisy, Born on the Fourth of July, Dead Poets Society, Field of Dreams, My Left Foot
1990. Dances with Wolves, Awakenings, Ghost, The Godfather Part III
1991. The Silence of the Lambs, Beauty and the Beast, Bugsy, JFK, The Prince of Tides
1992. Unforgiven, The Crying Game, A Few Good Men, Howards End, Scent of a Woman
1993. Schindler's List, The Fugitive, In the Name of the Father, The Piano, The Remains of the Day
1994. Forrest Gump, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Pulp Fiction, Quiz Show, The Shawshank Redemption
1995. Braveheart, Apollo 13, Babe, Il Postino (The Postman), Sense and Sensibility
1996. The English Patient, Fargo, Jerry Maguire, Secrets & Lies, Shine
1997. Titanic, As Good as It Gets, The Full Monty, Good Will Hunting, L.A. Confidential
1998. Shakespeare in Love, Elizabeth, Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella), Saving Private Ryan, The Thin Red Line
1999. American Beauty, The Cider House Rules, The Green Mile, The Insider, The Sixth Sense
2000. Gladiator, Chocolat, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Erin Brockovich, Traffic
2001. A Beautiful Mind, Gosford Park, In the Bedroom, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Moulin Rouge
2002. Chicago, Gangs of New York, The Hours, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Pianist
2003. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Lost in Translation, Master and Commander:The Far Side of the World, Mystic River, Seabiscuit
2004. Million Dollar Baby, The Aviator, Finding Neverland, Ray, Sideways
2005. Crash, Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Good Night and Good Luck, Munich
2006. The Departed, Babel, Letters from Iwo Jima, Little Miss Sunshine, The Queen
2007. No Country for Old Men, Atonement, Juno, Michael Clayton, There Will Be Blood
2008. Slumdog Millionaire, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Milk, The Reader


Bold the ones you've seen...

A Puli won the Herding Group at Westminster, and will now compete for Best in Show. Usually it's the German Shepherd or the Corgi, so I'M HAPPY. Congrats Conrad the Puli!!!

New Puppy!!! She's 6 weeks old, we get her in 3 more weeks...can't wait. Here's some pics from the first "adoption meeting".

Have a good laugh....

I am finally, once again, proud to be an American.


I've been waiting for this moment for 2 years now.

President-Elect Obama.....gotta a real nice ring huh?

I just watched the HBO documentary "Section 60" about the section of Arlington Cemetery dedicated to those in service who died in Iraq and Afghanistan. I would recommend it as long as you are OK with a VERY depressing film. As I watched it I was struck by something that many conservatives seem to be forgetting these days, especially John McCain and Sarah Palin. These graves contain whites, blacks, hispanics and asians. There is no segregation in a military cemetery, and it should be noted they all died for ONE country.

I've been watching the hate spew from the audiences in McCain/Palin rallies, and it reminds me that we have a long way to go before the race issue in this country is resolved, but I am still hopeful it will be one day. I am also aware that should Senator Obama win, we will likely see at least one assassination attempt before the end of his first term given the way McCain and Palin have stirred up the ultra right wing nuts. But I am also reminded of the saying "If They Are Shooting At You, You Must Be Doing Something Right".

Leading in all swing states...I'm not much of an optimist, but.....

So, before World War II, WWI was always called "The Great War" until WWII and then the number system went to work.

What will we call The Great Depression after this new one starts?

PBS is running an online poll asking if Sarah Palin is qualified to be VP. The GOP has launched a campaign to flood the poll and then milk the results...FUCK THAT, here's the link, go and let 'em know Palin is NOT qualified to be this countries second in command.

http://www.pbs.org/now/polls/poll-435.html

'stina got me one for my birthday, and I'm learning my five first chords right now. At what point does it stop hurting so much? I'm OK with a little pain, but for the first two days it felt like I was driving nails into the balls of my fingertips, and now it's gone to a kinda numb feeling. Am I on the right track? I know all about the callus', and I'll be patient for 'em. Just curious...

and the power is on. Thank Jeebus. I have a house to clean now...

At Christina's parents house using their computer. It's frustrating that we could have power save for the giant tree that has knocked out the 21,000 volt line that is responsible for 1500 homes being dark right now and seeing no effort to remove said tree. Of course, the rich bitches in River Oaks have fucking cranes clearing their yards. True, that area took a big hit, but they can afford to go stay in a hotel or something for awhile. I'm tired of using our freezer as a glorified Coleman cooler.

Yesterday we spent the day clearing our backyard and I gotta say we did a damn good job. I like the fact that our neighborhood has people doing the work themselves as opposed to the bitches in the rich neighborhoods finding every illegal they can to do the work for them. Their hypocrisy will be complete in November when they all vote for McCain in order to try to keep their taxes down. I guess I'm venting here a bit, bear with me.

All in all it could have been much worse. The storm really blew in full force after midnight Friday and went all the way until mid morning Saturday. Believe it or not I slept through a good chunk of it. Christina did not though. Saturday we went out and surveyed the destruction. Lots of trees down and/or involuntarily pruned, but very little in the way of big destruction. Galveston is apparently been all but destroyed though. You will never see me live on the beach.

Anyway, we've got some great pics we will post as soon as we can. I will say that it's been fascinating to read what my friends in other states are up to and how different their reality to ours is right now.