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First: big day for Fraction yesterday — Punisher War Journal #4 and Iron Fist #3 dropped. So proud! Look at him go. He’s in LA doing some research right now, probably at this moment having sushi with Matt Gagnon.
Back before Fraction and I got married, we had imaginary pets: a cat named Pablo and two dogs — Captain Applejack and Pamplemousse. Pamplemousse was meant to be a little French Bulldog. Fast forward a few years — or page back a couple of blog entries — we’ve taken in this abandoned pup and we’re fostering him for a bit. We might keep him.. I dunno. No promises. Anyway. As a name, “New Dog” wasn’t quite doing it for me so at Fraction’s suggestion I toyed with calling him Pamplemousse. (The new dog, not Fraction.) It wasn’t right. Mousse was closer — my mom used to have this friend (who, incidentally, looked exactly like Joe Strummer) they called Moosey because he enjoyed running into things with his head. Something about that suits this bulldozer of a dog. But… part of me still wanted to save Pamplemousse for a Frenchie. Then Hillary suggested Claude. Claude! It sounds like clod. It’s perfect. The dog’s name is Claude. Thank you, Hillary.
When I got up this morning — at 7:15 am, we’re making progress — I discovered that Claude had chewed up my recently-completed knit headband/neckwarmer.
Claude went for neutering today. (On the way there, I told him he was going because he chewed up my knitting and my WHAT NOT TO WEAR PART TWO book.) I spoke to the nurse around 4pm. He did great, he’s not messing with the wound — they expect it to heal up nicely. He’ll come home Monday and he can start going to K-9 Club on Tuesday. That should make my life easier. At that point it’s just a matter of how he effects my stress level. If he’s too much for me, I’ll call Wayside Waifs and see if I can work out some kind of deal with them to try and find him a home, with the understanding that if they can’t, I’ll take him back rather than have him put down.
For your viewing pleasure: pretty shoes.
Rachel Stuart-Haas is on Flickr. Not only is she a delightful human being, but she’s mad talented. I love her work. LOVE. I have two paintings and, really and truly, they are my most prized possessions after, like, my laptop and my Mason-Pearson hairbrush. If I had unlimited funds, my house would be a gallery for her work that happened to include our furniture.
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mini-series from Marvel Comics and for co-writing Richard Castle's Deadly Storm
with Brian M. Bendis for Marvel & ABC.
eeeeeeek! I am very giddy!!!
It took me two seconds to think of a name for yours but my poor animails, one went a month with out a name!! But it was worth it, she is truly a Daisy Boo and no other name suits her.
So Mason-Pearson hairbrushes are truly worth the cost? I have always wondered but never knew anyone that had one.
i keep seeing the mason brushed in kiehls. Are they really delicate or something? I actually gave up brushing my hair cause it hurts so much. There isnt a product that detangles it. I just pick it and let it be. I flat iron the stuffing out of it anyways.
Dude, last night I saw similar stripey shoes with a ribbon in a store window and took a pic… http://flickr.com/photos/venusinfurs/400726760/
I love my Mason-Pearson brush. It was a gift, and one I was really touched by*, so that probably contributes to my sentiment. It is very gentle, though, and there’s something about the ritual of brushing my hair that makes me feel like a lady. Is that silly? I’m embarrassed by the notion, but it’s true.
*It was a gift from someone I barely knew, but he remembered that I’d admired them and when another friend of mine invited him to my birthday party, he went out and got one for me. He got me the purse size, so it wasn’t a creepy expenditure from someone I barely knew, just a lovely, lovely gesture. It was an off-hand comment and he made note of it. Things like that? Well, a girl just melts.
OMG. I’d say that castration is a good punishment for chewing up knits.
(Getting caught up here)