the Dalaverse

The dog people are coming today. First Katherine, the lady from the agency with Ralphie, this morning, and then Cathy with Callie this afternoon while I'm at work. We've been cleaning house all morning. My mother is upset from vacuuming the upstairs because she thinks the remaining dog hairs are...essence of Hershey, or something, I guess.

I don't know. After all the fuss, I feel almost ambivalent. I think it's from way back when, after Silver, I decided that I'd never love another horse that could be taken away from me -- in other words, that wasn't mine -- because I couldn't go through that again. It seems to have shifted from just horses to all animals, so that I'm cautious about these dogs because they aren't my pets as yet.

Exception, of course, being Rocky. I loved that dog like he was my own, and I was horribly bitter and jealous when the H.s got him. I wrote nasty things about Jessie in my little journal and made secret plans to run away with the boxer puppy. We were twelve or thirteen, around that age, so I suppose it's understandable.

Other things. Tina came over last night and we watched "Bride and Prejudice," which was... OMGWTFMORESINGINGANDDANCINGINDIANDRAGQUEENSOHTHERE'STWICKHAMWHYTHEFUCKISTHEREAGIANTGOSPELCHOIRONTHEBEACH?! More or less. I enjoyed it, in spite of or perhaps because of the total nonsensical-ness. Although there was not enough Naveen, dammit. We then attempted to watch "Constantine," but it didn't go so well. First, it's Keanu Reeves, who impairs my ability to take any film seriously to begin with, and second, Kat came over as well and we were chattering so it was difficult to make sense of anything.

Dala: What is that?
Fern: What the hell?
Tina: It's a dragon flame thrower.
Dala + Fern: *maniacal laughter*
Dala: You're making that up.
Fern: What's funny is, I don't think she is.
Tina: I'm totally not.

I'll give it another try tonight, but I dunno, it seemed the height of crappiness, sugar high or not.

I also twisted my ankle day before yesterday and promptly lost my Ace bandage, so I hobble. I did find the good ankle brace, though, so I'll wear that to work today.

I keep picturing the Katherine-lady as Katharina, because of the name and because she sounded vaguely German on the phone.

Tagged by veronica_rich:

What's your favorite comfort food?
My mother's beef stew. As far as stuff that's easy to get goes, Breyer's Vanilla Fudge Twirl or Oreos.

What are your comfort books?
The Little Prince and The Giving Tree travel from home to school with me. The Cat Who Came For Christmas, The Golden Compass, the Bunnicula books, The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, A Little Princess, A Wrinkle in Time, any Tamora Pierce...I'll just stop now, shall I?

What's your comfort outfit?
My green tiger flannels and my Jimmy Buffett shirt.

What's your comfort music?
The Indigo Girls, Jack Johnson, the "Garden State" soundtrack, Carole King, Joshua Tree, "In My Life," Born to Run (particularly "Thunder Road"); when I'm truly depressed, the only thing I can listen to is Joni Mitchell's Blue.

Tagging: anybody. Everybody. It's short!


I have to renew my paid membership for the SOLE purpose of using my new "I Love Lucy" icons.

If anybody could yousendit me "Pavement Cracks" by Annie Lennox, which is one of the dozen or so great songs they play at work, I'd be eternally grateful. Plus I wouldn't have to pay for it on iTunes!

Oh! And while I'm being whiney, "These Words" by Natasha Beddingfield?

CNN suspends Novak After He Walks Off Set

Oh my GOD I hope this happened before they taped "The Daily Show" today. Jon never misses an opportunity to lambast his little douchebag of liberty.

Movies watched recently and forgotten about till now: 1. "Heavenly Creatures" -- what a twisted little movie. Kate Winslet was so much better in this than in "Titanic." Peter Jackson, I never knew you had it in you. 2. "Aimee and Jaguar" -- heartbreaking and beautiful. Heartbreakingly beautiful. Both the storyline, and the actress playing Felice. 3. "Maria Full of Grace" -- wasn't Catalina Sandino Moreno nominated for a Best Actress Oscar last year? She was outstanding. The rest of performances were solid, too, although for some reason I'd thought it was a documentary.

Wooot! The Nats are back on track! 7-0! First grand-slam homerun EVER (I'm parroting my dad word for word). aradiria, I forgive your fishies for embarrassing us :)

Perhaps it was watching an entire movie in Spanish, but I've a sudden desire for "Y Tu Mama Tambien" (crap, been too long since I had a proper class, forgotten where all the accents go). And the song that played in the trailer -- it was a cover of a classic, I think by the Bee Gees -- the one that goes "You don't know what it's like, to love somebody, to love somebody..." I have to find that now...::wanders off::