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• 09:18 Rescue dog getting spayed presently. The vet loves her and called her a sweetheart #

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Anything going on on the 4th? BBQ's, pool parties, etc?

I've got four days off, sucka and I'm not afraid to use them. The beach is good, but Mindy's not going in to the water- sharks will eat her. Or she'll get an ear infection. It's just the way of things.

Barring anything spectacular (and I'm not going to the 4th of JuPlaya), I'll just have another Sci Fi Friday. Maybe we'll watch Team America (Fuck YEAH!) or the like.

Dunno.


-J

I finally put up my pictures from Fuente Eterno.


Some of my favorites behind the cut


Note: these aren't all of them. Flickr Uploader hiccuped (most likely due to our interwebs connection) and didn't finish. There will be more added later tonight.

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First other thing:

I'm having a blast in my weekly game. It's fun. We're almost done with our campaign and we're playing Star Wars: Saga edition next. I, specifically, am not allowed to play a Jedi. I'm okay with this. Jonathan playing a Jedi = Easy mode plus endless arguing over why one can't be a gray Jedi. A "Balance" Jedi and all that.


Second: After the game last night op_lattethunder and I runnoft to see WALL-E. We both really liked it. It's as awesome as any other Pixar movie- which is to say, it's pretty goddamn awesome.


Part the Third:

My girlfriend rocks.



Okay- that's it. Off to work.



Oh- oh oh! Fourth thing- in case you all missed it because I posted it on Saturday:

Does anyone know anyone who is in the market to Adopt a puppy? We rescued an abandoned puppy last Monday and we're looking for a home for her. I neither want nor need another dog. I'm getting her spayed tomorrow or Wednesday along with all her shots.

She's house broken, good with other dogs, about ten months old, very submissive and if you leave bloody (raw) steak out where she can get to it, she hasn't been trained well enough not to grab it off the counter. At least not yet- (Sorry eain!, I'll get more for you on the way home).


She's cute as a button and really really sweet.












But remember folks, She's a pit bull mix and as such is a vicious killer (Proof behind that link!)




If you know someone who is looking for a puppy, please send them my way. :)

Jonathan_reilly@yahoo.com

I fed everyone. I was up until 3am with wonderful friends. If you missed Sci Fi Friday, I have to wonder *why* at this point...

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And the puppy is incredibly cute




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I love the Fark Forum threads because I find things like this



Let me state as a preference and in the vein of full disclosure that I am a member of the NRA and the ACLU. Both entities have the same basic ideals (personal freedoms and protections), but they have very little overlap between their respective areas of interests.



But seriously, there appears to be something that's going to hang in the balance with the Obama government. Who I am most definitely voting for, mind you.

Obama will more than likely be appointing new Supreme Court Justices.


The 2nd amendment will be revisited again, I'm sure. He is somewhat anti-gun as I understand it (I may be wrong, but that's my impression until I can find cold hard facts or someone nails him to the spot in an interview question).


There are a few issues on the fence. The 5-4 decision about the 2nd Amendment is one of them. The other is a woman's right to privacy and an abortion.

(Let me preface this by saying that all of this is a gross generalization and unfair to most people, but I feel like ranting and taking the issue to the lowest common generality).


McCain, Obama.

Conservative, Liberal



It's curious how the two factions feel about life in general. Liberals are anti-death penalty and conservatives want the death chambers of this country to work like a drive-through.

It's either alright to do away with life while still developing or it's okay to do away with life once it's been kicking around a while.

Liberals are traditionally very much against private gun ownership. Republicans would issue one to every human when they entered 4th grade.


Liberals want more money for education and conservatives want more money for the military.



Think about that one.


When was the last time that the best option for the best, brightest and most highly educated and capable person was to join the military?


For the most part- college educated or at least college bound people in this country do not join the military. People with scholarships to college- for the most part- don't join the military.


People with shitty educations or little or no hope for a better existance join the military because it beats staying at home and sponging off of your parents. Or living in a dive apartment with three other people. Poor people join the military. People with opportunity or money go to college and THEN join the military as an officer. Lower middle class and the poor traditionally join the military.



Education / Military.

Abortion / Guns

Life in Prison / Kill 'Em All let God Sort 'Em Out.

Obama / McCain



We get to keep our handgun rights or our abortion rights. Pick one, because it doesn't seem like we will necessarily get to have both.



I own guns. More than a few. I'm also a rabid supporter of a woman's right to choose.


Well, at least they will more than likely not be able to *take* them away from me. I imagine it will be much harder to get them in the future, though.



-Sigh

• 15:56 *lamaupin yes, a pit bull puppy. #
• 21:42 Introducing Mindy to Buckaroo Banzai. 'Laugh while you can, Monkey Boy!' #

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It's Sci Fi Friday again! Well- it's tomorrow.

I'll be BBQing Chicken (and make sure not to set the hose on fire). I also have a stash of Garden Burgers for the vegetarians. You'll have to bring buns and such.

I'll also BBQ corn.

Please bring snacks and drinks if you would.


We have weeks of Doctor Who (from the BBC, so we're a few weeks ahead of Sci Fi Channel) and whatever else we do.


Also, there is a rescue puppy in the house. I think she'd love the attention.

RSVP here or TXT me.

Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel.

• 13:53 finding a home for the dog that someone tied to a tree and abandoned in front of my house. I am Jack's raging bile duct #
• 12:35 Scifi friday night at the Monster House tomorrow night. I'll probably cook something. More details in lj #

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The puppy I recovered after someone abandoned it in front of my house:

Has officially broken my old, slow dog. Rocky is hobbling around like an old man today. I've dosed Rocky with enteric aspirin and he moves a little bit better, but he ran around ALL day with a puppy- he's wrecked. He is still wrecked this morning.

Has officially made my dog so dirty he required a long bath. Rocky was coated in dog slobber. Utterly Filthy. Mindy wouldn't even let him in the house. He's now clean. We even used the blow dryer on him. He's so cute!

Has now been washed. The dog received a nice bath last night. The fleas were jumping to their deaths in from shampoo. I didn't use flea and tick shampoo. She is softer and cleaner.

Has taken over the dog house in the back yard. This is actually good, because Rocky never uses it. She likes it in there.

Has had Frontline purchased for her. She'll get a dose when I get home. I didn't want to use the flea shampoo and potentially overdose her on pyrethrins. After I washed her and got the dirt off, I saw that her poor soft pink underbelly was full of red mark from bites.


Is adorable. She has also had a rough time of things. She doesn't walk so much as she slink. She creeps up to people and when around humans won't even stand up straight.

Knows how to sit. She's got the command down.

Is not yet housebroken- or is still super submissive to the point of loosing control of her bladder when approached by anyone. She stays outside in the dog house at night and Rocky stays inside. She howls when she's lonely or sad. She's obviously lonely or sad, but I haven't ever had to housebreak a dog (all of mine have come that way) and I know I don't have time for that right now.

Loves water. When the sprinklers went off at 3am she was IN them. I woke up to some gentle howling (not terribly loud, but I've been a light sleeper lately) and went outside at 3am. She was soaking wet (but happy). I used a towel to dry her off as much as I could and played and snuggled with her for a few minutes before I went back to sleep.

Will get spayed for free, soon. I found an organization that will pay for Pit Bulls to be spayed for free. I'll still have to pay for any meds or labs, but Actors and Others for Animals has a pit bull program. I'm making an appointment ASAP.

Is adorable, loving, and loves people. She wants to be in my lap or by my feet as much as possible. When she tried to put her paws up on me I forcefully told her no and rolled her on her back. She hasn't tried to do that again. I'm sure she will. No one has really taught this girl basic doggy manners. Bastards.

An appointment for a photo shoot when I get home. She's adorable and we're going to document it.

Will hopefully be heading to a foster home soon. D knows people who know people. They are working on it. Not that I don't already love her forever, but if she can pull this off, oh jeeze is it ON. :)



-J

Doctor Horrible Teaser Trailer.

That's totally my house right there.


Rad.

So last night after we finished with the adventure of Rachel's Bodily Fluids that was her 21st Birthday, Mindy and I are at home and she goes out to move her car. She comes back in and asks if I've got a flashlight since there is a strange dog behind her car and it's wobbling.

Right.

I grab a flashlight and head outside and find that some son of a bitch has chained and then wired an adolescent, female pit bull puppy to the small tree that is growing on the grass area by the curb in front of my house..

And abandoned her.

Poof. Left. Her. There.


*I am Jack's Rage*


It's close to 10:30 at night and the dog it terrified. It's a sweet little girl dog who doesn't appear to have been used as dog bait in a dog fight, doesn't look like she's given birth, and has been hiding behind / under Mindy's car. She has gum embedded in her fur and she's gotten muddy. She pretty much crawls to me on her belly and wets herself when I begin being friendly to her. I imagine that no one has been nice to this dog in a very long time.

I am both heartbroken and outraged. Mindy is as well.


We take Rocky outside and lock him in the backyard and wind up coaxing the puppy inside and eventually get her Crated without too much effort. She cried a good part of the night.

We're calling any and all pit bull rescues we can today.


The puppy looks like this:






Here are the rest of the crappy pictures I took last night.






Rocky is none too happy, but he doesn't play well with others. He'll get love later today. Mindy is currently at the computer looking up rescues and no-kill shelters.

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Let me poll the audience:

What is your definition of Misogyny? This came up yet again in another blog and I had some issue with it.


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• 13:26 The house and it's occupants have finally recovered from last nights awesome sci fi friday. #
• 12:37 No sane Geek would be out hiking in this weather #
• 12:38 Goodness knows THIS one isn't #

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• 16:27 In the orthopaedic surgeon's office, being perscribed vicodin and an MRI. #
• 16:28 And it goes without saying that I now get to cancel my rock climbing gym membership. Shitballs. #

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Warning. If you live more than one mile from the beach in Southern California (specifically the Los Angeles Are):

Do NOT go outside today.

You may die.

It's that hot. srsly.


(It's currently 107F in Northridge)


That's 41.6C to those of you who use a more advanced metric for measuring temperature (that isn't based upon the amount of sweat produced by the hanging balls of a German scientist at a specific temperature, or however he came up with his arbitrary and capricious temperature scale).


That is all.

• 20:15 At the Rilo Kiley concert at the Greek, appreciating watching mindy scope out cute nerdy girls. #
• 20:38 I'm calling a Sci Fi Friday. It's on like MegaTRON. BYO whatever. After the last party, the bar is depleted. #

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I only wish I had the Millions of Dollars to own this place...


Things are not as they seem in the 14th-floor apartment on upper Fifth Avenue.


That has to be the most creative design I've ever even HEARD of.

Holy Schnikes.

• 11:06 @drperv well, wasn't there salt water involved in something that you were doing earlier? maybe you missed a spot... #

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