Musings of a Crackpot

Today I purchased a Furminator for Stoli. As always with things i see advertised on tv, I was skeptical it would work anything near as well as it was advertised. Well after today’s first session with it let me say how surprised I am about its performance. Since Stoli’s a mix his hair doesn’t get quite as tangled as a full-bodied wolfhound and it tends to be a little shortish, however the Furminator tool took off sooo much loose hair! I was definitely amazed. Well worth the investment!

Current Mood:  calm

you forget that the ground isn’t stable. We just had an earthquake. Nothing major, just a reminder that sometimes mother nature isn’t all that happen. I wonder if we are going to have aftershocks. It wasn’t that big so i’m guessing probably not. Stoli freaked out a little bit, but he’s fine. Although aren’t dogs supposed to sense these things and give some sort of warning?

Current Mood:  surprised

The other day i was hit with a wave of nostalgia. Let’s go back to 1997 shall we, my senior year in high school. Our senior play was Crazy for You. It was one of my first times before on stage, especially singing. It’s the only musical i’ve ever really enjoyed even though most of the songs are taken from previous Gershwin productions. I had a small part but hammed it up and stole a couple scenes. Well, the other day some of the songs were going through my head and I just decided that i needed to have the original broadway cast recording. Once again Amazon comes through. My cd came today and I’ve been listening to it ever since I got home. Stoli just looks at my weird as I sing Someone to watch over me Now i wonder if there is some way to track down a copy of my senior play to just see it again and to reminisce about how thin i was back then.

Current Mood:  nostalgic

I finally got my new computer in. I found a really good deal at Dell, the only downside was that i ordered it on the 19th of August and it didn’t ship until this past week. Luckily FedEx is pretty quick with the delivery and my new system came on Friday. Included with the deal was a 22″ widescreen monitor as well, leading me to have to rearrange my desktop.

I spent the last evening moving stuff over to my new system from my old, dying machine. I finally set up media sharing today so i can access all my networked music on my PS3 and home theater. Eventually, I think that I’m going to get the Bubba and move all my music over to it.

Summer is winding down, and I’m itching to get away, to just take a break from everything and travel. However work is way too hectic at the moment but I’m angling to try and get away in November sometime and hopefully go home back east for a visit around Christmas time.

My landlord finally fenced in the backyard so Stoli now has a full yard to play in and defend as his own. He’s filling out and is close to 90 lbs. now. He passed his beginners class and starts his intermediate class at the end of the month. I’ve got to be more consistent with his training. He’s been going to Happy Tails, three times a week and loves it. Having the social interaction with all the other dogs is so good for him. Eventually I’d love to get another dog so he’d having a running buddy but that’s definitely not in the plans anytime soon. Stoli is already my most expensive habit, but it’s all worth it when he runs to the door to greet me when i come home.

I’m still carrying way too much weight but I’m (once again) going to focus on slimming down. The plan consists of jogging with Stoli and going back to the DDR regiment. Speaking of which it’s time for me and Stoli to go and get to jogging.

Current Mood:  good