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[Feb. 6th, 2007|07:41 pm] |
You know the Bible 74%! Wow! You are truly a student of the Bible! Some of the questions were difficult, but they didn't slow you down! You know the books, the characters, the events . . . Very impressive!
Ultimate Bible Quiz
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and this from the little queer atheist girl who was never even baptized.
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| its like hannukah over here |
[Nov. 17th, 2006|06:15 pm] |
so...because of how busy and crazy the world is, my birthday has morphed into a 5 day long celebration that will be coming to an end tomorrow. le sigh.
tuesday, my actual birthday was less than exciting. i taught alllll day and had class allll night and steve had to work until 11. steve gave me chocolates at midnight the night before<3 and my students sang to me and we ate cupcakes, and my wonderful little alison wrote me the funniest card. i got phone calls from all of my favorites and some online love too.
wednesday was my mini-dinner party, just me, steve, erica and jean. i am more than a little bit disappointed that kim didnt show up. she was one of the main reason i wanted to have a dinner party, since she is gonna be in cali for the major part of my celebration this weekend. she has been unbelievably flaky since september, and i am really starting to get annoyed. i've seen her i think 3 times since then and she's bailed on me with no explanation 2 other times. i mean, i still have a great time every time i see her, and i know we are both unbelievable busy...but come on, i texted her to see if she was coming, ie should we wait for her before we order food and she didnt even answer me! i really thought of her was one of my best friends in new york last year, certainly one of my favorite people even if we didnt get to see that much of each other, but i'm really not so sure anymore. :'( but aside from that the dinner party was delightful, lots of beer and yummies. and good conversation.
yesterday steve bought me dinner from my favorite restaurant, brought home a bottle of champagne and played a little scrabble with me.
and today i had to sit through the most hellishly boring conference ever for 7 hours, so i treated myself to a fancy shmancy manicure, pedicure and some new make up. can we say girlie much? but hey, i'm performing tomorrow night and even though its really not that big a deal i always like to treat my self to a little pampering before a performance.
and i am totallllly excited about tomorrow. i hasnt really felt like i had a real birthday celebration yet.
first off, tomorrow...
****MELODIA WOMEN'S CHOIR @ MERKIN HALL!**** <3
this is a much better venue for us, we are finally out of the dark gloomy church and into a real art space. we're just about sold out also and i have 6 lovely fans/admirers coming. including my uncle who i dont think has heard me sing since high school! and guess who has a soloette in a world premier commissioned piece and was hand picked by the composer to sing said soloette, oh yeah, thats me. there are also 3 other soloettists, but if i dont mention them i feel more special. ;)
then...
****POST MELODIA CONCERT KARAOKE SHIN DIG @ izu karaoke****
this i am excited about! a lot of people are coming out, i think. including my wonderful al, venturing all the way from boston! <3 <3 <3 after this bonanza, the birthday celebration will officially be over.
i've been thinking a lot about birthdays and getting older and what age means. and i have reached some of the same conclusion i reached when i was 15 and though about the same issue. but i will save that for my next entry.
but in other news...
i have less than a month left of grad school.
and the job search has begun.
and theres a lot more on my mind on that topic that i am not gonna spill right now because, i dont want to overwhelm anyone with too much at once. ;) |
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| is it good karma, or just a cosmic teaser? |
[Oct. 30th, 2006|05:22 pm] |
does it speak some terribly depressing fact about me that when i am having a day when everything seems to be going right i am plagued with an almost tangible nervousness that it is all about to come crashing down?
wow apparently i'm about as pessimistic and melodramatic as it gets.
+ i woke up today at 7:06 AM sunshine instead of my alarm (thanks to daylight savings).
+ i got on the M14 bus, and for some reason i am still not sure of, the bus driver was letting people on for free!
+ i got to school and my cooperating teacher told me that the student who had been the bain of our existance for the past 2 months (and who had me doubting whether or not i really have what it takes to do what i do) has permentantly left the school. and the heavens opened up with a joyous refrain.
+ and in a meeting with my advisor after school i found out that i am DEFINETLY graduating in january!!
+ i came to the computer lab to do some work before choir and i found out that i passed my last 2 teacher cert exams, so now i dont have to worry about that anymore either!
it's been so long since i've had a day where it just felt like everything is going right. so why are my hands shaking and why is my chest so tight and are my shoulders aching.
because esspecially when things are going right, i'm plagued with anxiety that things are about to go wrong. (and then if they do, i'll call it a self-fullfilling prophecy and blame myself, of course).
i think i get so damn comfortable with just being the slightest bit unsatisfied with my life that when i have absolutely nothing to complain about, i feel even a little bit more uncomfortable then when i have things to bitch and whine about. i constantly feel like, yes, i'm a good person so i deserve to reap a little good from the ol' wheel of karma, but when i get it, i feel like life's just setting me up for an even greater disappointment.
fucked up, eh?
someone just pull me aside and teach me how to shut up and accept happiness, ok? |
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| CMJ time!! |
[Oct. 27th, 2006|11:02 am] |
because my boyfriend is the king of awesome, i have a press pass for the CMJ music festival. which means that i get to bypass all the normal folk in line AND get to do it all for free (a regular pass to cmj is $295-$750).
so there are some bands i know i really want to see, and others that steve wants to see...but there is so much new music out there that i've heard of but not really heard...so i am looking for some advice.
so go to this website, oggle over all the awesome bands i'll have access to, and shoot me over some recommendations!
http://www.cmj.com/marathon |
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| brokeback nonno |
[Oct. 8th, 2006|03:22 pm] |
hahaha....
so, there is this convenience store right across the street from my building called nonno gourmet. there is always a bunch of interesting characters in there, especially transvestite prostitutes and yuppie business men. lately, it has been frequented by a homeless cowboy...this loud wild homeless man who wears all black, a big belt and a cowboy hat.
so today i went in to hit the atm and get some cat food and when i went in the homeless cowboy was at the cash register and i giggled. so i did my shopping, got inline to pay in front of huge clearly touristy family and waited my turn. then a man gets in line behind me.
it was jake fucking gyllenhaal. HA! now, i am not a jake gyllenhaal fan by any stretch of the imagination but i always think its kinda cool when i see celebs around my neighborhood...but i just couldnt fucking hold in the laughter at this situation. jake gyllenhaal just cant stay away from the cowboys.
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| busiest month ever. |
[Sep. 21st, 2006|09:47 am] |
september has perhaps been the busiest month of my life. i have been pretty damn happy, aside from the uber stress, lack of sleep and not getting to spend much time with my boy, and being TOTALLY broke...but yeah, things are good.
+ AGORA II is going super well! we had a great profile in the NY Press and a highly recommended from the Village Voice!! the only sad thing is that none of my friends or family have come to see it yet. :'( this weekend though, steve, my dad, norka, and possibly al will be seeing it. yeah! if anyone wants to come see the show: http://www.sensproduction.org/current/agora2.php!
+ i heart my student teaching placement. its the most crazy, hardcore sitution i have ever been in, even more demanding then working at LCB...its a small class (8 kids) of 5th-7th graders with SEVERE emotional disturbance, complete hectic, 7th most dangerous school in NYC, but totally exciting and challenging. love.
+ classes suck as always and take up way too much time, but i dont think its gonna be as bad as i thought it would be. 19 credits, watch it, you're goin down!
+ last night was the first night that steve and i got alone time for a whole evening in litterally 3 weeks. mondays i have choir and dont get home until 10, tuesdays are production night for steve and he is at work until like 11, and thurs, fri, & sat i have AGORA II until late, and last weekend we were in philly and never alone. but last night was glorrrious. we went out to dinner and talked and talked and talked, then came home and drank a bottle of wine and watched shows taped on our DVR from the week, and cuddled for hours. oooohhhh soooo nice. and tomorrow we both have the day off! i have AGORA II at night, but during the day we are going shopping. <3
+ AGORA II is over in 2 weeks. as much fun as the show has been, it'll be nice to actually be able to see my friends again, i havent hung out with people all month! and i'll actually be able to get some fucking homework done. eek.
so yes, thats an update. |
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| HELP! |
[Aug. 24th, 2006|03:27 pm] |
I NEED ADVICE!
so bora called me a couple days about an musical opportunity. i have been hurting for such opportunities for a while now, and normally i would jump on board to any crazy expirmental music thing bora wants me to be a part of (because when ever i have before it has proven to be a life-alteringly positive experience.) and this project sounds ammmmazing, and it is a pretty fucking big deal thing. its this huge performace art/dance thing that bora is in charge of the music for.
heres a link to a site about it: http://www.sensproduction.org/current/agora2.php)
i'd be singing while riding a bike and ringing a bike bell. yes. you read correctly. if you didnt know yet, you know now that bora is a genious, but also pretty insane (as most true geniouses are). the stuff she enlists me to help with always sounds a little off the wall at first but ends of being amazing. and i miss doing stuff like this! its been so long!
but here's the problem. it is a HUGE time commitment. rehearsals start like now. and the shows are every wed, thurs, fri, and sat night from sept 13th-30th. thats 12 shows. and while it (amazingly) doesnt conflict with my class schedule, can i really do that? student teaching, 20 credits of classes and this!? plus will i freak out leaving steve alone for like 4 hours every night for 1/2 of the month!? i'd also have to bail on a planned trip to philly that we have for. i just dont know. i reallllly want to do it, and my over-achiever creative-outlet seeking side is screaming DO IT DO IT DO IT. but my realistic, cautious, logical side is saying NO...do your school work and stay home with your boyfriend.
ARGH. FUCK. i need to decide like now. like 5 mins ago actually. fuck! what do i do!?!?!?! |
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| sometimes, i'm afraid. |
[Aug. 23rd, 2006|07:08 am] |
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sometimes i get so scared that we are never going to get passed this. that we have been damaged beyond repair and that no ammount of time and effort can ever make it right.
sometimes, i cant help but look at you and see a liar...a realllly good liar...someone who has been a liar for years and for all i know has no idea how to tell the truth. sometimes, i dont like going to be feeling like the person next to me was able to deceive me for so long, and probably could still be deceiving me if he wanted to.
sometimes i worry that one day i will just snap and not be able to deal with it anymore. the process of rebuilding and learning to trust is so arduous and tiresome, that i worry i might just give up...or that even with all this work, we may never get there.
i wish we were still going to counselling. even though it isnt the answer to all of life's problems, at very least it was an easy, visible way for you to show me you were trying. just going there took effort, and effort is all i can really ask of you. i also wish you were going to therapy on your own, trying to figure out why the hell you do some of the things you do and learning how to fix them. you said you were ready to make serious life changes, but sometimes i cant help but think that so far, those changes have been mostly superficial and that it takes longer than 4 months to reconstruct yourself inside, and i wish you could have help beyond just me, in this process.
i love you so much, and quite honestly, you are my whole world. i have some amazing friends and an amazing family, but you are still everything to me. you are part of me. i live with you. i go to sleep with you each night and wake up with you each morning. i eat with you, i shower with you, our laundry is mingled together on the floor and in the closet and whose "stuff" is whose sometimes becomes indescernable. i kiss you a million times a day and think of you ten million times more than that. i could know the smell of you face with a blindfold on and pick your kiss out of a thousand. your arms comfort me, care for me and protect me and your smile fulfills me. and i've given so much of myself to you, and i know that you have given in return. and i know that the love between us is the most geniune thing that has ever existed.
but i cant help being absolutely terrified. terrified that some time, it all may come crashing down again.
i want us to talk more. and i know the talking can be hard and uncomfortable, but i still think we need to do it. i need you to address these fears and concerns of mine, truly address them, with words and actions so that they just dont go on eating away at me like this. and i want you to tell me how you are feeling, where you stand, and how things are for you. i feel like this is whats missing most from our conversations.
also...i want us to move away from here...start over...and we've been talking about it. in a new city, we could rebuild without the memories, conotations or issues of proximity to...well, you know...breaking cracks in our foundation. i feel like its what we really need to ever be truly past this.
but with that prospect of starting over, comes an all new set of fears. should we move to a new city, you truly would be my whole world. i'd be entering a place without any sort of support structure. at least here i have friends i know that i could call and cry to, and places i could run away to if things ever got too bad. but in a new city...i would have nothing. and what if it falls apart then...i'd be totally lost.
i know you havent forgotten, but i just wanted to remind you of how serious this is. how much you hurt me and how much damage you have done to this relationship. honestly, i am amazed at how well we are getting by, and how probably 90% of the time things are fine and i am happy. but the pain is still there and the fear is still there. and sometimes, i just wish we were doing more to address it instead of just letting it be. |
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| ithaca weekend! |
[Aug. 22nd, 2006|12:41 pm] |
so...steve and i made the trek to ithaca this weekend for jet's wedding and other sorts of merriment.
aside from the hellllllllish traffic getting there, the pouring rain on satuday, the evil pms cramps that plagued me all weekend, and the helllllish traffic getting back...it was a really delightful weekend.
- we visited nathan (my favorite little 9 year old autistic boy...i used to teach him at montessori!) i havent seen him in like 14 months and it was so much fucking fun. he is still pretty much the love of my life and he is such a perfect reminder of why it is i do what i do with my life.
-famers market and macro mamas peanut lime noodles. nuff said.
- jets wedding was glorious. she looked beautiful and the ceremony was so fucking sweet i got all teary. and it was awesome to see some people i havent seen in ages, jet for one, plus kinyon and cass, etc. it was pouring outside through the whole wedding, but it was under a tent and the winery look gorgeous in the rain.
- after the wedding we went to go see kinyon dj at the haunt! it was so much fun to go and dance. not much has changed since the last time i was there, but i was glad that steve got to see ithaca's own version of wierd al in person. and kinyon's girlfriends is super sweet.
- on sunday we had brunch at abc with ashley and her stephen, which was sooo nice. i hadn't seen her in ages and abc is still the greatest ever.
- we did a quick swing by of all the parks i love, taughannoc, ithaca falls, the comfort road gorge, and stewart park and took some nice pictures. we went to the commons for a little while too.
all in all, i had a really nice, and i was glad that steve finally got see ithaca when it wasnt freezing out. i wish we'd had more time, and better weather on saturday. but it was so nice just to be outside and enjoy the nature. and it was just a reminder of how much i miss all of that. ::sigh::
taughannoc!
( more pics from the weekend here! ) |
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| fun times. |
[Aug. 9th, 2006|04:21 pm] |
its like 2 truths and a lie times a billion.
6 truths and 4 lies
(let me know what you think is true, what you think is false, and in a couple days i will reveal the mystical answers.)
1. i wasnt rejected to any of the colleges or grad schools i applied to. because evvveryone wants me.
2. when i was little, my favorite toys were GI joes, but they lived in a doll house.
3. i was once rear-ended by a celebrity. i thought it was neat-o but fuck him, i still made him pay to fix my car.
4. i use men's deodorant because 1. it smells better, 2. i works better, and 3. fuck gender roles.
5. i consider paula abdul's "forever your girl" my favorite album of all time.
6. i love wearing high heeled shoes because i think they make my legs look hot.
7. i've run away to another country on a whim. twice.
8. i once dropped my cell phone into a gutter and retrieved it with a plastic claw grabber thingie from a toy store.
9. i had to give the sex talk to a 10 year old that i was babysitting because he was misusing the word in very embarassing ways.
10. the first celebrity sex dream i ever had was about rod stewart. dirty. |
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[Aug. 9th, 2006|02:27 pm] |
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work.is.so.tedious.
grad school starts again in like 3 weeks and i am looking forward to it, because i cant take it in the office any more. soooo bored.
but:
+ i am getting my roots and highlights done tomorrow. yay, blondiepants.
+ probably going to south jersey to visit poeople this weekend.
+ family bbq on sunday. and i convinced steve to come. amazing.
+ ithaca next weekend!
+( i did a survey. ) |
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[Aug. 7th, 2006|01:29 pm] |
sometimes i just feel really really anxious and disatisfied and i dont know why. i hate waiting for things to happen, and i hate feeling like i am wasting my time.
i am so sick of working in this office. i just sit here and think about how many better things i could be doing with my summer. i'm anxious for sept to come so that i can dive right into my last (hopefully) semester of grad school and my last (pllleeease) semester of student teaching. but i am most anxious for that so that it can be over. because, fuck, grad school sucks. a lot.
and even though this isnt happening any time in the forseeable future, i am anxious to get out of the city. i day dream about moving to somewhere with ocean and grass and where i can have a yard and see stars.
steve is applying for a job at the voice. it is a stretch for him and i would be so happy for him if he go it. if he gets it though, it means that we are probably going to be here for longer than we'd planned. i dont know if i like that. but at the same time, a lot of my great friends are going to be around here for atleast 2 more years, so that makes me feel a little better.
i hate that as time goes on i end up with more and more friends scattered all over the place. phone tag and myspace messages just dont do the trick. everyone is so busy and on such different schedules that it is so hard to connect. hopefully i can catch up with a few people when i am in ithaca for jet's wedding. bleh.
bleh. future. bleh. |
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[Jul. 31st, 2006|05:29 pm] |
Answer in four words.
1. what ended your last relationship?
i moved here + steve. (clearly + is not a word)
2. when was the last time you shaved?
maybe a week ago.
3. what were you doing this morning at eight a.m.?
going back to bed.
4. what were you doing five minutes ago?
eating hummus and crackers.
5. are you any good at math?
not at fucking all.
6. your prom night?
which one, silly me.
7. do you have any famous ancestors?
asa carter. i suck.
8. have you ever taken out a loan to pay for school?
yes. grad school blows.
10. last thing received in the mail?
sad card from vet.
11. how many different beverages have you drank today?
water and more water.
12. do you ever leave messages on people's answering machines?
yes. i talk lots.
13. first concert?
eddie money. rock on.
14. do you draw your name in the sand when you go to the beach?
you bet your ass.
15. what's the most painful dental procedure you've had?
wisdom teeth - ouchie pants.
16. what is out your back door?
only one door, folks.
17. any plans for friday night?
ihere must be something
18. do you like what the ocean does to your hair?
no. it drys it.
19. have you ever received one of those big tins of three different kinds of popcorn for christmas?
no, they scare me.
20. have you ever been to a planetarium?
yes. i heart stars.
21. do you drunk dial people?
not really. i have.
22. some things you are excited about?
karaoke and jets wedding.
23. what is your favorite flavor of JELLO?
its made of bones.
24. are any of your great-grandparents still alive?
no. i be old.
25. describe your keychain:
chipped purple carabeener, slee's.
26. where do you keep your change?
all over the place.
27. when was the last time you spoke in front of a large group of people?
when teaching, i guess.
28. do you sleep with the door to your room open or closed?
opened for the kitty.
29. what's your excuse for this survey?
i dont feel well. :( |
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[Jul. 28th, 2006|03:15 pm] |
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| | at work | ] |
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| | belle and sebastian | ] |
so steve and i got into a bit of a fight last night...i think it was bound to happen with all of the stuff that i have been mulling over lately. it ended up resolving pretty nicely with us both realizing that we havent been as supportive and attentive as we could have been in the past couple weeks.
i think we each forget sometimes how much the other is still processing and dealing with from the whole cheating fiasco. like, how every single day i think about the betrayl and i deal with the fact that my self esteem has crumbled in the wake of what he did to me.
and the same time he is dealing with the fact that by coming clean about this he lost a lot of his friends. a lot of his friends were also friends of pam's and now there is a huge wedge driven between them.
while i spending so much energy on making sure that i am okay and get by day-to-day, its easy to forget that he is going through a lot too. sigh.
but here are some happy-tastic things:
today!:
- dinner with jean! (she is steve's best friend and this is gonna be the first time i've hung out with her sans steve. i adore her, so this i something to smile about)
-UCB marathon starts...so lots of laughing!
tomorrow!
- more UCB marathon gloriousness!
sunday!
-beach time with the ladies + steve! and i think we are going to a topless beach! fun for everyone!
next week
-tuesday is crazy karaoke night at planet rose
-thursday is a new porngraphers concert...if i can convince steve to go, or if anyone else wants to.
even further in the future
-going to ithaca for jet's wedding aug 18th-20th! i am soooo excited to see her (and a lot of people i havent seen since i moved!) and go to favorite restaurants and hopefully go swimming and hiking and all those wonderful ithaca things that i miss so much.
having things to look forward to is good for me.
i think i should try to maintain a permenant list of atleast 5 things i am looking forward to. yes. |
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[Jul. 26th, 2006|02:36 pm] |
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| | i pod on shuffle. | ] |
i miss my puppy.
most of the time i am okay, but then something just reminds me of him and i start to feel a pang of sadness. we're going to get another dog in 6+ months (after our apt is no longer contaminated)...but i just have this feeling like no dog we ever get will be as perfect as bingo pajama was. i feel even worse for stephen...this was his first dog experience.
he is getting cremated. we pick up his ashes next week. we're still trying to figure out what to do with them. my first thought was to spread them down by the river...his favorite place to walk...but steve brought up the good point that down there the wind blows towards the east off the water...so that may not work. merr.
but i am going karaokeying with my favorite girlies (minus kim because she's in cali for the summer) at CATTYSHACK tonight.
i didnt know if i'd be up for a social outting, but i think i need to do it, it will cheer me up. i still get nervous going out withoug steve...wondering what he is doing while i'm out...getting paranoid...but i need time with my girlies. like woah. and then i think on sunday i'm going to the beach the girls + steve!! (that should be intersting because he is pretty intimdated by all of my hot queer lady friends...but he's getting better)
i've also been thinking a lot about how much longer i want to stay in NYC and when i leave where i want to go. the original plan was for me to stay for atleast another 2 years. i just dont know if i can do it. as much as i loooove my friends here and a lot about this city...there is too much that i miss living here...stars. swimming. walking barefoot. quiet. but i dont think steve is going to be ready to leave any time soon. every time i bring up leaving he always kind of laughs it off. merr. i know he'd consider moving if i REALLLLLLY wanted to, but staying here for a few more years is gonna give him a much better start to his career where for me it doesnt really matter. so i cant pressure him about. :(
oh well. singing tonight. happiness. |
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| in memory... |
[Jul. 24th, 2006|12:39 pm] |
our puppy didn't make it.
he had some seriously blood pressure problems yesterday, they thought he was stable at about 1 AM, but then the call came in at 5:45 this morning that he didn't make it.
this is the first time that vet had ever lost an animal. steve and i are totally devestated...he really was perfect for us. steve never had a dog before, and he was just such a great match for us. but he's gone now.
all because is previous owner couldnt dish of the fucking $20 to have him vaccinated. all because of some person's ignorance and disregard for his pet his amazingly perfect doggie that we were preapred to love and care for forever had to suffer so badly for 3 days and then die at 1 year old. its disgusting to me.
i took off work today, and steve went in late. now i have to throw away all his toys and food and stuff. i have to bleach pretty much everything in the apt and do tons of laundry. even with all of that our apt. is still contaminated and we can't have another dog even in this place for atleat 6 months.
i know this is cheesy, but i made a little slideshow of bingo pajama. even though he wasnt with us long, we have enough to remember him and how amazing he was...this is just a little way to share it with you.
(it wont let me paste the show directly in here...so just go to this link
http://img103.imageshack.us/slideshow/player.php?id=img103/1369/1153757275n80.smil) |
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| bingo pajama |
[Jul. 23rd, 2006|12:31 am] |
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our doggie has a disease called parvo.
he's in the hospital right now and is pretty seriously sick. the doctor said there is a pretty good chance that he will be okay but its gonna be a pretty rough go. and while i am trying to be optimistic i am still basically a wreck and really worried.
we cant even really go visit him because he is in isolation. the best we can do is look at him through a glass door while he is in a cage.
so anyone who could send some happy thoughts or good vibes (prayers, if that floats your boat)...i know that bingo (as well as me and steve) would appreciate it.
thank you.
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| my doggie is sick. |
[Jul. 21st, 2006|11:56 am] |
| [ | Current Location |
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our poor little bingo is sick. and i'm really worried about him.
he was coughing and sneezing and wheezing since we got him, but we figured it was just allergies or something because he was still full of energy and looked so happy. but we scheduled a vet check up for yesterday anyway (since he was from the pound he gets a free check up).
in the days leading up to the appointment he was getting lethargic and sad looking and not eating. still coughing a lot too. but not tooo badly.
then yesterday we took a walk up to the vets and it turns out he had a reallllly high fever and the vet thinks it is a resperatory infection. so he gave me some antibiotics to give him and told me to buy a rectal thermometer to take his temp.
i gave him a pill wrapped in roast beef yesterday, since that is the only thing he would eat and he needs to take it with food or it will upset his stomach. he also ate a little cheese. he slept most of the day yesterday and his nose was really drippy.
steve bought a digital baby rectal thermomenter and we took his temp, and it had gone down a lot. but i dont trust that thermometer, he felt just as hot to me and didnt seem to be feeling any better. i am going to buy a non-digital one on my way home from work today.
so then last night around 11 when it was time for his second pill, i tried to give him some more roast beef and he just turned away from it in disgust. i left it in front of him for a few mins hoping he'd sniff around and then eat it, but he didnt and then he started throwing up...as if the smell of it had made him sick. he drank a ton of water and threw up again. (not to be to graphic) but the vomit was all water and mucus, no food and thankfully no blood. this went on until about 1 AM when i finally took his water away and just put a few ice cubes in his bowl.
i called the vet first thing thismorning and he said the vomitting is probably because of the fever, and not to give him another pill until he can keep down water and some mild food (like cottage cheese and baby food). he said that if he starts throwing up, take the water away from so he wont get into a puke-and-drink cycle like he did last night. he said the vomitting is probably because of the fever, and its still probably just resperatory infection that will clear up once he starts taking the pills regularly...but...
there is also a chance that he has distemper. and if he does have distemper he probably wont make it. he was vaccinated when he got to the shelter, but if the virus was already in his system then the vaccine doesnt work. nearly every dog who gets distemper dies from it.
i dont know what i (or steve) would do. we've only had bingo for a week be we are totally in love with him. he's THE PERFECT dog. he is so cute and sweet and playful and well behaved and cuddly and wonderful and we are gut totally totally crazy about him. i get all teary-eyed thinking about what would happen if we had to put him down. i'm soooo worried. i'm sitting here at work and i just want to go home right now and take care of him. if he's not feeling better by tomorrow its back to the vet.
:( my pooooor puppy.
so everyone send happy thoughts and good energy towards my wonderful little baby, bingo pajama.
he'll thank you.
how could you not love this boy?
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| introducing BINGO PAJAMA! |
[Jul. 16th, 2006|05:14 pm] |
so stephen and i went to the pound yesterday and got ourselves a doggy. finally. we've been wanting one for 6 months and i finally have some time to be home and spend some quality time with a doggie for the rest of the summer. we firgured if we got one now he'd be well adjusted enough by sept. when our schedules get a little crazy again.
he's 1/2 corgi, 1/2 pit bull and alllll sweetheart. he's about a year old, and just the biggest attention whore ever. cuddliest little boy on earth.
so here he is...mr. bingo pajama!
when we first got him home!
he's a sleepy boy and we're a pretty family.
steve and bingo in the park!
but don't worry. we stil love our beautiful kitty too.
my precious little noodle. |
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