breakin' into 2006
january 01, 2006
happy new year! [a most random entry ahead to begin a most random year i'm sure]
oh....and the rains are here. sure, on the weekend where i have 4 days off, it has to rain and be gloomy and shit. but i did find time to cook a bit, shopped at target, ate korean bbq and caught up on some knitting plus saw a couple of crafty girls, as my original plans were washed away with the rain.
it's the start of 2006 today. and on the dvd rotation today is: reservoir dogs, breakin' and the wiz. i chose the first one while TGILW chose the other two. i think it's because we were watching VH1's I LOVE '79 last night and they showed clips of the wiz. and lo and behold at target today there it was for $5.50. i don't remember much of this movie from my youth but perhaps target priced it at $5.50 for a reason. is it lame? all i really want is to watch it for the dancing and richard pryor as the wiz.
i also found breakin' (!) there too. been wanting this movie for a looooonngg time now. the music is badass for those of us who were actually alive in the early 80's. who can forget boogaloo and the shabadoo shrimp? i love campy movies like this. campy is my friend.
and lastly, i do love me my quentin tarantino movies. i'm in my violent, twisted, gory and bizarre mode these days. i think it's too much martial arts and sparring. you know..."hiiii-yaaah!" adding a hong kong phooey handchop in there somewhere.
while i'm on the topic of hong kong phooey.....i'm afraid to even ask if any of you remember this cartoon? it of course came out during that crazy 70's phase of martial arts movies from hong kong becoming popular here in the US. who would've thought a janitor dog goes into a cabinet to change into a flashy colored gi? that's so typical of the occidental world to mix up kung fu and karate stuff. then again, i'm sure the same thing would still happen today in 2006.
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i got snowbie a new bed from target today. she has a couple already but i wanted a new one for her in my computer room (where she keeps me company whenever i'm in here). the one she was sleeping on was snowie's old bed which was really falling apart. i finally said goodbye to that old bed and decided to part ways with it. what good is keeping a material item of your beloved deceased pet when they are no longer here? i do have a few items of snowie's left but there are times when one must move on.
i've been really seriously considering getting another maltese. snowbie brings me so much joy and i would like to get her a sibling to play with. but it comes with more responsibility, maintenance and money. everything will be doubled: food, vet bills, grooming, accessories, BEDS, toys, snacks.
you know, i don't have those maternal feelings about wanting a baby but man, do i have those maternal feelings about wanting another puppy! of course i would want to get a maltese the most again but i have been looking at other breeds as well, thinking...."how awesome it would be to have a maltese bully a giant akita around!" of course the only kinds of dogs i can get are the ones that are mainly hypo-allergic, low dander, odorless and doesn't shed clumps. which then leaves me with several options: poodles, soft coated wheaten terriers, coton du tulear, bichon frise, chinese crested, schnauzers, portuguese water dog, havanese and the chihuahua. there are more but i think you get the point.
the things that i am most concerned about are: time to train, enough time to spend with him/her, the whole jealousy factor between 2 dogs, personality differences and the overall stress of finding the right dog through non-puppy mill places. there are just so many really really evil people out there mistreating and abusing animals just to breed them to make money. and they often times front themselves as legitimate businesses.
stay tuned, i'm sure if im serious enough about it, i'll be getting another one in this first quarter some time. or maybe in q2. the weather is better then to walk them and assimilate them with the outdoors.
currently listening to: pink floyd, comfortably numb
