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On The Road,directed by Walter Salles (of Motorcycle Diaries)
With this stellar cast, it better be phenomenal.
Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart, Kirsten Dunst, Viggo Motensen, Amy Adams, Tom Sturridge, Alice Braga, Terrence Howard, and Elisabeth Moss
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Evan and I adopted Gracie Belle - a terrier mix/mutt - from A Forever Home last Sunday. She is nine weeks old (as of yesterday) and has only had one accident in the house since she started doing her business outside. After two days with us, Gracie stopped whinning at night and crying when we put her in her crate or pen. She is also a monster but incredibly intelligent. I feel like the proudest parent in the whole world.
Yesterday, Evan and I took Gracie to the vet for her initial check up and a couple of immunization shots. She weighs a whopping 3.6 pounds and is healthy as any puppy can be.
Gracie is attached to Evan and me as if we were covered in puppy treats. When I walk outside, she follows so closely at my heels, it makes me nervous that I’ll kick her as I step. The vet - Dr. Lydia Megremis - said that we should start leaving Gracie completely alone (in addition to when she’s in her crate at night) for at least an hour a day. This will help ease her anxiety as she matures so she doesn’t get separation anxiety down the line. I don’t think Dr. Megremis realized that I’m the one they should be concered about when it comes to separation anxiety.
In 2011, I…
- Slept on an air mattress, bought a bed.
- Read some Ayn Rand. Stopped reading Ayn Rand.
- Ran a half marathon in Huntington Beach.
- Had a cavity filled.
- Got a promotion.
- Played hide and seek.
- Won $40 in Vegas at the Roulette table.
- Relocated for work: LA —> DC
- Achieved a few career goals, opened a new office.
- Read the Dark Tower Series in entirety. (Wizard and Glass was my favorite.)
- Visited 7 states, heretofore unseen.
- Visited friends and family.
- Had friends and family visit me.
- Found a new yoga studio.
- Bought a new car.
- Cut my hair… once.
- Had another cavity filled. Thank goodness for dental insurance.
- Bought a new bike.
- Learned to make pumpkin pie.
- Made a turkey and ate a piece.
- Learned to play Euchre.
- Made new friends.
- Bought a plant - Roland the Ruby Rubber Tree.
- Fell in love with two new authors - George Martin and Patrick Rothfuss.
- Found new “favorite spots” all over the country.
- Ran just under 700 miles in total.
- Watched 99 movies and 21 TV shows.
- Pet every puppy with in a 25 foot radius of my person.
- Made dozens of batches of cookie dough. Baked 2 batches.
- Experienced a tsunami on the West Coast (kind of, not really. no not at all) and an earthquake and a hurricane on the East Coast.
- Played on the beach, swam in the ocean, hiked mountains, biked forested trails, and ran in the rain.
It was a pretty good year.
It is time for Oregon to consider a different approach. I refuse to be a part of this compromised and inequitable system any longer; and I will not allow further executions while I am governor.
Gov. John Kitzhaber
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As if I needed another reason to dislike Cain…
Chris Heath: What can you tell about a man by the type of pizza that he likes? Herman Cain: [repeats the question aloud, then pauses for a long moment] The more toppings a man has on his pizza, I believe the more manly he is. Chris Heath: Why is that? Herman Cain: Because the more manly man is not afraid of abundance. [laughs] Devin Gordon: Is that purely a meat question? Herman Cain: A manly man don’t want it piled high with vegetables! He would call that a sissy pizza.
…So having a conscience - being a vegetarian, whatever - makes you a sissy. I’m guessing that according to Cain, not sexually assaulting women when given the opportunity makes you a sissy as well.
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saving-stephanie asked: how long you and evan were together? seems like he does want to marry you badly
We’ve been together for just over 4 years. And maybe someday he’ll be just so lucky…
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Casey (left) was a 12-year-old golden retriever with a huge head and a handsome face. He loved playing fetch in the lake, belly-flopping off the pier or the swimming platform, and eating seaweed. He also loved food. Obsessively. Well, everything but carrots. Casey also spent about a third of his life carrying around an over-sized stuffed animal in his mouth. Every time someone walked through the front door, he was completely torn in his great excitement between finding his overstuffed bear to bring to you and wiggling circles around your legs hoping you’d pet him. In the end, he usually ended up making a whining, growling noise and running back and forth between you and different rooms of the house in search of his stuffed animal. In addition to Casey, some of the names he responded to most favorably were Fat Head, Dog, Walrus, Big Head, Dummy, Casey Boy, and Maggie (right). He responded to people calling Maggie better then she did because he was so jealous of her attention.
Casey wasn’t the brightest of his K9 brethren, but he was obedient and loyal to a tee. He could only bark on command when laying down and never brought back the stick or Frisbee you threw for him… unless it was in the water. He lumbered around like a live teddy bear, and LOVED laying in the kiddie pool while someone sprayed him with a hose. Unlike other dogs which might get riled up when their owners tried to wrestle with them, playfully smack them around, or wave a toy in front of them, Casey would simply roll over and lay his head on the ground. This passive dog wouldn’t even stand his ground when another dog stole his treat or Maggie or Bailey would take his food. He’d simply sit back on his haunches and wait patiently for his turn or the scraps.
Casey had an inoperable tumor on the pituitary gland in his brain, and as of this morning, it was causing him to seize every few minutes. It was also the source of his rapid weight loss in the last few weeks, despite his passion for all things edible. My mom took him to the vet to put him sleep early this afternoon. Normally, Casey hates the veterinary office, but today, he kept running toward the door of the building as my mom sat outside with him to say goodbye. I’m going to miss him dearly.
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