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December 10, 2008

Sleepy dog

My dog is so glad I'm home tonight that she is not even Guarding, but is, instead, sacked out on the floor next to me.

I don't have the heart to get up and go into the kitchen to make dinner, as that will wake her up. And then I'll have to once again have the conversation about why human food is not for dogs, especially food with chili oil in it. Which, after 13.5 years, you'd think she would remember, but eternal optimism is something dogs possess in endless abundance.

The days are getting so short now that it's not only dark when I get up for work (4:30 a.m. is dark, no matter the time of year), but dawn is just breaking as I get into the office, at 7. It's dark when I walk out of the office at 5, and the holiday traffic in LA means it's rare to get home before 7:45. It's a grueling schedule, even in summer, but with so little daylight, it feels as if I've been robbed of any time to do what I want with my day.

My cat has decided that my lap needs warming, which woke the dog. Eternally optimistic, they both want food, and warm places to sit, and scritches. Don't we all?

The Furry Minions need tending. And I need to eat, and then go to bed, and get up in eight hours, to do it all over again. Onward.

And, apparently, I also need to get the dog off my favorite blanket before it becomes hers.

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December 04, 2008

wedding at the Mission Inn

Last Saturday, a good friend got himself married at the Mission Inn.

As you can see, there are worse-looking places to get married. The cake was particularly gorgeous. In a lucky coincidence, the Mission Inn had decorated for the holidays, though it's pretty awesome-looking year-round. There were hordes of people flocking to see the lights, and we had to fight our way through them to get to the chapel.

Around the end of the reception, and I'm ready to go home.

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September 01, 2008

Tin snips of tenaciousness

My mother came over today to check on me and help out around the house, as I have managed to acquire irritation pneumonia. Got it from all the grout from the new tile floor that was put in last week, and as I have discovered, grout and lungs do not like each other at all.

Nothing gets in the way of my mother when she decides she's going to get something done. Nothing. Not even a stubborn and ugly light fixture that was at the top of her aggro list. She hated the old fixture so much, she went out and bought something to replace it; but she didn't stop there. This is what was left after she got frustrated and took tin snips to the metal casing around the wiring. It took about an hour, but in its place, there is now a new Moroccan lantern, which we jerry-rigged with brute force, electrical tape, zip ties, and a little finessing of metal from me. Isn't it awesome?

As you can see, I come by my driven nature honestly. And my hatred of ugliness.

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