February 20, 2007
Narcissism: Undue Dwelling
Overheard on the hiking trail -
girl talking on her phone:
"I feel like everything that's ever bothered me my whole life is coming at me all at once."
February 16, 2007
February 14, 2007
Today Is Pet Theft Awareness Day
Please donate your old cellphones to LCA - Last Chance For Animals.
I have four phones I didn't know what to do with.
February 13, 2007
Dog Scratch Fever
That little white speck on the grass is Oscar at the Lake Hollywood Dog Park.
Which is not the grunge dog park that I occasionally go to in N. Hollywood where last week I saw three people almost come to blows over a fairly aggressive chihuahua. One woman was bleeding and screaming after scooping up her fluffy dog out of a fracas, then a french bulldog owner called the chihuahua owner a "tramp" and she in turn called him a "mexican piece of shit".
It was definitely time to scoop up my dogs and get my Mick ass out of there.
But damn me for not getting my phone out to videotape. Next time - smile, you're on youtube.
February 06, 2007
Well, I'm Glad That's Over With
I take some things pretty seriously. I don't bet for or against my team - not even for a six pack. I wear my colors - often to a bar at 10AM because that's the only place I'll find a Bears game on a Sunday morning Pacific Standard time. For this Super Bowl I made headbands in honor of McMahon and his '85 Bears for me and my party hosts formerly from Bridgeport. We made bratz and Irish Stew and had four coolers of beer.
I scowl upon people who give up on a game in the third quarter, or leave at the end of regulation before overtime, or talk about their latest TV job or audition during a field goal attempt. I love my hometown of Chicago. It's got great food, great art, great architecture, great sports teams and great people. One may wonder why I don't live there now. Frankly I often fantasize about going back - I love everything about the place except I remember clearly the last full winter I spent there was the coldest on record. There were five I believe, maybe six snow days that year for school. When you have more than three they call it an "Act of God" so you don't have to make them up. I'm pretty sure God has nothing to do with it. Or with people winning acting or singing awards or with teams winning the big games. If He did, the Cubs would have won a World Series by now. My blood has thinned to where I can't stand the cold but it remains thick with hometown pride.
Monday morning I got a call from my friend who doesn't watch football. While she was at the flea market on Sunday her dog's cancerous mass erupted and she came home to find her place covered in blood. She rushed Daisy to the emergency and then to her own vet and they basically offered to put her down, amputate her leg or cut the mass out - which will grow back, but in turn gives her at least six months more to live with the same quality of life - a little slow but still active for an old girl in mostly weather-friendly LA.
Losing the big game suddenly doesn't seem so serious. It's Chicago after all - there's always next year.
February 04, 2007
No Matter What Happens Today
From The LA Times: Good VS. Evil, my sentiment no matter what happens today:
