1. Have you guys seen Shades of Blue? I love Ray Liotta and I have to say, J Lo is not bad. I like the cast in general as well as the story.
2. Self birthday gift: I am on the himalayan salt lamp train. Weird looking, right? I don't care if it's hocus pocus, it makes me feel calm and I like it. It reminds me of Cocoon or something.
3. Mae is so bizarre. She burrows herself under things like my head then gets angry when she's jostled around.
4. Speaking of Mae, the streak of weird dog shit continues. Tuesday night MFD said she puked three times. When I got home, she was being weird but not puking. I called the vet anyway and they were closed, advising me to take her to the emergency vet if she started up again. Well, she started all right. While I was laying on the couch, she puked the most rancid-smelling poop-like puke all over me, twice. Lori referred to it as a volcano of stench and that is indeed what it was. All day yesterday I kept gagging just remembering it. MFD stood over me with a look of shock approaching laughter on his face. My favorite 10 year old sweatshirt went right in the trash, Mae was whisked off to the emergency vet, and I spent the night cleaning because it needed to be done and I was worried so it kept me occupied. They got home after 1. No blockage so I don't know what's up aside from inflammation of the bowels, water in the bowels, and dehydration. The vet said, "expect diarrhea." Can't wait! And yes, MFD did transport her in a laundry basket. First timer at the emergency vet.
5. Preach.
6. Since we're on the topic...something I think people miss about feminism: it's empowering women to make choices that you as another woman may not make for yourself. You recognize that we are all capable of making our own choices and that our choices will not be the same. There's some weird fem backlash going on now among women my age or younger that are somehow under the impression that you can't like to cook and clean and run the household and also be a feminist - that there is no place for you to want what has traditionally been defined as a woman's role and also be a feminist. That is completely untrue - feminism is about equality and women making the choices that work best for them, their health, and their families. It is NOT about having someone else make those choices for them - even other women. I love
this article my friend Yuki shared with me. Check it out.
7. Totally digging my new Molly & Rex soft cover notebooks. They fit in the back pocket of my purse perfectly, they're nice to look at, and they're flexible. I picked two up from Marshalls this weekend. You can find them on Amazon too. I am not even a
dream big type of person - that's not something I'd typically say seriously - but I love the flexibility of the notebook. And the colors.
8. Did I mention we got tickets to see Paul Simon at the Mann in June? We did. But I've had Barry Manilow's I Write the Songs in my head for days.
I write the songs that make the whole world sing
I write the songs of love and special things
I write the songs that make the young girls cry,
I write the songs, I write the songs.
9.
Show Us Your Books was this past Tuesday. I have a book hangover and more than 20 new books I'd like to read from the 41 other posts. You readers rock! I also interacted with some authors that day with always makes me fangirl. I see some people talk about how everyone is reading the same books. The way to inject new life into the linkup is to choose at least one book per month to read that you did not get from the linkup or from a blog period. That infuses new books in every month. Just a suggestion! If you ever look at my posts or Jana's, you will note that at least two to three books come from outside of the linkup.
10. E-card of the week...Appropriate given all the dog fuckery that's gone on recently.
