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• I have decided to do the oft used bulleted list because I have never done it before.
• I am a daredevil.
• I gave Scout a bath this morning.
• She does not enjoy being bathed. I thought Labs loved the water.
• The minute I turned her loose after her bath she promptly rolled in the dirt. To her credit she came back to be rinsed again when I called. She's not usually that well mannered.
• She smells worse now than she did before her bath. Wet dog smell = ICK!
• I also mowed the back yard this morning.
• After mowing and bathing the dog I don't smell too pleasant either.
• I don't have class on Fridays.
• This is the most boring post (to borrow Barry's phrase) in the history of ever.

I'm so shallow

My daughter insisted I needed to read the Sookie Stackhouse book series by Charlaine Harris, so on my week and a half break between spring semester ending and summer semester starting I read the last seven books in the series. (I'd already read the first two.) No, I'm not a speed reader, we're not talking War and Peace here; they're very quick reads. It was nice to imbibe in a little light reading after two semesters of text books. While reading, I pictured the Eric character as looking like Vladimir Kulich who played Buliwyf in the 1999 movie The 13th Warrior. Look at him! He's 6'5" of delicious, viking hotness! And, hey, this time I'm not a dirty old lady ogling SYT's because this dude is even older than me.

The HBO series Trueblood is based on these books. I don't have HBO so I went poking around on YouTube to see who they picked to play the Eric part. Okay, so Alexander Skarsgård is nota bad, but I think they should have called me to help cast the show. (Anna Paquin wasn't how I pictured Sookie either.)

My daughter urged me to read the Twilight series too. We're suckers for vampires. nyuk nyuk nyuk. If you think about it, it's really weird how we have romanticized something that wants to suck the life out of us and leave us for dead. (reminds me of my ex-husband) I liked the Stackhouse series better than the Twilight series but not as well as I liked the first few books in Ann Rice's vampire chronicles. I also think The Twilight series author (can't remember her name) might possibly have stolen ideas from Harris. I'd recommend the Stackhouse series for its goofy campiness and I am looking forward to the release of next book in the series.

Remember those who fought and, thankfully, came back home to us, like my nephew, Brett.

Remember those that fought for our freedom and paid the ultimate price.

God bless our military and their families. Thank you isn't enough.

ohmygoshiamstillaliveandposting!

This is a gorgeous song by Colin Hay. I don't know if he still is, but he used to be a member of the Australian group Men Without Hats. You'll have to try to ignore the dj intro; he ain't no Ryan Seacrest...but then, neither is Ryan Seacrest. In fact, maybe you should just listen instead of watching unless you're into weird folk singer girl pseudo-hawaiian/east indian hand movements. If you've ever been to a bluegrass festival in Colorado you've seen a lot of that.

I love music. I should have been born with musical talent instead of such stunning beauty. (I can say anything here, you don't know what I look like.)

CHEATING BASTARD

We are NOT amused. Excuse me while I rant.

I've always kinda liked Mel Gibson, especially from his early days. I liked his cocky, jokey attitude and he was pretty cute. When he was arrested for DUI and made anti-semetic remarks I wasn't quick to condemn because I know how the media can skew a story to make it more controversial, and especially when I felt they were out to get him because of his political views.

I find him totally repugnant now for the same reason I can't stand Brad Pitt anymore. If you're not happy in your marriage, get the bloody hell out before you cheat. Why would you hurt someone you used to love, even if you are no longer in love with them, by cheating. ESPECIALLY when that person has stuck by you through so many years and numerous fuckups.

Maybe I assume too much, but old Mel didn't waste any time dragging the reason for his wife's divorce into the limelight. To me, this shows exactly what kind of character he has. So much for all the hype about what a good Catholic and family man he was. I don't care what kind of marital problems they had, there's no excuse for cheating.

Queen Mum

I found out this weekend that my lovely daughter is going to make me grandma for the second time...so say 3 over the counter pregnancy tests, anyway. I can't wait!