Yesterday Was Pet Doctor Day!

Wilma, my dog, had her first visit to the vet as a member of the Schneider family last night. While she was a little frightened she behaved very well. I took her there to get a check up, and to see what was up with her ear scratchin habit. Turns out she did NOT have ear mites like the shelter thought, but she does have very dirty ears and what could be a yeast infection (in her ears!)

Other than that we found out that she is pretty healthy! I also found out that the size of her nipples (they are large) COULD mean that she had puppies, but it could ALSO mean that she is just very well endowed, which sounds like a better explanation to me since big breasts are something that runs in my family, and I am proud to be able say my dog has huge tits too.

Doctor Addler-Bush (or Bush-Addler?) gave me some ear cream which is supposed to help out her ear issue, and taught me how to clean her ears with this liquid cleaner that smells bad and gets everywhere which I need to do once a week. I had the shelter fax over all her information regarding previous tests and treatments, and she goes back to visit in two weeks.

I was very proud of the monster (her nickname)! The only time I think she was very worried was when she initially jumped up onto the puppy elevator (the examining table moves down and up for easy placement of animals) and it started to move. She looked at me with very frightened eyes, but since the tech was hugging her and we were all talking to her nicely I think that she realized that no one was trying to hurt her, and she didn't panic or struggle. She received compliments for that on her check up report card! The vet also complimented my brother and I for adopting an adult dog, something that I am very proud of myself.

The trip was rather expensive, but my brother is helping out with the bill and that means a lot. My brother and I are also looking into perhaps getting puppy insurance.

All in all it turned out well. I will give you an update on her status after we visit in February.

Here's a picture of the healthy girl (and Greg!)

Oh Yeah! Giraffes!

Dan told me today that he saw a video last night of a Giraffe falling down.

I didn't know that they could! I mean its a giraffe! Its so tall and nifty looking, you don't really think about them being able to fall over. They don't exactly look clumsy. Dan cleared up my disbelief by saying that two giraffes were swinging their necks at each other and one fell down. OOOH! Ok, so the jury is still out on if there are clumsy giraffes falling down for no reason (I would probably be that giraffe), but we do know that they can fall while swinging their necks. Totally believable (have you ever seen how long their necks are!?!?)

So then Dan told me that maybe the giraffe died, he didn't know. It was on mute.

Well thanks to Yahoo Answers, we have solved that mystery:

Loren Asks: What happens to a giraffe or an elephant if they fall down?
do they die?
can they get back up?
i just thought of this because i just saw the video of giraffes whacking each other with their heads

Shreyan (who apparently gave the best answer as selected by the questioner) replies: They can get back up. Giraffes fight only for mate, not food. They can stand up more easily, than other animals because they have long legs. Elephants can stand up. They take time, but at any cost, they stand up.

The only animal which cannot get after fallin or getting tilted is the turtle. The struggle for their best to get back to their original position when tilted & sometimes die in starvation in that way.

Poor turtles! But we're not talking about them here, are we.

I went to Youtube to find a video of a giraffe falling down, but I found this instead. The poster describes it as

an elephant and giraffe fall deeply in love in this heart-warming romantic comedy

Enjoy!

Persona 3, Food Adventures

I beat Persona 3 this weekend, except for needing to watch the final fmvs and some talking to people. I logged almost 100 hours of it - and decided to just run through the last month of play. Kind of regret it, kind of don't. Got the boyfriend playing it now though, so I can more than likely live the dream through him.

The ending did not produce as large of an emotional response as the events that happened in the game did, to tell you the truth it ended exactly as I had expected it to, so I guess it was more closure than anything else. I have yet to see the very ending of the game, but the last boss is beaten. So ends a chapter in my life that I am inviting to end with open arms - there are SO MANY other video games I could be playing..

At least until Persona 3:FES comes out.

In other news, I have been going on some food adventures!

First off, the apples.

Mike and I went to the WORLD CLASS Shoprite near the Sbucks he works at for dinner, and while we were there I decided that I needed to buy some damn food. When I went to get some apples I was pretty surprised to find that there were over 10 different kinds of apples. We stood there for about 15 minutes trying to decide which ones to get, but I ended up getting one of four different kinds.

I got Macintosh (sour!) Jazz (tastes like snapple apple!) Pink lady (tart, with a funny aftertaste!) and Stedman (havent had it yet!). So far I have not found the right apple for me (banking on the Steadman by the looks of it) and next trip to that Shoprite I will be getting four different kinds of apples. Pretty soon I will be an expert on what kind of apples I like to eat.

Secondly, French Press!

Mike, for no reason what-so-ever (and this, by the way ladies, is why I am luckier than you) bought me a french press coffee maker from his work. I wasn't being smart enough to realize that when I ground up coffee to use in it that I needed to get it ground in the biggest chunk possible, so I tried to make it using the fine grounds. The coffee pretty much came out like very thick coffee, pretty much espresso-like. I drank some of it and had to throw the rest out. I have decided that I'm going to use up the rest of the coffee (Ubora blend, again courtesy of the boyfriend) thats fine ground in the one cup coffee maker. Which, by the way, kind of stinks, because I only have one mug that will fit in the coffee maker. The rest of the mugs are too tall! So once the fine Ubora is gone I can move on to the special Princeton blend, get that ground thick, and try this french press thing all over again. I'm sure there is some kind of water/coffee special balance that I have to achieve, but thats the best part about it - always an adventure!

Next, I made miso soup from scratch for the first time last week.
The thing that sucks the most about that though is that there is APPARENTLY some kind of secret miso/water/stock combination formula that I don't know yet - so every time I make the soup its a giant experiment of whats going to taste good. Other thing that sucks is that I don't readily keep broth in the house - so I had to use shitty campbell's chicken soup broth which has tons of sodium in it and really threw off the flavor. Other variations of miso soup use fish stock instead of chicken, and different kinds of miso, so there is a LOT of experimentation that is going to be going on over the next few months.

Finally in some kind of celestial breakthrough I found a kind of mushroom that I like! They're called enoki mushrooms, and they're cute AND delicious! I put them in my miso soup and they act as a kind of noodle since they get mushy. They don't really taste like anything, its more of a texture thing, but thats rad!



Like I do with most things, I bought them because they looked cute. Who knew they would be so tasty (in miso) as well!!

Its David Bowie's Birthday!

He is 61 today.

Happy birthday, Ziggy.

Best Bands That Don't Exist Yet

Dan and I spend a lot of time during the work day trying to find ways to keep us both entertained. Sometimes we do surveys like the ones you find on myspace, but they got boring. We did mad libs for awhile too. Thursday we came up with some really great band names. I decided to share them with you.

Rad Kids Who Also Knit
oyster cracker nut pants
Grounded Astronauts
Bottle Rocket Flight 77
No More Ducks
Scissor Kick Swim Team

Folk Bands
Gene Twist and the Sun Dollars
Solemn Forest
Changing Leaves Changing Minds (this band only put out one EP, then went seperate ways to form bands with better names and more successful, but they had a small follwing in the late 90s.)
The Midwest Maple

Album
Oscar Frontbottom and the Swooners live from the Gabbin' Cabin
dan: one album and they think they're so good they do it live with probably a bowie cover in there
molly: changes or something like queen bitch, a hip tune
dan: kids come to our shows, what of it?
molly: the younger ones like to dance


don't touch the sides
OPERATION
molly: like some kind of daft punk ripoff?
dan: probably. like Clinic

Hissy Fitt and the Flatliners
molly: Hissy Fitt is a rad chick
dan: totally
molly: like, the opposite of beth ditto
dan: she has the exact haircut of Izzy Sparks

The Barn Fire
molly: barn fire is a good one man. like, if there was a band like that, i think people wouldnt think of arcade right away, but they'd probably sound a lot like them
dan: yeah, but you'd be like, these guys are definitely from the country

Needles in Haystacks
Cherry Chee and the Chocolate Mousse

novelty folk band
Grits Again!?
dan: and then hipsters will call them GA!?

the devil's advoCUNT
Winston's Farewell (definately assholes)
the Supermen
Pink Elks
Comedy of Slaughter
Pickles (that could be anything, but probably a three piece pop punk band)
Gary In Diana (like the city, probably a better song title)
Peyton's Arm
lazer guided rocket pussy
Empty Boxes
origami (no capital letter allowed in that one)
My Tears Wrapped in Tissue Wrapped in Your Arms
The Fascination
Understanding Your Body
Swans in Tron (electro folk??)
Enterance to System 42
Octagon Snatch
Israel's Vow
My Teenage Pregnancy
We Will Sing When the King Sleeps
Sonic Euthaniasia
Solution: Lasers
Star District
Foot Long Hot Dogs
Hank Huskee and the Mush
Drama Between the Henchmen
Thunderturd
7th Grade Tour Jacket
The Hobo's Cry
Pizza Town
Pizza Delivery Noize
Pizza Pi
She Smelled Like May 25th
A Noose and Stepladder Fable
Mechanism
the virginia tech hokie pokie against the kansas st. whocares (this isnt a band name but its really funny)
Manilla Fold Her
Acropolis Gateway
Puppy Playground
8th Place Trophy

aaron: speed limit of sound
dan: ::: shrug :::: IDENTIFICATION CONFIRMED
molly: aaron sucks. who invited him to play
dan: he started me on it
aaron: johnny rockstar and the mnemonic devices

Aaron and his Self Loathing Imaginary Friends
Aaron and the Self Loathing Invisible No-Fun Gang

Paper Plate Halloween Masks
Sinisturd
Wheelchair Gary and the Handstands
The Flaming Crips
Dan Stern and the Fighting Spirit of the Non-Jews
Dan Stern and the Too-Shys
An Anagram Solved
Knock KnINTERRUPTING COW
the spotted zebra complex
Jason's Football and the Wishful Thinkings
Jason and the Bummouts
Pico de Gallileo
Lisa Needs Braces
Japan Massive Attack Big Style
DENTAL PLAN
Super Fire Pink Guitar Robot
Uncouth Youth Booth
Planes Falling on the Plains
Handicapped G-Spot

If you wish to use any of these band names please send us money or else we will sue you because they are obviously copyrighted for our protection.