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wordinista) wrote2005-11-30 10:33 pm
wordinista) wrote2005-11-30 10:33 pm
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Whoo. Okay.
So, a lot of y'all might remember the night Tora-kun worked until 2:30 am. It was also the Night of Much Swearing.
Well, we started talking about that, and how it was going to look like if he stays working for this company, about one week a month is going to have insanely late hours. And me? I'm not really comfortable with that. I know my mother lives next door, but still -- I'm here, and... yeah. It's not cool.
So... I'm not even sure how it came up, but we started talking about the possibility of getting a puppy. We've got a pretty good sized house, and a decent sized yard, so space isn't an issue for a small-to-medium sized dog. So I started researching. As it happens, my dream breed, the Australian Shepherd, looks like it'd be a perfect fit. I have the time to devote to training and discipline, which is usually the biggest problem when it comes to dogs. You don't train it well, or give it enough to do, it's going to get into trouble.
All right, so I start researching breeders in the area, because breeders are people too, and people can be unscrupulous. It's not as easy as I'd thought, and there are a lot of dead links out there. And a LOT of breeders' websites are hosted on Geocities/Yahoo. *headshake*
And a frighteningly large number of them? Have no concept of site design whatsoever. Particularly:
http://www.paradigmcanines.com/
and...
http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/wildwindaussies/
Okay, the unfortunate thing is, these two places might have the Best Dogs Evar. It's possible. But their splash pages make me want to choke. Especially that second one. Lawd. I just... words fail me. Really.
Of course, all of this research is for naught if our landlord says no. Mrr. I hope he doesn't say no. *crosses fingers* We were tossing around names tonight, and if we pick one of the ones we were tossing around,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
evilpuppy is going to be vastly amused.
In other news, Tora-kun and I watched Super Size Me tonight, and ... you know, I don't think I'll ever be able to eat at a fast food restaurant ever again. Ever. Ever-ever. OMG GROSS. It took two months of a vegan diet to undo one month of fast-food eating. I'm pretty sure I'm too much of a wuss to go vegan -- or vegetarian, for that matter (and I have the utmost respect for anyone who can manage it), but it'll be a damn long time before I ever order pizza and wings again. I told Tora-kun that movie made me want to run to Wild Oats and shop there forever and ever, amen. And I don't eat fast food that much (okay, ordering pizza -- and that's so stopping ASAFP), but I was seriously disgusted. *shudder*
So, a lot of y'all might remember the night Tora-kun worked until 2:30 am. It was also the Night of Much Swearing.
Well, we started talking about that, and how it was going to look like if he stays working for this company, about one week a month is going to have insanely late hours. And me? I'm not really comfortable with that. I know my mother lives next door, but still -- I'm here, and... yeah. It's not cool.
So... I'm not even sure how it came up, but we started talking about the possibility of getting a puppy. We've got a pretty good sized house, and a decent sized yard, so space isn't an issue for a small-to-medium sized dog. So I started researching. As it happens, my dream breed, the Australian Shepherd, looks like it'd be a perfect fit. I have the time to devote to training and discipline, which is usually the biggest problem when it comes to dogs. You don't train it well, or give it enough to do, it's going to get into trouble.
All right, so I start researching breeders in the area, because breeders are people too, and people can be unscrupulous. It's not as easy as I'd thought, and there are a lot of dead links out there. And a LOT of breeders' websites are hosted on Geocities/Yahoo. *headshake*
And a frighteningly large number of them? Have no concept of site design whatsoever. Particularly:
http://www.paradigmcanines.com/
and...
http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/wildwindaussies/
Okay, the unfortunate thing is, these two places might have the Best Dogs Evar. It's possible. But their splash pages make me want to choke. Especially that second one. Lawd. I just... words fail me. Really.
Of course, all of this research is for naught if our landlord says no. Mrr. I hope he doesn't say no. *crosses fingers* We were tossing around names tonight, and if we pick one of the ones we were tossing around,
evilpuppy is going to be vastly amused.In other news, Tora-kun and I watched Super Size Me tonight, and ... you know, I don't think I'll ever be able to eat at a fast food restaurant ever again. Ever. Ever-ever. OMG GROSS. It took two months of a vegan diet to undo one month of fast-food eating. I'm pretty sure I'm too much of a wuss to go vegan -- or vegetarian, for that matter (and I have the utmost respect for anyone who can manage it), but it'll be a damn long time before I ever order pizza and wings again. I told Tora-kun that movie made me want to run to Wild Oats and shop there forever and ever, amen. And I don't eat fast food that much (okay, ordering pizza -- and that's so stopping ASAFP), but I was seriously disgusted. *shudder*
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I haven't read Fast Food Nation yet, and after seeing Super Size Me, I'm almost afraid to. One thing that SSM does is show that while McDonalds used to post the nutrition information in their stores, none of them do now. The guy (can't remember his name) kept asking in various stores where their nutritional information flyers were kept -- none of them had any on hand, except for one place, that had them behind a big-ass cardboard cut-out of Ronald & Co. (or something).
It also showed how the majority of school lunches are just as bad for you. Kids are going through the lunch line ordering french fries and swiss rolls FOR LUNCH. There was only one school they covered (and I can't remember where it was), where everything was, in fact, home-made, and nutritious. It didn't cost any MORE than the fast-food schools, which was what the explanation was first -- that it was a cost-effective. Basically it appears the lobbyists for the fast food companies are to blame, and I don't doubt it.