spoiled rotten greyound!

Jeff and I adopted Monty over two years ago. I don't really know just HOW we ended up with a greyhound when we originally were looking at much smaller dogs. Dogs like pugs or cocker spanierls, or min pins.. small dogs. But we got Monty, I think mostly because I'm a sucker and I want to adopt any animal with a hard luck story. Anyway, we got Monty through the wonderful New England Greyhound Welfare (http://www.greyhoundwelfare.org/) where we had a choice between two different greyhounds. Monty was the first one we saw, and the other greyhound was the second. That second greyhound was a BEAUTIFUL dog, beautiful color and markings, and really big. I kind of wanted the second dog, but we thought Monty would be the better fit for our family. The main reason? Monty was so low key when we visited him at his foster house. He barely blinked an eyelash as we pat him, and we thought "GREAT! He's so calm and sedate, perfect"! And so we adopted him. Of course now we know that the whole "quiet and mellow" side of Monty does NOT exist. He can jump almost as high as my head, and if we leave the house for two minutes he comes bounding down the stairs like a maniac as soon as we open the door. Its like we've been gone for MONTHS. Anyway, he's a pain in the ass and spoiled rotten and we adore him. I, in particular, adore having a dog to dress up. I currently have a fleece jacket for Monty and a custom made jacket for winter, along with something called a "snood". Yes, I said a custom made jacket - a jacket that cost $75 to have made to his exact measurements. The sweater he's wearing in the picture to my left is actually something he doesn't wear, it didn't fit him properly and I actually had to cut it off him. I'm including some goofy pictures of Monty for all to enjoy. And rest assured that once I get his custom made pajamas ordered I'll be posting pictures of those as well!

morning reading

So I was reading on Slate.MSN this morning that in Indonesia they are actually putting into LAW the need for Massage Therapists to wear chastity belts. Yes, CHASTITY BELTS. I'm copying and pasting part of the article here:

Here's the report from Indonesia, courtesy of Paul Watson in Sunday's L.A. Times:
In a bid to prevent any hanky-panky between masseuses and their clients, several massage parlors ... are insisting that the women wear padlocks across the zippers of their work pants. ... [The instigating parlor owner] settled on black pants that zip up at the side, where a padlock is slipped through two cloth loops and snapped shut each time a masseuse meets a client. ... He stores the padlocks and keys in a special box at the cashier's counter. When a customer arrives for a massage, given in a private room behind a curtain, the "cashier calls one masseuse, asks her to prepare things and locks her pants," ... [and] "when the client is done, the masseuse comes to the cashier, and the cashier opens the padlock."Several other parlor owners have supposedly decided to adopt similar locks. A local official says, "We expect this policy to be enacted as city legislation."

So let me get this straight, as a therapist you meet your client, discuss the goals of the session, and then come back out to get your pants PADLOCKED??? Her pants are actually locked?? I have so many questions about this, first being, really?? Padlocked? The article talks about how the, I am presuming, male, clients are "sweet talkers" and that the therapists are then "seduced" into somehow turning a massage session into a little something more... if you get my drift. Here are my questions:

1. Just WHAT the heck is the client saying that causes the female therapist to throw aside all her morals and objections and be "seduced"? I'm just saying that it would have to be something pretty darn spectacular. Something along the lines of "My dearest angel, you are a gift from above. Let me whisk you away on my private jet where we will fly to my private tropical island. Once there your only responsibilities will be lounging on the beach with a frozen margarita and if you want anything you need only to snap your fingers. Jewelry, clothes, private planes - you need only ask and your wish will be granted. If you want to talk, I will be available, if you want to be left alone, I will leave you until you need me. I worship you, you are my life and love, my only reason for living". God I'm fanning myself just thinking about this. Oh, and if it was KANE saying all these things, well then I'm sorry Jeff, but I would be gone.
2. How does the therapist use the bathroom??? If your pants are PADLOCKED, how do avail yourself of the facilities? And what if you get a pretty urgent need to pee? Do you just cross your legs and hope for the best?
3. I just can't get over the fact that in this day and age we're seriously talking about CHASTITY BELTS. I mean, that was something that was implemented in the MIDDLE AGES. Chastity belts? I'd ask what's next, but I can't think of anything more horrible. Chastity belts - BAH!

self...

I love these forwards and thought I'd fill one out for everyone to see!

1. What is your occupation? Massage Therapist
2. What color are your socks right now? No socks!

3. What are you listening to right now? WWE Friday Night Smackdown - the Undertaker's theme music is playing at this exact moment
4. What was the last thing that you ate? Reeses Peanut Butter Crunch Cereal with milk
5. Can you drive a stick shift? Yes - learned to drive on a stick shift!
6. Last person you spoke to on the phone? Jeff

7. Do you like the person who sent this to you? Yes! Mike aka Spud sent this to me!
8. How old are you today? 33

9. What is your favorite sport to watch? Ick... I watch wrestling, and yes I consider it a sport!

10. What is your favorite drink? Green apple martinis or Champage with kir royale

11. Have you ever dyed your hair? Blonde highlights

12. Favorite food? Chocolate, anything chocolate!

13. What was the last movie you watched? P2 - horror movie set in a parking lot and was actually really, really good!

14. Favorite day of the year? I love Christmas Eve!
15. How do you vent anger? bitch to Jeff and/or act like a whiny cranky baby
16. What was your favorite toy as a child? Barbie, I loved, loved, loved Barbie!

17. What is your favorite season? Spring or Fall

18. Cherries or Blueberries? Both!

19. Do you want your friends to e-mail you back? YES!

20. Who is the most likely to respond? Jeff, because we're married and he has to respond

21. Who is least likely to respond? no idea

22. Living arrangements? House - teeny, tiny, small house, but its ours!

23. When was the last time you cried? A few weeks ago??

24. What is on the floor of your closet? dirty laundry

25. Who is the friend you have had the longest that you are sending to? Sage! I've known her since I was 4 years old!

26. What did you do last night? I worked all night as a home health aide - you know you're all jealous

27. Favorite smells? Yankee Candles - they have a sugar cookie one that smells yummy!

28. What inspires you? So many things, too many name!

29. What are you most afraid of? Spider - OMG I hate spiders

30. Plain, cheese or spicy hamburgers? Spicy hamburgers??? I like cheese, and my burger should be rare, as rare as possible, maybe still mooing if they can

31. Favorite dog breed? I am obligated to say Greyhound in honor of our own spoiled rotten greyhound, Monty.

32. Favorite day of the week? Friday!

33. How many states have you lived in? 1 - I am sooo boring

Feel free to answer this yourself in the comments section!

Movie Night!

Jeff and I invited my father over this past weekend and we watched the much anticipated "Alien vs Predator 2". Yes, the sequel to the amazing "Alien vs Predator" with the infamous line of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend". I'm not sure why we invite my father over for such horrible movies such as these, but for some odd reason I get a huge kick out of torturing him. Regardless the movie was decent. Lots of good action, lots of unnecessary and graphic shots of disembowled bodies, and of course there's one teenage kid who's a complete ASS and you're just waiting for him to bite it in the most gruesome and painful way possible. The only thing I missed was the whole "human fights WITH predator" storyline that was in the first. The lead female in the first movie was amazing and the fact that she joins forces with the predator to defeat the aliens was fabulous. No such storyline here, just a bunch of people that you kind of vaguely care about and a cliffhanger ending that made absolute no sense but instead sets you up for apparently the NEXT movie in the Alien vs Predator saga. Not real happy about that, I kind of wanted them to tie the movies to the originals of both genres, but no such luck.

BTW, after the movie my father INSISTED, was 100% POSITIVE that he had not seen the first Alien vs Predator movie despite Jeff and I telling him that he had in fact seen it, and seen it with us! He wasn't having it at all and continued to protest that he had not seen the movie, and further insinuated that Jeff and I were, in fact, crazy. So we got the first movie out and played it through and eventually my father conceded that perhaps "some of the clips seem vaguely familiar". Uh huh. That's because YOU'VE SEEN THE MOVIE ALREADY!!!!

Score:

Katharine & Jeff 1

Daddy 0

Obsession with Kane

Jeff and I went to WWE wrestling so I could indulge my obsession with all things Kane. Well, actually we went because we both have fun going to and watching the shows. I am so not a sports person, and I thank God everyday that my husband is also not a sports person. But wrestling is different. It has a story, usually some sort of metal music, and it has KANE! I mean Kane has a fabulous backstory - which is way too much to get into here, but he has ANGST. I love characters with angst. For example, I am not a Superman fan as he seems too perfect. But I love Batman as he all sorts of angst and drama!!! Where was I? Oh yeah, KANE! Kane is this monster guy that is so not attractive but he's HUGE and pale and bald and he comes out with fireworks and metal music and I adore him. So Jeff let me pretend that I was 12 and I made a sign that said "Kane Lights My Fire" and we went to the show. Well at the end of the night Kane came out after the main show so most of the crowd was already gone. So I unrolled my sign and waved it around like an idiot. I didn't think much of it until Jeff and I were looking at pictures from the night and there's a picture of Kane looking RIGHT at us.. and SMILING! He's smiling at my sign! SCORE! Now if he could only have waggled a finger at me I would have rushed the stage and given him a big ol' hug!!!!

Love for Sharks!

Sharks are seriously the most fascinating animals on the planet. Yeah, yeah.. I know that they're fish.. but they are just completely amazing creatures. There are so many different kinds of sharks ranging in size, shape, and even diet. You have everything from a Whale Shark that is enormous but eats only krill and plankton, to a Great White which is the most feared fish of the deep. When I was young, my Uncle Chris took me to see "Jaw in 3D" and I spent the rest of my summer absolutely petrified that a shark would grab me. That movie completely traumatized me. But despite my fear I remember crying that the little baby shark had died, and I could understand why the mommy shark wanted her baby back. Anyway, it seriously pissses me off when I see people hunting them, putting up the nets to trap them, and turning their death into a sport. Don't even get me started on shark finning, that just makes me insane with rage. So I think everyone should not only watch, but buy, "Sharkwater" at www.sharkwater.com and learn the truth about sharks. And remember, maybe the shark just wants a hug!