Long time no blog, yuk, that sounded lame... so I have been busy lately, my life has changed a bit... I’m just barely waiting tables, I’m in rehearsals for Einstein’s Dreams (expect more info. on this in the future), I have a cool new pt job as a tube talker, and I am now a full-time working girl at an architectural/interior design firm. My job is hard to explain, basically my duties range from watering the plants to designing the new skyscraper slated for development in downtown Chicago by late 2006. (I'm thinking a swirling hot pink metallic and silver theme.)
So with this crazy new schedule I am encountering some strangeness, like the hours are wicked weird! I actually now rise at the time that I used to go to bed...it's not like I was partying before either, I was just up all night, playing Literati, watching movies, writing, organizing, dancing for my cat and next thing you know it's the crack of dawn!
Also it seems that I have now encountered a whole new wave of what seems to be the new pink: BO.
Like cupcakes, BO seems to be the hot new trend! It seems to be everywhere I go! And then it dawns on me, it must be me!!!!!! So friends, people, family, loved ones, please tell me if I smell, I will not be offended. I will be ever so grateful and will promise to finally shower. That's all.
Thanks Y'all
More fun blogging later when I have a minute to breathe!!!!
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Thursday, September 08, 2005
UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Katrina is a bitch.
If my name was Katrina I'd change my name to Kat. (No pun intended, which you'll get once you've read ahead.)
In regard to the bitch, for goodness sakes let these poor people take their pets with them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Did you hear about Snowball? I just did. Police took a small white dog named Snowball from a little boy at the Superdome. The dog wasn't allowed to go with the boy upon evacuation of the dome. When the police took the dog the boy cried "Snowball! Snowball!" until he vomited.
At the time authorities said they didn't know where the boy or his dog ended up. It wasn't with each other though.
Thankfully it looks like Snowball has since been found but has yet to be reunited with the boy.
(The full story is on the MSNBC website.)
The story of Snowball makes ME want to vomit...but what is even worse are now the people that are forced to leave their pets at their homes, where there is no food and fresh water. The pets are basically just being left there to die.
I am so dumbfounded. I could go on about this, however my bitching is pretty annoying, plus I am SUPER tired and am making no sense.
So what I really want to say is PLEASE, if you can, help the little furry victims. Some pet organization's, such the Humane Society have been given permits to search homes and rescue dogs, cats, and even hamsters! These people need help! Check out ways to help by going to any of these websites!
From Reuters
NEW ORLEANS - The promise of a warm meal, cold drink and air-conditioned shelter was not enough to convince George Reed Thursday to hop a military truck out of New Orleans.
Reed, a gap-toothed retiree, wanted to know only one thing from the soldiers trying to persuade him and a few neighbors to evacuate the city, which was devastated by Hurricane Katrina last week. “What about my dog?”
Reed, who lives with a pit bull in Bywater, a Bohemian quarter near the center of town, was not alone in his concern. Countless pet owners faced a terrible dilemma as authorities pressed ahead with a forced evacuation of the flooded city.
They could to defy the order and risk forcible removal or even arrest or they could comply, condemning their four-legged friends to an uncertain fate in a city that could be uninhabitable for weeks if not months.
For Reed, the decision was a quick one.
“We’re staying,” he said as he walked back to his home.
'I have no choice'
Adrian Tate, a carpenter who also owns a pit bull, said he knew of other animal lovers who were going to hide from authorities during the evacuation.
“They’ve got pets and they ain’t leaving them behind,” Tate said
Minutes later, Tate boarded a truck out of the city — without his dog.
“I have no choice,” he shouted.
Rescuers who cruised submerged areas of New Orleans by boat have reluctantly left behind countless dogs and cats perched on roofs, hoods of cars and any other available dry surface. Their orders were to pick up human, not animal, cargo.
The reasoning was based on logistics rather than callousness. Many of the temporary shelters that are housing thousands of displaced New Orleans residents throughout the nation prohibit pets.
This hard line has stymied the rescue effort in New Orleans. Would-be rescuers have watched in amazement time and again during the past week as pet owners refused to budge from flooded homes without a dog or cat.
That may change in the coming days as a fledgling effort to locate abandoned and stranded pets builds momentum. Police are giving animal rescue groups permits to search houses for pets.
So far, animal rescue groups have fielded more than 3,500 requests from people looking for lost pets as a result of Katrina, according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare.
The group said Thursday that it had rescued 43 dogs, 41 cats, a snake, a bird, an iguana, a hamster and a 300-pound potbelly pig named Ruty in the New Orleans area in the past two days.
Copyright 2005 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.
If you wish to support animal-related relief efforts in the hurricane zone, visit the following Web sites for information on making a donation and volunteering:
• American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
• American Veterinary Medical Foundation
• Humane Society of the United States
• Katrina Found Pets
• American Humane Association
• LSU School of Veterinary Medicine
• Noah’s Wish
• Petfinder.com: Animal Welfare Disaster Resources
• American Kennel Club
If my name was Katrina I'd change my name to Kat. (No pun intended, which you'll get once you've read ahead.)
In regard to the bitch, for goodness sakes let these poor people take their pets with them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Did you hear about Snowball? I just did. Police took a small white dog named Snowball from a little boy at the Superdome. The dog wasn't allowed to go with the boy upon evacuation of the dome. When the police took the dog the boy cried "Snowball! Snowball!" until he vomited.
At the time authorities said they didn't know where the boy or his dog ended up. It wasn't with each other though.
Thankfully it looks like Snowball has since been found but has yet to be reunited with the boy.
(The full story is on the MSNBC website.)
The story of Snowball makes ME want to vomit...but what is even worse are now the people that are forced to leave their pets at their homes, where there is no food and fresh water. The pets are basically just being left there to die.
I am so dumbfounded. I could go on about this, however my bitching is pretty annoying, plus I am SUPER tired and am making no sense.
So what I really want to say is PLEASE, if you can, help the little furry victims. Some pet organization's, such the Humane Society have been given permits to search homes and rescue dogs, cats, and even hamsters! These people need help! Check out ways to help by going to any of these websites!
From Reuters
NEW ORLEANS - The promise of a warm meal, cold drink and air-conditioned shelter was not enough to convince George Reed Thursday to hop a military truck out of New Orleans.
Reed, a gap-toothed retiree, wanted to know only one thing from the soldiers trying to persuade him and a few neighbors to evacuate the city, which was devastated by Hurricane Katrina last week. “What about my dog?”
Reed, who lives with a pit bull in Bywater, a Bohemian quarter near the center of town, was not alone in his concern. Countless pet owners faced a terrible dilemma as authorities pressed ahead with a forced evacuation of the flooded city.
They could to defy the order and risk forcible removal or even arrest or they could comply, condemning their four-legged friends to an uncertain fate in a city that could be uninhabitable for weeks if not months.
For Reed, the decision was a quick one.
“We’re staying,” he said as he walked back to his home.
'I have no choice'
Adrian Tate, a carpenter who also owns a pit bull, said he knew of other animal lovers who were going to hide from authorities during the evacuation.
“They’ve got pets and they ain’t leaving them behind,” Tate said
Minutes later, Tate boarded a truck out of the city — without his dog.
“I have no choice,” he shouted.
Rescuers who cruised submerged areas of New Orleans by boat have reluctantly left behind countless dogs and cats perched on roofs, hoods of cars and any other available dry surface. Their orders were to pick up human, not animal, cargo.
The reasoning was based on logistics rather than callousness. Many of the temporary shelters that are housing thousands of displaced New Orleans residents throughout the nation prohibit pets.
This hard line has stymied the rescue effort in New Orleans. Would-be rescuers have watched in amazement time and again during the past week as pet owners refused to budge from flooded homes without a dog or cat.
That may change in the coming days as a fledgling effort to locate abandoned and stranded pets builds momentum. Police are giving animal rescue groups permits to search houses for pets.
So far, animal rescue groups have fielded more than 3,500 requests from people looking for lost pets as a result of Katrina, according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare.
The group said Thursday that it had rescued 43 dogs, 41 cats, a snake, a bird, an iguana, a hamster and a 300-pound potbelly pig named Ruty in the New Orleans area in the past two days.
Copyright 2005 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.
If you wish to support animal-related relief efforts in the hurricane zone, visit the following Web sites for information on making a donation and volunteering:
• American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
• American Veterinary Medical Foundation
• Humane Society of the United States
• Katrina Found Pets
• American Humane Association
• LSU School of Veterinary Medicine
• Noah’s Wish
• Petfinder.com: Animal Welfare Disaster Resources
• American Kennel Club
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