ONE MORE THING...

...Animal Planet has a show on Saturday night, 8/7 CST...showing reunions with owners and their pets. I know I'll be balling like a baby, but I will definately watch this. Don't let me be the only one...
posted by Wanting at 6:17 PM

 
...I once watched a program (after 9/11) about rescue dogs. One set of profiles they did was on the dogs that were used to find bodies among the rubble of the twin towers. These dogs would find people, sometimes still alive, but mostly those that perished. Both the owners and the animals worked day and night, pretty much exhausted after long, grueling hours.

...One owner that was interviewed talked of his rottweiler, who was a great rescue dog...found many people, both alive and dead, during his career as a cadaver dog. He spoke of how, after the time at the towers, his dog was listless...he almost seemed depressed. He wouldn't eat, and didn't seem to want to do anything anymore. He was afraid that maybe, with all the dust and what was in it, his dog was sick.

(A friend of mine who lives out there once told me that all that shit that was released into the air when the towers were destroyed will probably show up years later as cancer and other bad things. Even though he and his friends knew they were being exposed, they still went down to help, like many others)

...Dogs, unfortunately, can develop a lot of human diseases like cancer. So you can imagine what this man thought was happening with his friend. On further observation, the owner was relieved to find out his dog wasn't sick, at least not physically.

...On further observation, it was discovered the rott was covered in brown dirt...which makes sense after what he'd been doing.

...On further observation, it was discovered that it wasn't dirt he was covered in, it was dried blood. From head to toe, dried blood from all the bodies he'd found in the debris.

...After a long, cleansing bath, the dog seemed to bounce back to normal. He was eating, and seemd to be happy again.

...Some people think this is silly, but it was agreed upon by everyone, that the rottweiler had been depressed...saddened...physically and emotionally affected by all of this. I for one agree that that can happen.
posted by Wanting at 5:55 PM

 

...a cadaver dog...used to find you-know-what.. 
posted by Wanting at 5:53 PM

 

I wanna go..I wanna go and see the cowboys.. 
posted by Wanting at 7:17 PM

 
...alllllright...enough of the cute dog pictures. Must I keep rubbing it in? Well, yes, I do, it's my blog, and having already established the fact that it will never be up there with the great ones, I can do anything I damn well please, because people, it don't get any worse than this.

...besides, at least I didn't create a blog that is totally devoted to Sin. I've come across some blogs that parents have created to coincide with everything, and I mean...everything. I for one would never post my kid's pictures up anywhere. Too many weirdos.

...speaking of...I went to my doctor the other day (gyno/obstetrics) and, as usual, all the magazines were for parents and women. A parent I am not. A woman...well...yeah...but that doesn't mean I want the latest casserole recipes and 10 ways to light that fire at home (hey...I'm covered there). I want People or Entertainment Weekly, maybe some Outdoor Life or Newsweek.

...I haven't heard from my Marine in a while. Everytime you hear that someone else has been killed, you get a little nervous about it. I don't even know if he's told his family about me. If something happens to him, I'd most likely never know. To think they just allowed kids over 18 to be able to get a tattoo. Like they had to argue the point. Here's a gun...go shoot it...but you can't drink til you're 21.

...is it me, or are there a LOT of people of authority getting into trouble lately? Here at the county jail, one of the officers was screwing a woman who was in jail. They found out about it. The jail is here in Pekin. Another mark on our town. Of course, you can't beat the meth lab rep...the we-hate-color rep (that's improved, tho), the snob rep (still going strong), and the government officals who like to gamble on the boat...a LOT....drink...in the bar...and make up stupid laws for more money, build rediculous buildings for more money, can't have a children's fun place to go probably because it costs money...pretty much typical politicians.

I hope everyone here has a great holiday. Sorry I rambled. I'm just not talented that way.
posted by Wanting at 10:10 PM

 

THIS is the one I wanted to put up...and thanks to Buffalo I got it. Now if you don't love dogs after this, you need to leave.. 
posted by Wanting at 3:41 PM

 

...can you believe this is play time? 
posted by Wanting at 5:02 PM

 

...here he is again..first day out of the yard... 
posted by Wanting at 4:59 PM

 

...here's my baby...Sin 
posted by Wanting at 4:58 PM

 
...I don't want to offend anyone, so don't take this personally.

...could someone please tell me what in the world a leaf blower is for?

....and don't say it's for blowing leaves...I got that much.

...so people actually spend money on this motor with a handle that blows everything all over...basically just pushes it into someone else's yard, or out in the street.

...I may be wrong, but isn't that the same as me raking all my leaves into the street or the neighbor's yard?

...and if the wind picks up..



DERR...
posted by Wanting at 10:46 PM

 
...well now I feel bad.

...Jack has set up a way to help injured troops thru donations...you need to go to his site and read up on it. It's for something worthy and necessary, and I think it will do some good. Please check it out.

...however, I can't afford it at the moment. There are people who are donating a lot (to me it's a lot) of money, and for some reason I'm worried how he thinks of me.
No idea why...I doubt he comes here much, if at all. But I've come to respect him thru his writing.

...I have my charities...I also have my doctors' bills, the house here and other stuff. I have three different Marines I'm sending stuff to. I try and be different every time. I don't want to keep sending q-tips and eye wash. I try to send fun stuff along with necessities. I'd love to splurge and send a really nice game (it's what they asked for), but they are expensive. I don't have a husband, and I certainly don't have a significant other here anymore.

...so now I feel like a shit. But anyone who knows me also knows I help whenever I can. It's like the ending in Schindler's List. He saved hundreds of Jews by puting them on a list to work...and in the end, he realizes he could have saved more if he picked more. But he couldn't save everyone.

...this fucking war...sick children...people being cruel to one another and animals. Lots of people need money and support.

So good luck Jack. I'm sure you'll have lots of people to help you. I'm sorry it wasn't me.
posted by Wanting at 7:02 PM

 
a good reason I'm glad I don't have children....

.....three students from Pekin High were killed in a crash on Red Shale Hill Road a few weeks ago. Apparently the driver had just gotten his license, and rumor has it they were doing over 90 AND took a picture of the speedomoter and text messaged it to a friend from a cell phone. The passenger side is the side that hit the tree first.

.....two other students from Pekin High were killed about a week or so ago when they hit each other on their dirt bikes. They were riding without helments, no lights, and it was dark outside.

.....a girl in Peoria (can't remember what school she was at) was found dead in her car, which was folded almost in half, when it hit a tree (I believe).

.....the college student from ISU that disappeared...was found several days later in a burned out chicken coop in Mississippi...her car was found in Atlanta, Georgia.

.....so what's going on? No common sense anymore? Were those kids that ignorant? I'd be so afraid mine would turn out that stupid.
.....as for the girl in Mississippi, when they find who did it, let the parents and friends at him with baseball bats. Drastic? Maybe, but too many people are killing too many people. Defense is one thing, but just to kill someone?
.....that's why I have so many animals here. Maybe we shouldn't make fun of that cat lady down the street. She may be onto something.
posted by Wanting at 11:33 PM