My Dog is Chelsea

Where procrastination comes to flourish

Entries from June 2006

Random bullet points

June 12th, 2006 · 7 Comments

I’m feeling the need to update this blog despite my complete lack of decent material. So—I present you with a few bullet points of random material:
• Yesterday I went into my neighbor’s apartment to let out the dog and pig and discovered that Girdie the Potbelly had located and ingested an entire bag of Pixie [...]

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Tags: Life · My mother · Uncle Joe

She’s a teenager now!

June 8th, 2006 · 12 Comments

I never thought I’d see the day. I really didn’t. In fact, within the first week of bringing Chelsea home from her litter I became convinced that she’d run away or get hit by a car or have something otherwise tragic happen to her. I was terrified that I’d lose her.
But now, here she is, [...]

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Tags: Chelsea

Diamonds—er, spikes—on the soles of her shoes

June 7th, 2006 · 7 Comments

Had to buy new cleats today. The old ones—hand-me-downs from a friend, who scored them for 10 bucks at K-mart—completely busted through the other day. The entire sole popped out, and of course I didn’t notice it until after I’d gotten home from the game and my foot was killing me.
So I went to the [...]

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Tags: Procrastination · Ultimate Frisbee · WTF?

The case of the free-flowing money

June 5th, 2006 · 15 Comments

In a moment of sheer nerdiness, I recently sent out an email to friends and family about the blog’s change of URL, announcing the new site and some of the new features that come with it. I wrote, among other things: “My blog is now fully searchable. If you want to read about, say, twenty [...]

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Tags: Life

If a gown is evening wear, what do you wear to sleep?

June 1st, 2006 · 14 Comments

The other day I ate a lemon-flavored popsicle thing that vaguely resembled a soccer ball. It came on a stick that contained the following riddle:
If a gown is evening wear, what is a suit of armor?
“Knight wear! It’s knight wear! Get it? Like ‘evening/night’? Yes! That must be it! I am good!” I was so [...]

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Tags: My mother · Ultimate Frisbee · WTF?