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the thing i will miss the most when i leave nz is our dog, bella. she is the funniest, smartest, weirdest, most hyper dog i've ever met.

what kind of dog is she? i dearly love dogs bump

three hour I hope the title is still there bump

xpost to estela - Kids are awesome and funny and relentless and exhausting and they will make you crazy and also make you super happy and also wake you up at awful times and also tell you that they love you in a very charming way that can't be imitated or beaten because they are SO sincere.

So make of that what you will. (I'm sure you know that all already anyway)

aw

gross

not really, i just didn't want the thread title to break and i didn't have anything else to say

probably the #1 irrational motivation in this whole get a house deal is to have a yard and thus dog(s).

Dogs are cool! I have moments when I think we should have one. But the kid plus school thing is already overwhelming, and they are harder to leave at home if we want to travel. (Someday we're going to get to travel, right?)

Sometimes I kind of want to steal my in-laws daschund, Nena. Also white samoyeds are sooooooo gorgeous. And if someone can bring Sarge, my German Shepherd from when I was reeeeallly little, that would also be awesome.

BUT WE'RE NOT GETTING A DOG

(god it's like Multiple Personality Morning here, sorry)

If we got a dog it would die from neglect and being strangled by my wife.

So J031 is allergic or she just hates dogs?

RR I very much want to hear about this dog.

She is allergic, ergo she never grew up with pets.

dan--i met lupe fiasco last night

he came and played a really short set at my school (co-sponsored by the radio station). hes a good guy, pretty funny, not "down-to-earth" necessarily but definitely not a jerk.

Cool! Did he do "Little Weapon"?

nah he only did like five songs--kick, push; superstar; cool; something from the new one that i didnt recognize; and daydreaming

for abbott and estela:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3151/2298848516_9ce724cb58.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3182/2298848408_c26c56b70c.jpg

i have hardly any photos of bella, and even less good ones, because she gets really shy when even she these four things: a camera, broom, vacuum cleaner, water bottle.

she's mastiff/staff/lab/X

What a great looking dog!

Oh, you're going to miss her...

Lupe should play "Little Weapon" everywhere he goes, that song is ferocious.

28 minutes later

the dog(s) in question will be a german shepherd and an english setter

we may not have a house yet, but we know what dogs we'll put in it

re: dogs - do you have specific dogs in mind, or are those just the types of dogs you want? (wait, what kind of dog was your family dog when we were in high school? Also, how can you resist getting whatever kind of dog Caledonia's family has? I can't remember its name or type, just that it is a MUPPET DOG)

xpost I listened to that song on youtube and it was pretty awesome. Even though my Sound Sticks are still not working. ;_;

a) types of dogs
b) my family dogs have always been long-haired german shepherds
c) the muppet dog is named TUGBOAT, and is a portuguese water dog. they are amusing, but why buy the milk when you can borrow the dog for free? also they are $$$$$$$, apparently

german shepherds from good breeders are still pretty inexpensive because of their long-standing popularity due to being wicked awesome

haha, sorry about the barrage of questions there.

TUGBOAT! Yes. The name is also awesome. Honestly, though, "Portuguese water dog" sounds completely made up.

Also, I don't remember anything about your family dog other than it seemed like a GIANT.

Bear was a total giant. That dog was just HUGE. Zeus was big but still seemed to be dog-sized to me.

Clearly I am making two dogs into ONE MEGA DOG. Maybe?

http://www.ummagurau.com/writing/video/forte/image89.gif

John's dog circa 1989.

John's dog spoke in computer-generated hiragana-like barks?

See, I don't remember that.

Although I think that in 1989 I was not very well acquainted with John, other than "dude who drops off notebooks of poems to the lit. magazine, thereby creating a ton of extra work for me and everyone else on the staff."

(Also, "dude in Joseph" and "dude who is good friend with Dan.")

What about "dude who turned his hesher haircut into a preppy do with braids on the side not unlike H4nn4 H3tzl's"?

Well, yes, but that was 1990.

EVERY TIME I READ A TUOMAS THREAD I FEEL LIKE I AM READING SOMETHING WRITTEN BY THE KIDS IN THE HALL CHARACTER THAT ASKED THE BUTCHER "HOW MUCH DOES MY HEAD WEIGH"

OVER AND OVER AND OVER

WHY DO HUMANS USUALLY HAVE TWO NIPPLES? AESTHETIC SYMMETRY?

ARE CORNROWS CALLED CORNROWS BECAUSE BLACK PEOPLE USED TO EAT A LOT OF CORN?

sometimes i worry that i am the only person on ILX who finds him COMPLETELY AGGRAVATING

i think it is largely the bullheaded attatchment to whatever bizarre idea has wandered through his thread today as absolute truth

thread head

or maybe not

STOP READING THAT THREAD AND BACK SLOWLY AWAY FOR A FEW MINUTES

BREATHE DEEPLY

RELAAAAAAX

If that doesn't work, you could go outside and scream. (First assess to make sure no customers are around)

I think you should gather all of the customers around, then scream "I AM A MANNEQUIN! HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWL!"

I AM A MANNEQUIN! CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWN!

Please film the reactions of customers and post here thx