Best Quote Today

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“My mother doesn’t order anything with ice because ice causes gas”
Don’t need to hear another thing from anyone else again today. This is the only statement that carries any meaning, but I don’t know what that meaning is.

I wish

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I wish that when you have one of those days where suddenly all the clues fall into place, and all the weirdness suddenly starts to make sense that it had more to do with a birthday surprise than a bad news surprise.
Today is not a birthday surprise day, today is an “oh, shit, I overstayed my welcome” surprise day.
I don’t like these days at all.

Word Power and Serendipity

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The other night I am lying in bed and i am wondering to myself, “I wonder what doyenne means.”.
Seriously, I was.
It’s a good word, fills your mouth and rolls around on your tongue, even when you say it in your head. Doyenne.
So, I get the Word of the Day email this morning and there it is, the definition for the word doyenne:
doyen \DOY-en; DWAH-yan\, noun:
1. The senior member of a body or group.
2. One who is knowledgeable or uniquely skilled as a result of long experience in some field of endeavor.
doyenne \doy-(Y)EN; dwah-YEN\, noun:
A woman who is a doyen.
Wow! Really. Now i can move on to my newest word related quest, finding the single word that encompasses “under the pseudo-calm I’m seething and ready to punch”. Perhaps something that would indicate a hidden, but tightly coiled anger.

Dogs

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I am completely and totally enamored with having a dog. I had a dog in high school, but she came fully trained. This guy comes to me as a puppy and I have to figure out how he communicates and all that so that we can make each other happy. And that’s really what’s fascinating for me. I’ve had cats all these past ten years and cats are pretty much self trainable. They know what they want, they get it done, if what they want is also what you want then it is a happy coincidence. Dogs aren’t like that. They know what they want, but they also want to know what you want and they want to strike a deal with you. They are interested in what you think, they want your input. Unfortunately, we don’t speak the same language, so it gets frustrating at times. Also, occasionally, they do want something you don’t want, like to remove chunks of your flesh as you sleep, but they’re willing to make a sacrifice in exchange for some snausages and a belly rub.
I know I am posting too much about my dog, but dammit, how could I not??