Ooo-fronting
I watched a program on pbs about american regional slang and pronunciation. This topic facinates me! I learned about California ooo-fronting. It's the distinctive way that most of us West Coasters pronounce words like do, sue, blue and true...which is at the front of the mouth. Aha.
Now it's time for the weekend stats:
Nights went out: 1, Sunday to Centro.
Homebrews drunk: 2, I think.
Delicious breakfasts cooked: 1.
Crayon-sized puppy poops cleaned up: too many to count.
Episodes of 24 watched: 3.5.
Don't let me forget to listen to Ice Cube on Fresh Air today!!
I'm getting so boring. Please send help....or social activity.
Monday, January 10, 2005
Thursday, January 06, 2005
We are human nylabones
Remember how I was gushing about the puppy? I still love her to bits, but she's chewed my heart into a million pieces. She's been biting us, hard. She drew blood on Leon at least 4 times already and it doesn't seem to be getting better. We're doing everything that the books tell us to. Yelp, have a time out, leave the room. The yelping seems to freak her out and then she bites harder. The time outs and leaving the room just direct her attention to other items in the room we leave her in like her bedding or her wee-wee pad. I really feel like these methods are just not working at all. Am I being impatient? How long is this supposed to take?
Remember how I was gushing about the puppy? I still love her to bits, but she's chewed my heart into a million pieces. She's been biting us, hard. She drew blood on Leon at least 4 times already and it doesn't seem to be getting better. We're doing everything that the books tell us to. Yelp, have a time out, leave the room. The yelping seems to freak her out and then she bites harder. The time outs and leaving the room just direct her attention to other items in the room we leave her in like her bedding or her wee-wee pad. I really feel like these methods are just not working at all. Am I being impatient? How long is this supposed to take?
Wednesday, January 05, 2005
Pasta in the manner of a call girl.
This is the spaghetti puttanesca that I made last night, served with a nice Villa Antenori Chianti. I have it for lunch today too, except the wine. Maybe I'll have Pepsi instead.
It came out quite yummy. Three cheers for Everyday Food!
This is the spaghetti puttanesca that I made last night, served with a nice Villa Antenori Chianti. I have it for lunch today too, except the wine. Maybe I'll have Pepsi instead.
It came out quite yummy. Three cheers for Everyday Food!
Tuesday, January 04, 2005
Bitey.
Our sweet little Heylove has a new fascination. Biting. We're trying everything, yelping, leaving the room, calming sessions, but she's not responding like the books and internet say she should. At least not as quickly as we'd like her to.
Like this.
And this.
It's certainly frustrating. I wish I could get the Dog Whisperer out to our place to see if we're doing this wrong. The little squirt is so cute, but her teeth are so needle sharp and she's drawn blood on more than one occasion.
Our sweet little Heylove has a new fascination. Biting. We're trying everything, yelping, leaving the room, calming sessions, but she's not responding like the books and internet say she should. At least not as quickly as we'd like her to.
Like this.
And this.
It's certainly frustrating. I wish I could get the Dog Whisperer out to our place to see if we're doing this wrong. The little squirt is so cute, but her teeth are so needle sharp and she's drawn blood on more than one occasion.
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