Once More With Feeling

Lately I have been feeling as if I'm on the brink of some wonderful discovery.

In between the times where I feel like a complete jerk because I don't want an inside dog and I have to do boring, normal things like housework and "work."

I think the doggie situation is going to be a little smoother...Stu suggested we keep her outside [never mind the barking], if we get her a lead line and patch the fence. I'm ok with that. She can even sleep inside when it gets really cold. We have a doggie igloo in the pen that we can warm up and put a heat lamp next to that will work too. That would be fine with me. I just don't want the neighbors to be annoyed with us if she yelps all the time. So we'll see how that works out. I think it would be awesome to have a dog that doesn't have to be taken out or watched over 24-7 and that we can walk nightly to get our exercise. That is cool. I just don't want a dog that needs CONSTANT attention. I can't give that and I would just end up angry and frustrated all the time.

We ARE getting a hamster. Which will be loads of fun. It will be awake at night, when we are home, and it will be in my craft room, where the wheel won't wake us up at night. We can hold him and feed him treats and laugh when he exercises in the little hamster ball. And it's easy to take care of them. Plus he won't require a pet deposit. So...looking forward to a wee little furbaby joining us soon.

Stu says I'm like a hamster - I can keep myself occupied with a myriad of things. Which, for the most part, is true. I like being by myself [sometimes] and even if I'm with people I will just do my own thing.

I'm watching through Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 6 now...it is remarkable how much characters can change throughout a show. Stu and I both love the serial story-telling style, and that is what draws me to television. Especially shows that connect through the episodes to end up going somewhere...it's fascinating to me. I still want to be in/write for a long-running T.V. show. It would be awesome.

Not much else to say at the moment, other than that I am trying to get to work on writing. I've got the children's picture book to illustrate, "Violet's Monster" to plot out and write, and then The Gentleman's Lady...I've got to do the promo poster and start getting the plotlines in order before I figure out whether it's going to be a t.v. show or a series of novels. We'll see.

Movies to watch this year:

Fantastic Mr. Fox
Where the Wild Things Are
Ponyo
UP
Gentleman Broncos
Coraline [already on DVD]