When he jumped he probably thought he was flying

firestarter____ @ 2008-04-24T23:51:00

2008-04-25T06:51:12Z

Today was alright.

I talked to Bree till like 11 last night and went to bed after trying to find a book to read (I picked one but didn't go with it). I went on myspce and uploaded some pics and I posted to pocket_loki with some pics. I e-mailed Heidi (the breeders we got Loki from) with the link to the site, and I sent an email to my mother, my dad, my mommom and my cousin Maria with a link. Plus I sent a long email to Nancy (my therapist from my last methadone clinic) just to say hi and catch up. While sending the bulk email I saw her address so figured I'd drop her a like or 20. I went to bed with Loki next to me. I didn't want to leave him in his crate all night since he'd be in it all morning.
I woke up at 8:10, tired as usual. I got dressed, took Loki out and had a smoke then came inside. I left him in the crate and left.
I caught the bus and went downtown, had another smoke. This guy offered me a dollar for my lighter leash. Nevermind that obviously I use it. WTF is it with downtown people, they'll bum the shirt off your back if they could.
I caught the 62 and read Unfinished Symphony all the way to the clinic. I got there and got dosed then had a smoke outside while reading.

When I came in I ran into Hillary and we exchanged phone numbers (and I took a pic of her with my phone to go along with her number). She's going to Artswalk this weekend so hopefully we'll see each other. We talked to Janine some then I read more.
Dixie came out a little after 10 and we had our meeting. It went alright. We talked about dogs and whatnot. She has a 12 year old chihuahua. I left at 10:45.
I walked to the bus stop and caught the bus at 10:59. I got to downtown Olympia at 11:37 of course. A ride that is usually 25 minutes lasted almost 40 because of how long we were at Lacey transit. I'm seriously considering complaining to the transit authority, that stop is un necessarily long and entirely pointless and it makes almost everyone miss their next bus and have to wait around for almost 30 minutes so those lazy bastards can get a 10-15 minute break every hour. Yea they have it fucking made, drive around and get a 15 minute break every hour, fuck you.
I got some fruitsnacks at the Washington Street market then walked around reading till I could catch the 47 at noon. I got home 10 minutes later.

I took Loki out to pee (he was, as always, thrilled to see me which always cheers me up). Then we came inside and I read the last 40 pages of Unfinished Symphony and tried to choose another book. I had picked The Unwanted by John Saul but, like all of his books, it didn't hold me. I like the premise for them but his writing and his charactors can't seem to keep my attention.
I sat outside and read for a little bit with Loki then I took him inside when Bree txted to say she was on her way. She was an hour late because she & Silvia were dying her hair. She got here at 2.

We had a smoke and chatted. Her hair looked sexy. We came inside and I picked another book; See No Evil by Alice Brennan. I'd started it a while ago and liked it but put it down to read somthing else. I do that alot, I've read the first couple chapters of almost all of my books hah. I loaned A Necessary Evil by Alex Kava to Breebit because she's been wanting to read it.
We just hung out for a bit, went for a walk, played with Loki, made one of the deep dish frozen pizzas I got a few days ago, (it was orgasmic).

We played with Loki in the backyard and took a video, it was amusing as hell. I love that damn dog so much.
We came inside and lounged around, I did some picture stuff and Bree watched some of Fantasia. I watched the hell scene with her.
I heard back from my father, my mother and my mommom. My dad was excited for me. Mommom and mother were... less so. I also heard from Heidi who was happy to see the site and wants to keep in touch. I plan on getting more Beagles from her in the future anyway when I can afford to breed them myself.
I took a nap for a bit with her and we had some crazy awesome sex and left at 5:10.

Once at her house I had a bowl of Coco Puffs and we watched an episode of South Park then I took Loki outside to calm him down. I had a smoke and read SNE some.
They had their mandatory dinner and I read/smokled outside with Loki,

When I came inside I just hung out with them some, Loki played with Squirt and Ollie.
They had their (groan_) famblee movie night tonight. It was Connor's pick and he picked Flyboys. He said it was only 98 minutes but after it ended (after 2 hours and 25 minutes) he admitted he lied because he couldn't find the case. GAWD I HATE THAT FUCKING KID. I was waiting for fucking 405 minutes wondering where the fuck they were because he is a fucking compulsive liar. He'll lie so EASILY it's almost scary. I fucking hope he grows up to be a fucking criminal so we can say how much we told them so and they didn't listen because they won't hear a word against their goldenchild. Yea some fucking goldenchild; he's cruel to animals and lies about everything, even when it's completely unnecessary and he won't get in trouble or anythiong for not lying. He just lies for the hell of it, I don't even think he thinks about it, he just does it.

While they watched their absurdly long movie (which I'm sure made Greg cream his fucking pants for how long he could keep them there) I was outside with Loki.
I walked him around the block till he begged for mercy, played in the yard with him and then he slept in his pocket while I read SNE alot.
They finally got out at 9:40 and we left immediately.

We came here, checked our email and then I transferred pics, posted my youtube videos (I had uploaded them this afternoon) and then Bree updated her LJ and replied to nicoli_domin/Michelle'scomment which was long and she wanted to respond to everything. Since the comment was asking questions about both of us I helped with some of it heh.
Then we played with Loki on the bed for a while, and then Loki fell asleep and Bree began to doze and we cuddled till 11:10. We had a smoke outside and she left.

I came in here, typed this up, she called at 11:35, I finished quickly because she'll be going to bed within a half hour of when she called (she took her seroquil then as she's dead tired). It took me so long to type this for some reason. I ended up saving it just in case I couldn't finish in a timely manner.
Artswalk is tomorrow, I might not have time to update then, it lasts till 11 then Bree is staying over. Which means Artswalk sex (not counting the sex we'll most likely sneak in downtown)

-Nothing

firestarter____ @ 2008-04-23T21:57:00

2008-04-24T04:57:26Z

Happy birthday sirenspastic/Jessica

Lazy lazy day it was.

I talked to Bree till around 11 and uploaded a buncha pics to myspace went to bed at midnight after resetting my phone.
I woke up a couple times during the night because I have a puppy in the bed heh. I woke for good at 10:35.

I checked my email and took Loki outside to pee. Then I came inside, updated my main LJ and put in the Spiritual Cinema Circle DVD Judith loaned me. I watched Tara Road, which is based on a book by Maeve Binchy I think. I read one book by her called The Friendship Circle that I'd given to my sister Rachel and I liked it alot. And I have The Glass Lake but have yet to read it.
Anyway while watching the movie Loki slept on me and I took my methadone at noon. My mom called at 12:30 and I paused it and talked to her for a while.

Bree showed up at like 12:50 and I hung up with mom at 1 and talked to Bree while we smoked outside with the dog.
We came in and I watched the rest of the movie while Bree went online. It was only 15 minutes left or so. I chatted with Bree some and we hung out, etc. Had a couple cigs and Bree DLed some songs. I tried to DL this song from Tara Road called "Out Of This" by Autamata, because it was really good. I found ONE copy on Limewire and it didn't work when I DLed it. LAME.
I transferred, resized, uploaded & organized my pictures.

Bree & I took a walk around the block while Loki napped then we came inside and hung out, played with Loki, etc. We had a smoke and Bree had some of the cake she made yesterday. Despite not making it with butter it still tasted good evidently, I have yet to try it.
We put in Aladdin and I played with Loki during the beginning then we both took a nap for the last half of it.
Bree & I had a smoke then got ready to go to her house, leaving at 5;15.

We drove over there and once there I had a bowl of Coco Puffs. Connor chatted everyone's ears off and Greg was in a bad mood because he has to work fridays now due to the people under him being totally incompitant. Sucks for him but good for us, he can no longer treat fridays like Bree owes him more time since they're both off. One more day where he's less in control of our schedule. *shakes head* friggen maniac.

Silvia gave (or loaned, not sure) us a crate for Loki. It used to be Ollie's then Squirt's but neither of them care for crates all that much so it's been in the shed for 3 years or so. Bree & I fished it out and put it in the front room to bring home for Loki. We had a smoke then went inside and talked to Silvia some.
They had their mandatory dinner and Loki & I sat on the front porch, him sleeping in his pocket and me reading Unfinished Symphony. After dinner Bree & I put the crate in her car and we left.

We came back here and Judith had a friend over, I think his name is David or something. He teaches at an alternative school. And Terry came over larer.

We set the crate up by my bed, Loki seems to like it alot, he whines alot less when he's in it anyway. He can come and go when the door is open.
We took him outside on the side yard because he rang his bell, and we chatted, then when we came inside he rang it again and I took him out front and he pooped. He's learning, slowly but surely, that bell = potty. Of course as we voiced that thought he peed on the floor and had to go in the naughty box for 5 minutes.
I transferred, resized, uploaded & organized my pics again and so on.
Bree read my Murder Chronicles book, reading some stuff aloud.
We had a smoke outside whileleaving Loki in his crate for the first time. He was fine, amazingly.

When back we played with Loki in the bed for a while, playing tug of war with his wiener dog toy. He was maniacally hyper haha, so I had to take a video of it of course. He is adorable, I love that little butthead.
I updated mylife_onceaday and then Bree & I crated Loki and went outside for a smoke. She left at 9:30.

She called me at 9:45 and I finished typing this up and there you have it, again.
At least my life is more interesting now than it was a year ago; it involves not only dead people and methadone clinics, but now it involves a puppy! And living in Olympia finally with my fiancee.

-Nothing

firestarter____ @ 2008-04-22T22:04:00

2008-04-23T05:05:28Z

Today was generic.

I talked to Bree till 12:15 last night and charged my phone for a while when we hung up. I ended up talking to Judith for a while in her room, she'd come in so I could give her a brownie and we got to talking. She then retired to her room to watch Dead Like Me on DVD and I came in here, got my shit ready for the morning and went to bed.

I woke up once because Loki was covering me in puppy kisses then put him in his box and fell asleep. I woke up at 8:10 and was so tired I had to drag my bum ass out of bed. Lame.
I got dresed and took Loki out then went to the bus stop after setting him up in the bathroom. I had to put a leash on his harness because he has been tearing up the door and we can't have him do any more damage to it, we're going to replace it but still... we don't want him to totally destroy it.

I read Heart Song on the bus to downtown and caught the 62 to the clinic. I ended up running into kinopion/Curran who had stayed with Kara & Melissa last nigh so was on this route to his school. It was nice, we used to ride the bus together every morning when he lived here, I miss it! He got off at Avanti within 5 minutes and I read more of my book. I got to the clinic and got my dose & takehome then left. I walked to the bus stop and finished Heart Song while waiting for the bus. I immediately began Unfinished Symphony which picks up right where HS ends off so it was like still reading the same book hah.
The 62 was late, it came at 10ish, I had been there since 9:45 and one should have come before that. So of course I missed the 47 at 10:30. LAME. I read on the way downtown then read in the area across from the transit center till I saw the 47 pull in. I grabbed some newspapers for Loki's housebreaking and got on the bus. I read till we got to my stop and ran home, by 11:10.

Once home I took Loki out to pee (he was, as always, so happy to see me. it always makes my day). We went out front and he played and played.
I came in here and transferred, resized, uploaded & organized my pics. Then I sat down on the bed with Loki to watch one of the Spiritual Cimena Circle DVDs Judith loaned me, they have 2 short films, one feature film and one documentary on them. I meant to watch one of the short films; Misty Mountain. It's about time travel and parallel worlds, etc. It's only 31 minutes and I was curious but I was so tired I fell asleep before even one line was spoken. So I figured I'd watch it when was more reasonable to do so, when I was AWAKE. I put in a Simpsons tape and promptly fell asleep.

I woke up at 1:03 when Bree showed up. We went outside with Loki and then came back in here.
Bree went to make a cake as Judith had requested to celebrate her boyfriend Martin coming tomorrow for a week but there was no butter. So we went to Grocery Outlet and THEY had no butter, they had fake-butter for $2 something which was a fucking rip off, it isn't even butter! I got carebears fruitsnacks (that's all they sell now, unfortunately), some smoothie Skittles and some deep dish pizzas. We then went to Top Foods and she found other fake butter so we sufficed with that for like a dollar.

When we came back here and I played with Loki in here while she made the cake. Nothing too exciting. I dicked around online and so on.
We hung out, went for a walk, etc. It was nice.

We left at 4:15 and drove to Bree's house. She got money from Silvia and we ran to Albertsons to get a clove of garlic for her steak dinner. Loki & I waited in the car. I can't wait till he has his service dog vest, and is better trained heh.

We got back to her house and she went about cooking and I took Loki out back to play with Ollie & Squirt. Only Ollie came out to play but they ran around the yard some, I had Loki on a retractable leash because there are too many places for him to cloister himself, like under the deck, and it always takes forever to get him to come back when he IS on a leash, it's be worse if he wasn't!

We then came inside and Loki played with Squirt and Ollie in the living room for a while and Bree cooked.
Then I had a bowl of Coco Pebbles and had a smoke outside with Loki in his pocket. I came inside and read US while Bree read an article in Rolling Stone.
They ate and I read outside for 40 minutes. Then we left around 6:50.

Once here we let Loki outside to pee then just hung out in here. Judith's friend Terry was over and Alex's mom Katherine came by with a friend who is a real estate agent. So Kathy had HER friend backing her up an Judith had Terry to back her up which was all good.

We hung out in here, Judith & them went through the house and she showed them our room as well so I met the infamous Kathy. Everyone oohed and ahhhed over Loki of course, he is such a ladies man. Whenever women are about he hams it up and is all cute and accepts the adoration like a pro.. Definately takes after his namesake.
Bree read from my The Chronicle Of Murder book, I did some stuff with my pics online and then sat on the bed with Bree & Loki. She read some articles to me from the book and Loki played and napped.
I updated mylife_onceaday and then we went outside at 9:15, we smoked and she left.

I came in here and began to type this, Judith told me that they reached an agreement. When Kathy makes a counter offer on the house Judith will accept, then Kathy has to sell her condo (it's going to take 6 months to get it together, put it on the market and assume it'll get sold which it probably will quickly because it's a good location) and so by end of October we'll be leaving. So MY next step is to talk to River to figure out when she wants us to come, if she can hold out till fall because Judith needs the rent money, or if she needs the money too and wants us to move in earlier. Since she's going to be our future roomie we don't want to losr the room on not acting quickly enough.
I continued typing this, Bree called 9:42, I finished this and here we are.

-Nothing

firestarter____ @ 2008-04-21T21:50:00

2008-04-22T04:48:52Z

Today was just a day.

Last night Bree & I talked till 11:45. We had like ... the first fight we've ever had in 4 years of knowing each other. By the time we hun up we were fine but it was still like... holy shit we had a fight O_O we've never done that! We've had spats, disagreements and heated discussions but never an all out fight. So I was upset all night.
Loki slept in the bed with me because I was depressed, I went to bed at 12;30 and woke up at 5:50 because Loki woke me up by licking me to death. I was up till 6:50 then Loki woke me up again at 7:10 by licking me again but I went back to sleep immediately hah.

I woke up at 8:10 with my alarms and got dressed, took Loki out and then set the bathroom up for him. I left at 8:40 and caught the 47 bus, I read Heart Song on the way downtown (and talked to Joey a little bit) then transferred to the 62, reading on the way to the clinic. We got there and Joey & I talked on the way there. I got dosed and Janine offered me a ride home. We talked a little bit, evidently she bitched that Peggy girl out (the one that called CPS making up stories about her).
I got downtown at 9:51 and caught the 47 back here.

Once here Loki greeted me with much love, as always. I videoed it this time because it was adorable.
Once I took him outside we came in here and I watched Rain Man with him on my lap. I dicked around online some, transferred pictures and did an entry for the_final_dead. It's so backed up I have to get it up to date badly! *shakes head* I suck.
I hung out here with Loki mostly, playing and cuddling, etc.

At 1:15 Bree txted me to say she was on her way (she'd stopped at the library with Silvia to order a Stitch skin for her phone online). I put Loki in the bathroom and met Bree out front. We hugged and hugged for a bit and then just chatted, not about last night by mutual unspoken agreement. We hung out, smoked and talked. We took a walk around the block then hung out in here.
We ran to Top Foods and I got brownie mix for her, a pack of Mountain Dew and 2 boxes of Batman fruitsnacks. I have like $4.50 on my foodstamps now. Lame.

Once back here she made brownies and I let Loki out and played with him some. I took him outside and I chatted with Bree while she worked. I transferred pictures and spent alot of time with Loki in here.
Bree & I had brownies (they were amazing) and we played with Loki some in here. Bree seemed warmer to him today because he was calmer. He wanted to be with us but as long as we were around he was okay to play by himself. He wasn't as demanding as he has been in the past. I think that was easier on her. I'm fine either way with him, he's my baby after all heh.
kinopion/Curran showed up to pick some stuff up and I had a smoke with him. We chatted some then I came back inside. Bree wanted to show me some scenes from Nightmare Before Christmas and then Loki & I dozed in bed for a half hour.

At 5:10 we left for her house. Once there Bree & I talked to Silvia in the kitchen and she snuggled Squirt (who probably looks like a wonderfully trained angel to Bree now that she has to be around a puppy!) and we chatted about alot of stuff, dogs and people and etc.
They had dinner once Connor sauntered in (if Bree held up dinner like that every night like he does she'd be grounded, AND they'd flip on her- well megalodad would. Connor gets annoyed looks and muttering behind his back at best.) and Loki & I went outside.

I read HS the whole time and smoked on the porch. Bree & I left at 6:30 and drove back here.

Once here we let Loki pee then came inside and just hung out.
I played with Loki to wear him out and Bree updated her other LJ. Loki was playful and a little hyper without being insane heh.

Bree played with Loki while I transferred pictures which was nice. Then Bree & I talked for an hour or so, not about anything personal really. I told her about my book and she told me about some stuff on her crime shows. We talked about how fucked up the catholic church is and the priest molestations, etc.
We had a smoke outside and then wrestled in bed and had sex, etc. Loki was sleeping in his box, all played out.
I updated mylife_onceaday and pocket_loki then we went outside for a smoke before she had to leave.

I came in here and talked to Judith a little, came in here and typed this up. Bree called at 9:41, I finished this and then... here we are.

-Nothing

firestarter____ @ 2008-04-20T21:58:00

2008-04-21T05:00:58Z

This weekend was alright.

Saturday, 4/19/08
I went to bed at 2 after hanging up with Breebit.

I woke up at 10:08 because Loki was getting fussy to go outside. Once I was awake I took Loki out and it had SNOWED! In APRIL! What??? Loki was as confused as I am! Once inside I put in Cruel Intentions. Loki & I sat in bed and watched it, I took my methadone and then when the movie ended I took Loki outside again and had a smoke. When we came in we watched half of Stranger Than Fiction.

Bree got here at 1:30 and we hung out all afternoon.
It was a relaxed day, we played with Loki and hung around and talked, etc. We watched Fox & The Hound (in honor of my little hound dog) and curled up in bed together.
It was a nice afternoon.

Around 5:20 we drove to her house and hung around there. Connor was playing the songs from Team America over & over again. When Connor likes something he obsessed until everyone around him begins to hate whatever it is he likes. Stargate, skateboarding, etc. He's the quintessential American; he'll take something bad and run it into the ground, or he'll take something cool and run it into the ground.
They ate dinner and I read Heart Song on the porch. It was cold so I came in a little early and read in the entryway till they finished and we left.

We came back here and hung out here all evening. I transferred and resized and uploaded my pics then put them up on to myspace.
Bree and I had a... not really an argument but a .... heated discussion, for lack of better term, about the dog. She's getting frustrated with his puppy antics and with how much time he takes out of our day. It barely counted as a fight because we made up like 4 minutes later. we talked for a while about howto fix it, how to work around Loki's needing us alot. Then Judith needed Bree to help find/fix a leak in the water cooler.
We spent the rest of the evening just hanging out in here. I played with Loki and Bree went online to look at Lilo & Stitch shirts & phone skins (after much persuasion, Silvia is getting her one for getting student of the month). dezzball/Dezzy came over to see Bree and they cuddled. we tried to put Loki in the bathroom but he wouldn't have it because he knew we were here. First he managed to bust out of the blockade we had (we didn't want to shut him in) then when we did shut the door he just attacked it so we gave up and put him in his box.

We played with him for a while and cuddled and so on till going to bed at 1:45. Loki slept in bed with us since he's been accident free for 2 days and he was really flipped out by deadpeople outside (due to an incident from earlier) and wanted to sleep with us. Normally when he's tired he'll sleep wherever we put him so we knew he must've been really flipped out.

Sunday, 4/20/08
Woke up at 10:30 because Loki was covering me with kisses. It was a happy way to wake up.
I took him outside then we came in as Bree was waking up.

She went in the kitchen to make biscuits and I picked a movie for us to watch. When she came in from getting them in the oven we put in The Emporer's New Groove and lay in bed together to watch it. Loki played alot and we were trying to figure out where to put him because Bree wanted to have the plate of biscuits on the bed and Loki, being a puppy, thus thought they were for him, hah. But we managed without him nabbing a biscuit. I took my methadone then we took Loki out and had a smoke.
When we came back in Loki went to sleep and we watched James & The Giant Peach. It wasn't all that great, it was okay but just meh. All of the charactors are pretty one dimensional and so they don't feel real. I can see the most outrageous movie that makes no sense at all but the charactors are believable thus the movie is believable. So I wasn't impressed, to say the least.
We took Loki for a walk around the block then came inside and hung out. She made me a burger and we hung out in here, had a smoke, etc.

Loki slept in his box most of the day. Bree read her Most Evil Men & Women In History book and I went online and edited the layout for pocket_loki and I'm happy with it.
I felt really sick suddenly, weak and dizzy and sick to the stomach, but it went away quickly.
We took Loki out to pee and left for her house at 4:55.

Once there Greg decided he wanted to take Bree to Old School Pizzaria. So he got dressed (he had been in the hot tub) and we left.
Since I had Loki I couldn't go in (I probably wouldn't have anyway) and I hung out outside. I was listening to this christian skater kid arguing with these mormon evangelists. HA clash of the stupids! The mormons kept pwning the christian kid though which was awesome. The kid (I think his name is Jimmy or something) was saying that the Discovery channel is anti christian. Yea so is reality, what of it. Silly christians, whenever anything even tries to either disprove christianity or even just show another point of view they're horrible members of an evil conspiracy led by satan to bring down the church. *headdesk*
I talked to Mike f a little bit. Bree & Greg finished around 6 and we went back to her house. I hung up with Mike once we got there and Bree & I left at 6:30.

We came back here and Loki went to the potty.

We came inside and Bree went on neopets and I played with Loki for a while trying to wear him out. We took a few smoke breaks and so on.
Loki finally fell asleep around 7:30 and we went outside for a smoke. badass_skanksta/Skank came by for a birthday cig and then Bree & I hung out taking advantage of the sleeping puppy.
I charged my camera to prepare for my week in my life which I begin tomorrow for the_final_dead. I transferred, resized and uploaded pictures and then at 9:15 we went out for a smoke.

Bree left and I came in. When I got inside I noticed the stupid fucking cat had gotten into my room. fucking Jonah, he knows he isn't allowed in here, but he ALWAYS tries to sneak in, I fucking hate cats. At least he didn't bother Loki for once, or break my laptop. I hate that cat sometimes, He's so spoiled. All cats are naturally spoiled but Jonah is really spoiled because he was abused before kinopion/Cirran adopted him. Since Curran moved out an Jonah is Curran's cat, why is he still here.
I updated this and Bree called at 9:47 and I finished this and... there you have it.

-Nothing

firestarter____ @ 2008-04-18T23:53:00

2008-04-19T06:53:54Z

pToday was pretty decent.

Last night bree & I talked till like midnight and then I just hung out in here reading Heart's Song and snuggling with Loki. I went to bed at 2:20. Amazingly Loki didn't wake me up crying in the middle of the night. I heard him up at 7:30 and 8:30 and that's it. I woke up ay 9:25.

I got dressed and Bree got here, she had to get gas because she was running on empty. for some reason we didn't fill up the tank till the last minute. Don't ask because I don't know why. She ran to get gas (she had to get my gas money out of our envelope where I save money for gas). I finished getting dressed & ready and took Loki outside to pee. Bree got back and we left for the methadone clinic.
I got dosed once inside and talked to Erin a little about the puppy then left. we waved to Hillary as we were pulling out of the parking lot. We drove back here and got here at like 10:30.

Once here I checked my email and put in The Incredibles. I watched most of it and, as seems to happen to me a lot lately, got bored halfway through. I have the WORST movie ADD.

We took Loki for a walk then just hung out in here for a while. We made a pizza and while it was cooking we looked through Judith's movies. I found about 4 I wanted to watch; Cruel Intentions, Rain Man, Stranger Than Fiction and Dead Man Walking. I've seen the first 2 like once or twice and I've never seen the last two. Stranger Than Fiction looks perfect for me in spite of the sub par cast. (Will Ferrel & Queen Latifah!? Hmph).

We ate our pizza then just hung out in here. I was dead tired. I ended up putting in The Little Mermaid so I could go to sleep while it was on hah. I hate to sleep to silence, hence my Simpsons tapes.
while I slept Btee went online some then played God Of War alot once the movie ended. (I had rewound it then fallen back to sleep because the game was on).
I got up for good at 5:05 and started to get ready to go. We took Loki out to pee and left.

Once at Bree's house Greg wanted Bree to test out his new backseat for the motorcycle (what a perfect excuse to have her clinging to him for 20 minutes, yea saw right through that).

While they did that I sat in the kitchen with Silvia and we had a really good talk, it was pretty nice. We've actually been bonding over the dogs. She tells me things she tried with Squirt & Ollie with housebreaking and other training and I tell her things I've tried with Loki and we compare notes about what works and how our puppies have been, etc. She gave me these little pads for the bed to put under the sheets in case he pees (She used them for Squirt and only let him sit where the pads were till he was pottytrained completely) and also said we could use Ollie's crate since they don't use it anymore. Ollie is HUGE so his crate will be PERFECT for Loki because he's so tiny, it'll be big enough for him to comfortably play in and sleep in, etc. We have to figure out how to get it over here because it's big. We'll probably fold it up and finagle it into the car. It was so nice of her to offer it to us AND to give us those pads. She's a confusing woman, it's like there are 2 Silvias; one really friendly open sweet one who I love to talk & laugh with and one catty selfish jealous/spiteful and miserable one who we avoid. I obviously prefer the former not just because she's generous but because I can really talk to her and we have good conversations. She does with Bree as well.
She left to get Connor and I had a smoke out front and talked to Bree & Greg when they got back. Then we went inside. I had a bowl of Raisen Bran and I ended up eating it outside because Loki was being fussy and Greg doesn't like puppies (they had to beg him for Ollie and the only reason they have Squirt is because he was in Iraq when the decision was made, had he been here there'd be no Squirt). And he really doesn't like Beagles because his brother Brian has them and they're evidently horrible, badly trained and noisy and so on. So I took Loki outside because I don't want to annoy him to the point where he does what my mother has done before even meeting Loki and ban him from the house.
I ate and then came inside and talked to them a litttle then went back outside once Silvia & Connor got home and they had dinner. I read Heart's Song and smoked. Loki slept in his pocket, he's getting more used to it which is good. He's fussy at first but eventually settles down after 15 minutes of realizing he isn't going to annoy his way out hah. Oh puppies!
Bree & I left at like 7 or so and drove back here and Loki stayed asleep the whole time! Amazing.

Once here we let him pee then we hung out in the room for a while. He was a hyper little guy because of all the sleeping he'd done/ We played on the bed & floor for a while.
We played outside with Judith some, Loki was running around and chasing the women of the house. Ha just like his namesake!

Once inside Bree & I ended up dicking around on disneyshopping.com for a few hours looking for Lilo & Stitch stuff. We didn't find much but we did find enough; some create-your-own tshirts with Stitch on them that we're going to make in june when we have the money. And a Stitch laptop-faceplate (for the cover) and a Stitch cellphone faceplate for our brand of phone. Awesome. I found a lot of Cars stuff I'd like to get if I had money. There's also a Stitch watch but it's analog not digital and I hate analog watches. They're so hard to read. But then again I'm a child of the digital age hah.

We decided to make a couple Disney mix cds with all the songs from the movies we grew up on heh. We're making one mix of only the songs by the villians because they're always the best songs on the soundtracks hah. Yea we're ;ame. I'm aware that I'm a 24 year old goth guy making disney mix cds. *shifty eyes* heh heh.
We took Loki out a couple times and helped Judith make popcorn then finished making our lists of songs we wanted to DL.
We went outside with Loki at 11:12 and had a smoke. Loki sat on my lap till we finished and Bree left.

I came in here and typed this up, Bree called at 11:40 and I finished typing this and thus ends today.
Another exciting day I know.

-Nothing

firestarter____ @ 2008-04-17T23:53:00

2008-04-18T06:52:52Z

Today was okay.

Last night Bree & I talked till like 11 and I hung out in here, went online and took Loki outside. I went to bed at 12:30.
I woke up at 8:20. Loki didn't sleep in my bed because last night while I was on the phone he peed twice in it so he lost his sleeping in the bed privilidges. he was okay in his box though, he woke up crying a couple times but realized quickly that I wouldn't let him up for crying.

When I woke up I got dressed and took him outside. Then I set him up in the bathroom and left. I caught the 8:42 bus and read Web Of Dreams on the way. The driver said she saw me with Loki a couple times and said he's adorable. Loki totally has a fandom.
I caught the 62 after having a smoke and read on the way to the clinic. I went in and waited in line with that girl Heather that I met last friday with Loki & Bree. I got my dose and talked to Erin, the methadone nurse. Then I left. When I got outside I saw Janine who offered a ride. Me and 2 other people got in her car and she drove us to the transit center. The case against her at CPS was dropped. (This girl at the clinic named Peggy called and said she left her baby Kirsten alone in the car all the time which was an allout lie, even the security guard who is always outside said it's a lie). So that's good news for Janine. Why that girl would call CPS to lie about her AND tell the people at the clinic that she's passing drugs out in the parking lot (another blatant lie) is beyond me. Why do women just randomly try to ruin each other? It's fucking weird.
I caught the 47 at 10 and came back here.

I let Loki out and we played out front, he was as always adorable and happy to see me. I love being greeted by Loki who is ALWAYS happy to see me no matter what. That's why I love dogs.
We came inside and I watched some of Independance Day then Loki & I went for a 45 minute walk doing 3 laps around the block (well it's really two blocks, we cross the street that seperates the 2 blocks so it's one circle around 2 little blocks). He was in his pocket because I'm working with him to understand that being in his pocket means he's at work. That;s where he'll mostly be as a service dog. But I let him walk & sniff alot too because he's a Beagle and still a puppy.
We came back in and he napped while I dicked around online some while Independance Day was playing in the background.
Bree got here and we all hung out for a while. We walked around the blocks with Loki again and we hung out, went online, etc. we cuddled in bed and smoked while Loki took a nap, etc.
We watched Tarzan while she, Loki & I cuddled and dozed in the bed. We did stop it partway through to take Loki outside to potty because he was getting fussy like he always does when he has to pee.

After the movie ended we took Loki outside and played with him alot out front. He chased Bree around on his new retractable leash and ran himself out finally hah. Once inside I transferred my pics and resized them and uploaded them to photobucket. Then I uploaded a bunch of pictures to my myspace mostly pics of Loki (either Loki alone or Loki with us). He has his own picture folder on my myspace.

We left at 5:30 and drove to Bree's.
I talked to Silvia in the kitchen while she finished making dinner. I finally bitched at Connor because he won't stop asking to hold my dog. Bree bitched him out too and even Silvia told him to knock it off because Loki is my dog not his and he HAS 2 dogs that he ignores, etc. Amazing she actually disciplined him for something! He was all butthurt but oh well, it's about time someone said no to him.
They had dinner and Loki & I walked around the block then came in when they finished. I had a grilled cheese sandwich that was left over from their dinner. Bree & I had a smoke then they went to watch their precious movie. Connor's pick tonight and he picked Team America.
While they watched it Loki & I walked around the block some then sat on the front step while I finished reading Web of Sreams. He slept on my lap the whole time.
they finished at 8:40 and Bree & I left.

Once back here we just hung out, Bree read her book on evil people in history and I played with Loki. He had to go in the naughty box for peeing on the floor again. He was so good with housebreaking, wtf happened.
Bree & I just cuddled, smoked some when Loki fell asleep and cuddled in bed more till 11:12. We took Loki out and had a smoke and she left.
I came in here to type this and she called at 11:38, I finished typing while i tried to keep Loki from jumping out of his box. I let him out and he tried to jump in the toilet because he was thirsty, then when he saw I refilled his bowl he ran faster than I've ever seen him and gulped it in seconds, it was adorable.

-Nothing

firestarter____ @ 2008-04-16T22:05:00

2008-04-17T05:06:08Z

Okay I don't want to write this really long ass week of entries. I know I suck.
Check pocket_loki or my main journal for a more detailed account of the past week.

Here's in short what's been going on.

Tuesday 4/8/08;

I got a ride home from the clinic from Janine and we chatted in her car for a while at the transit center.
Once home Bree & I did last minute puppy proofing. I talked to my mother on the phone as we got ready to leave. It was more of an argument but that's to be expected. She's less than happy that I decided to get a dog and therefore he can't stay in het house. So since my fiancee isn't welcome at my father's house and my service dog isn't welcome at my mother's house Bree & I have to find somewhere else to stay. More incentive to visit as often as possible. *headdesk*
We went to Top Foods and got some groceries, went to the bank to get the money dad put in that morning and drove to Roy WA to pick up our little guy.

We got there and Heidi and her 3 year old kid Avery were letting him pee outside and since they didn't leash him they had to catch him. I gave her the money and she gave us Loki and he was ours! We drove him back to Oly, stopped at PetsMart (his first time being in his pocket, the little puppy case Judith gave me to carry him in) and we got him a leash and harness, some dogfood, treats and some things to gnaw on like chickensticks and so on.
We stopped by Bree's house so Silvia could meet him. Then we came back here and played and played and played. He explored the bedroom and we took him around the block, introduced him to Jonah (the house cat) and so on. It was a relaxed evening. We chatted with Judith, Ren & Nicole a little bit, all of them adored Loki.
He was amazingly good the first night, he didn't cry at all. I had put is sleeping box right next ot my bed, left the bathroom light on and had my Simpsons tape on all night as I always do and I guess the noise & light were soothing. Plus I left some of my old clothes in there with him so he'd have my scent there.

Wednessday 4/9/08;
He didn't have one accident! We were amazed, he actually holds his pee!
The day was relaxed, we spent most of it hanging around the house, playing outside and playing in the room, etc.

He slept on my lap while watching a movie and we carried him around the block and so on.
We drove to Bree's house in the evening so Loki could meet Squirt & Ollie again. The previous day he;d been too nervous and overwhelmed to take anything in but he was more settled. Squirt still flipped him out but then again most things were flipping him out still, so he stayed in my arms. We let him explore the backyard a lottle bit on lesh. Since he's a puppy AND a Beagle I'm not fully comfortable unleashing him, even in the fenced in yard, simply because he'd be hard tocatch again and I don't want to lose him. Plus Connor ALWAYS leaves the gate open, Ollie & Squirt get out all the time, they come back but Loki will go where his beagle-nose takes him.

Once home we played and cuddled alot. Betty came by with Shiba and so they met. We're dogsitting Shiba again for a few days. Bree, Loki & I and played and cuddled more till we went to bed. He was quiet & dry all that night too! we were so proud! The only time he cried was when the bathroom light went out and I just pulled him up on ot my bed with Bree & I and he was fine.

Thursday 4/10/08;
When I got up I took Loki outside and when we got back in I knelt down to let him & Shibva say hi and she growled at him. Bitch! We think she's jealous because Loki gets so much attention, even from Betty. Girl dogs are like girl humans hah.

It was so hard to leave him for the first time! I had to go to the methadone clinic and though I could've gotten a ride from Bree I had to get Loki used to being home in the morning and this was a perfect opportunity to get him used to it because Bree was there. She had to put him in the naughtybox for the first time because he wouldn't stop nipping her and chewing on things he shouldn't be chewing on. Little butthead!
I read Web Of Dreams from the Casteel series on the way to & from the clinic (Erin, the methadone nurse and Lynn, the fiancial person, both wanted to see Loki so bad, I showed them pics of him). I had to wait for a meeting with Dixie which was that much harder leaving Loki for so long. I talked to Joey in the waiting room. I talked to Dixie a little bit, mostly about Loki and our plans for him to be a service dog, etc. She has a chihuahua at home evidently. She let me go early. Next week we don't have to meet because she's doing the takehome class!
Once home Loki was as happy to see me as I was to see him! We played outside some and so on. He sniffed around and dozed inside, played outside more, we took a walk, etc.

we went to PetsMart again because a lot of the paypal money had gone through so we could get him more stuff. We got him lots of toys, all we had were home made toys made from socks and shirts and so on. We got him one of those squeaky wienerdogs from the commercials, a blue rubber man that looks like the men's room sign, a rope toy and a little red ball that yuou can put a treat inside. Silvia has been giving us rawhides and bones for him to chew on so we're set with those. She also had given us a little blue doggie bed and a basket with another of the same blue doggiebeds in it for when he's at their house with us. (I bring him whenever I go ober so it's nice for him to have the bed there, something that's HIS. We keep it in the front room, where I used to live).
We visited Silvia a little with Loki and came home and spent much of the afternoon aquainting Loki with his new toys. He loves all of them, especially the rope & the wiener dog. He loves those!But he'll gnaw on the blue man and he'll play with the little treat-ball. I'm glad I made good decisions on what he'd use.

Bree & I wrestled for a while and Loki joined in which was cause for amusement, and he snuggled us. It was another relaxed evening playuing and cuddling. Bree & I are like new parents, Loki knows her as mommy and me as daddy. The difference is she's less patient with his antics than I am and I'm the paranoid overprotective one. Heh.
He wore himself out playing and slept, he slept in our bed all night with us.

Friday 4/11/08;

We woke up and Bree drove us to the methadone clinic. Loki is getting slowly used to being in the car heh. I went in and got my dose and takehomes. I had a UA that day as well. Lynn came out to meet Loki and so did Hillary. While I did my UA Hillary sat in the car chatting with Bree who was holding Loki for me. I also met a girl named Heather who had a dog in her car. It was a tiny longhaired dog, possibly a Maltise or Shih Tzu as it was light colored. She adored Loki too, everyone does!
We drove Hillary home since it was on the way and we met her roomie's dog who is possibly from the same litter as Ollie. We're not sure but it won't be hard to find out.
Once back home Bree & I played with Loki some in the yard, And we cuddled with him inside.

We went to Bree's house and Loki sniffed Squirt some and they began to get used to each other. which is good.
We came back home and just hung out here relaxing. I carried Loki in his pocket around the house while Bree made mac & cheese.He's getting used to his pocket.
We went to Yauger Park with Judith & Shiba and let Loki run around a little bit. We met a couple with a pitbull and talked to them some. Loki ran and ran and ran, chased Bree around, etc. He loved it. And we talked to Judith a lot and once home we sat in the carport and talked for a while.

That night Loki lounged on my lap while Bree & I hung out looking at stuff online. She found some French Bulldog breeders and emailed them about future litters (my perfect puppy is making her want her perfect puppy lol). dezzball/Dezzy came by to meet Loki and he & Bree looked up Harriers which he used to have as a kid. They're rare and awesome, like big Beagles. He wanted to see what they go for now but no site had pricing. It's funny, breeders of rare breeds can afford to have absurd stipulations on the dogs you get from them, like you HAVE to get them fixed and you HAVE to get them microchipped and put them as a contact (preferrably the first after you) and so on. Pkus you have to live up to their standards, some actually do background checks and come look at your house. While some of that is understandable it's like... arrogant. You don't have to have a sterile house and a perfect background to be a good owner. As long as you don't live in filth and aren't a sociopath or having a history of animal violence, you should be okay. I hate that, the snobbish megalomania of rare dog breeders. I'm so glad my perfect breedis common, Besgles are everywhere. Pocket Beagles aren't but I got lucky as hell.

Saturday 4/12/08;
It was so damned hot, 80 degrees! I woke up and watched Ice Age Meltdown and A Toy Story with Loki on my lap and then once we were up we decided to take Loki downyown.
He actually was okay. He walked around Sylvester Park some and I carried him in his pocket around. He has gotten used to busses and almost used to riding in the car. When we get his service dog vest he'll be okay with the bus hopefully. we have to slowly introduce him to it. I bought an orange Fanta soda and we took Loki to the dog drinking fountain a lot because it was so hot.

We took him to Bree's again and this time he met Connor who was surprisingly not obnoxious with Loki, he pet him and let him sniff him and so on. He didn't try anything stupid (like he did later on). Since Connor acts like a 5 year old with animals, putting them in bags or pillowcases then swinging them around, he's not allowed near my dog without my supervision and definately not allowed to pick him up or hold him.
We ran to petsmart and Bree got Ollie a grooming brush (Silvia gave her money for it) and we found a blanket for Loki, it's orange and polyester. It's ugly but was the last one and Loki LOVES Bree's red polyester blanket. He'd be allowed on it if he wasn't such a chewy thing! But he LOVES his! It's like a baby with his blanket. He snuggles up in it. Connor came with us meaning to get a laser pointer (they have them as cat toys) but fortunately it was more than he expected thus couldn't buy it. The last thing that kid needs is a laser pointer. He'd do what all 12 year old boys do with laser pointers; annoy everyone he possibly can.

We came back home and spent the rest of the afternoon/evening here. Bree & I looked at cracked,com alot and got some amusement and Loki napped on my lap.
We had a house party that night. Ren, Nicole, Judith, her friend Gia (A guy from Georgia, the country not the state, I forgot his name), Bree & I. We originally left Loki in the room but he began to bay so I waited till he got quiet then brought him out. He sat in a box next to my chair. i had his leash on and held by the chair leg but he just hung out and played quietly. He'd just wanted to be where the action was heh.We had chocolate pie Judith made and played a dictionary game. We had to pick a word out of the dictionary that we think nobody knows and everyone has to guess a definition and then you read out the definitions (including the correct one) and everyone has to pick which is the correct one. It was pretty fun. Judith, Gia & Bree all picked words and that's all we had time for.

Afterwords Judith & Gia went to watch Sicko. Ren & Nicole went into their room as did Bree, Loki & I. Bree looked at Cracked.com more and we just chatted and hung out till going to bed.

Sunday 4/13/08
Sadly it was the day Greg was going to be back in town. He had been in Iowa for a little over 2 weeks at AT (something for the army). He was supposed to get back saturday but got stuck in Denver so we had a nice extra day of freedom.
We got up and watched Ice Age with Loki on my lap. We just hung out in the room mostly. Bree talked to her mom who said Greg had gotten home at 2am, alas. So we were going to have to go to her house at 5:30 for dinner. Gawd it was a nice vacation. And the irony is we still stopped by daily ut it was because we didn't HAVE to and when megalodad isn't there the energy of the house is much nicer and therefore it's actually fairly pleasent being there. Everyone's in a better mood. But Silvia, as miserable as she is because of him, is too codependant on him to actually leave him despite the fact that it would not only better her life but better her kids' lives.

It was just a nice lazy day really. We didn't do much. Just played with Loki alot and watched movies. Judith gave us Princess Bride (it's one of those movies that looks lame but, like Mean Gurls, it actually just mocks itself and other movies in that genre, it's so full of snark). And she gave us Gypsy, the movie about Gypsy Rose. Bree's going to give it to Silvia eventually, when the movie night crap is over (assuming it will be, Greg has a habit of wheedling one more round out of them by crying "don't take this away from meeee!" like a spoiled child and the only one with the balls to stick up to him is Bree and she can't because he has too much power over her and has too much over her head. Typical military man). If Bree givces it to Silvia now she'll do what she did last time and remind Greg that movie night rotation is over and they should do it again because she wanted to watch Gypsy with Bree. The irony about that is she got the second rotation and she picked Gypsy and was going to order it on direct tv and when her turn came the movie wasn't up for selection anymore. She didn't fucking think ahead enough to check the day it went off the selection list. And she's too cheap to go rent it so her plan to force Bree to watch it with her by manipulating her (which was her only reason for reminding Greg thatthe rotation is over since bree didn't want to watch it with her) was futile because she doesn't think ahead about anything and is cheap as hell. *eyeroll* And we know she'd want to od ANOTHER rotation just to force Bree to watch that stupid movie with her so we;re not going to give it to her till we're in the clear.
Anyway we gave Loki his first bath at 4, he didn't hate it, he wasconfused and just tried to drink the bathwater hah. He had his toys in it and I sat in there with him. we soaped him gently and I had to hold his head to keep him from licking the soap off of himself (he didn't try to but I wanted to make sure). We got him out & dried and hung out here till 5 when Connor called to say dinner is ready. Well we were told 5:30 so we were planning on 5:30, But Silvia (as I said before) can't plan to save her life.

we left and went to their house. I sat outside with Loki while they ate.
Since Greg had been gone for so long he felt obligated to punish the family for his absence so they had to have a family movie night that night. They watched Pi (one of Bree's choices). As I expected nobody but her got it. While they were watching it and all but Bree were trying to wrap their brains around the plot, Loki & I sat outside.

We walked around some and Loki slept on my lap a bit and I read Web Of Dreams and we paced more with him in his pocket on my shoulder. I shortened it so he's higher up & closer to me and his ride isn't bumpy or uncomfortable for him which is good.
When the movie ended around 8 Bree & I left and came here and hung out till she had to leave. Then I dicked around online and whatnot and she called and we talked till midnight and went to bed. Loki slept in my bed again as he's getting used to doing now.

Monday 4/14/08;

I got up when my alarm went off and I had to take Loki out to pee then put him up in the bathroom while I was going to the methadone clinic. I put toys all over the floor and took his harness off so he'd be comfortable. I put it in my trenchcoat jacket and forgot it was there and thought it was lost till like noon. Anyway it was so hard to leave him!
I read on the way to the clinic and got dosed then ran into Janine outside so she gave me a ride back to Olympia which was awesome, I got home early, at 10:10.
I let Loki out (he was so happy to see me, as happy as I was to see him). I had to take him out back because I couldn't find his harness. I put one of my armbands around his neck since it is so tiny it fit, it had metal loops on it so I could hook the leash up. I didn't trust it to hold so I had to take him out back where it's fenced in. Then I spent most of the morning hanging out with him in here, going online a little, etc. Just hanging out. It was nice.

Bree got here at 1 and we had a pretty relaxed afternoon. She mostly sat in bed reading Sex Drugs & DNA. Loki & I took a nap together while she read, then we all cuddled in a pile for a bit. A nice afternoon. I started uploading my videos of Loki to youtube. THAT was quite an ordeal!
We went to her house in the evening and Loki played with Squirt & Ollie (Bree's family's dogs) in the backyard. Silvia let us use a retractable leash for Loki so he could run around more without me having to jog alongside him. He was having so much fun. Connor drove us batshit because he wouldn't leave Loki alone, and wouldn't stop asking to pick him up or hold him, etc. Connor treats his own animals horribly, damned if I'd let him touch mine! I don't like him touching my things, much less my baby. (He has no respect for possessions, his own or anyone else's, and no respect for animals or people and he thinks it's funny to make the dogs yelp. He's like a 5 year old or a borderline sociopath, depending on his mood and what he's doing. I'd die before I let him touch Loki). I don't even let him near my dog without watching like a hawk.
While they ate Loki & I walked around outside, he slept in his pocket a little bit, etc.

Bree & I came back here and I spent most of the evening finishing getting my videos up on youtube. It took forever. I did some LJ stuff, etc. Bree left and we chatted on the phone for a whil and hung up at 11:30. I finished putting the videos up around midnight and Loki & I went to bed at 12:30.

Tuesday 4/15/08;

same thing in the morning, I woke up at 8:10 and checked my email and got dressed then took Loki outside to pee then left him in the bathroom. This time I gave him special toys for when I leave, a big rawhide chickenstick and one of my old bandanas and one of my old gloves that is alone because the other one is lost, somewhere along Montgomery Village Avenue in MD. Sad those gloves are awesome.
I left and went to the clinic, read WoD on the way there & back. It was uneventful. I caught the 9:50 bus back, so I was able to catch the 47 at 10:30. Awesome.

I got home (I RAN home from the bus stop) and ran into my room and scooped my baby up in my arms and smothered him with kisses. He was so excited, wriggling and barking and waggling his tail. I took him outside and he wouldn't let me out of his sight! He was so cute, trying to climb up my leg and so on.
we came inside and I began to type this entry while he dozed and played in the bed.

Bree got here at 1 and I saved what I had done of the entry (all up through sunday evening when we got to her house).
We had a nice afternoon. Loki was a little butthead today haha. He kind of was yesterday too, he's going through the puppy version of the terrible twos. He discovered the joys of humping his polyester blanket. He's learning to be naughty to get attention, wr're trying to nip THAT in the bud ASAP!
I took another short nap with Loki and dozed/cuddled with Bree some. Loki slept while Bree & I wrestled on the bed (We moved him to his box for his safety haha, we're rough when we get in to it).

It was just a fun afternoon, Loki played alot once he woke up and we went to Bree's house around 4.
Once there she cooked a dinner for her family (as she has to every tuesday again now thatmegalodad is back) and Loki & I watched The South Park Movie. Connor was outside skateboarding with Caleb, his friend down the street. Silvia must've said something to him because he was fine with Loki, petted him once in passing and went along his buisness. Good, less worrying.
I walked around alot with Loki and played outside, etc.

Bree & I left and came back here, and kinopion/Curran stopped by with River again! So he met and played with Loki whike Bree did some dishes in the kitchen and talked to River & Judith. Curran loves Loki and we wore him out with playing, which is good because that pup was hyper as all hell!
Curan & River left and Bree & I just hung out with Loki for a while in our room talking and whatnot.
She left at 9:20 and while waiting for her to call I typed more of this entry up. She called me when she got home. We talked till 10:40 and I went to bed 15 minutes later.

Wednessday 4/16/08;
Loki actually slept through the night last night for the most part. He woke up a couple times and played quietly and I woke up at 10, after 11 hours of sleep.
I took him out to pee and then we came inside and watched Walk The Line and cuddled in bed. I took my methadone at noon and paused the movie and took him out again. When it ended I went online and Bree got here like 5 minutes later.

We spent most of the afternoon hanging out in here with Loki. She was online a bit editing and updating some of her new found sites, etc. Bree added a little Stitch to my desktop. He runs around and pretends to eat files and slides down my AIM lost etc. It's adorable.
We cuddled and took a walk and played with Loki some. Bree read to me from this book about the most evil people in history, it has all this crazy torture stories in it. Good times. Then we watched The Road To El Dorado and both of us took a nap and slept through most of the entire movie! We were asleep before they even found the city hah. That's like 20 minutes in to the movie.
when it ended we took Loki out andh ung out in here for a while. At 5:15 we left for her house. On the way there Silvia called her to ask her to pick Connor up since she didn't feel like it. We were past where he was so Bree was like "fuck that". even if we weren't, we wouldn't have done it. We didn't squeeze him out and he's old enough to learn to take the fucking bus. bree was always on the bus when she was his age because lord knows Silvia wouldn't chauffer her around like she does for Connor!

Once at her house Silvia finished making spaghetti and spent a while trying to get ahold of Connor to see if he was still at the place he had been when he called her at 5:15. He wasn't, but he didn't answer the phone for like 15 minutes. (Again if Bree did that she'd be grounded for more than a day, that's all he was grounded for). Not to mention for Bree to get to use Silvia's cellphone it was like pulling teeth, she wasn't even allowed to take it upstairs but Connor can take it skateboarding where losing or breaking it is inevitable. How that woman can't see her blatant favoritism is beyond me but she doesn't see much.
I took Loki out back and let him run around with Ollie & Squirt some and Bree talked to Greg who was in the hot tub out back reading an auto magizine. We came inside and watched part of an episode of South Park and when Silvia got back with Connor they ate.
I went outside with Loki and we walked around the block with him in his pocket then we hung out by the front step. He sniffed around, barked at the cat alot, etc.

We left at 7 and stopped by Albertsons. I gave Bree my foodstamps card to run in and get another 24pack of Mt Dew and I sat in the car with Loki. When she was done we drove back here.
Once here we chatted with Judith some then came in our room. We played with Loki then when Judith came back from the store she came with a present for Loki, a new retracrtable leash! So we took him outside and he went hog wild with it hah. He loves it, and so do I because I don't have to run all over the lawn with him when he's outside because his last leash was only 4 feet long. Sounds like a lot but only if you're not dealing with a Beagle puppy!
We came inside and Bree got me a Diigo account and a Twitter account. (so if you have/get one of either add me). sje ;eft around 9:25 after a cig and I finished typing this entry up. She called at 9:45 and I finished this entry... finally.

*wipes brow* that's a lot of firestarting right there.

-Nothing

firestarter____ @ 2008-04-07T21:43:00

2008-04-08T04:43:10Z

I'm going to try to do this quickly

Saturday, April 5 2008
Bree & I got up at 11. I put in Aqua Teen Hunger Force season 4. I lay in bed and watched it for a while. Bree made pancakes but I didn;t eat any because there's no syrup here for some reason.
We swung by Bree's house because we're dogsitting her dogs for the weekend since Silvia & Connor are in Vancouver for a Stargate convention (losers!). We stopped by, made sure they had food, let them inside, etc. The usual stuff involving dogs and owning them and loving them. We picked up some food then left. When we left we swung by Albertsons for food to cook the house dinner.

When we came back home we started to cook in the kitchen. I read to Bree from Wildflowers, which we decided I could read to her. I miss reading to her. I read the prologue and first chapter. Then I read The Satanic Bible, underlining the necessary lines, etc. Bree cooked and we chatted with Judith some, took a few smokebreals, etc. It took a couple hours to make everything.
Bree made her breaded chicken, and mashed potatoes. Judith made spaghetti with chicken in the sauce and we all put a cake together for Ren's birthday which was like... a week ago but still we wanted to cake him.

We sat down to dinner and we all chatted while eating, just about alot of stuff, society, the school system, etc. Nicole (Ren's girlfriend) came by midway through dinner and we got another seat for her at the other head of the table. We all chatted for a while. Nicole is really shy, she didn't talk much. Then we realized she was deaf which made us feel really stupid. Ren hadn't told us, and I didn't even know till I heard her talk (I've never heard her say more than one word at a time). *shakes head* gawd I suck. But she reads lips which is really cool.
After eating we talked about house stuff, who does what. Bree & I decided to take cleaning the bathrooms and loading the dishwasher. I'm still not sure why we picked bathrooms because we don't use the bathroom in the hall. But either way it still works out.

After dinner we left and drove back to Bree's house.

We checked on the dogs. Silvia called and said they were coming home that night instead of staying overnight in Canada. It seemed like such a waste of time/gas just so Silvia wouldn't have to pay for a hotel room. All the gas money has to be at least almost equal to a hotel room for the night. Not to mention all the time it wastes driving to and from vancouver repeatedly. *shrug* but who said Silvia makes sense.
We chilled with the dogs some then got the tv from the front room for Judith's room. We loaded it into the trunk and left.
Once back home we sat around the table with Judith Ren & Nicole who were having cake. We chatted some, talked about dogs, etc. Evidently Nicole works at Petsmart as a groomer. She loves animals. Judith & I talked more about getting the service dog.
Once we loaded the tv into her room Bree & I came in my room and looked on craigslist. We didn't find all that much, but a few interesting puppy hits. Then we went on The Olympian and they had a lot. We ended up finding Pocket Beagles for $7-800. The owners had a website that we went to. There were 2 females and one male left on the site. I emailed the woman to tell them I was VERY interested in the remaining male.
We copied some more dogs from the Olympian and figured we'd wait till we heard from the Beagle breeders.

We talked to Judith (who had a sleeping Jonah at the foot of her bed) about the pocket beagles and she was REALLY excited.She really wanted us to get one, and said she'd totaly support the decision and give money to getting him.
When she went to bed Bree & I just hung out in my room for a while. We cuddled and talked and just lay together. Then we went to bed around 2am.

Sunday, April 6 2008
We got up at noon because Judith knocked on the door to tell us not to let the thought of cost stop us from getting the dog, that we'd all be able to find a way to do it.
We got up and I put in Aqua Teen season 3. Bree talked to Silvia on the phone who said they decided not to go back to Canada for the day. They'd gotten lost on Saturday night and didn't get home till 1 (they left at 7 and should've gotten back at 9ish). I guess they figured "fuck it".
I heard back from Heidi & Kyle (the dog breeders) via email and got their number, so I called and we set up a meeting for that afternoon. They live in Roy so we had to go on google map and get directions.
We hung out in my room for a while then left at 2:30.

Once we left I read my Bart Simpson's Guide To Life book that kinopion/Curran gave me. I finished it and just stared out the window.

At 3:20 we thought we were almost there. we were so wrong. Google maps had literally directed us to a dead end. I shit you not they sent us down some random street all the way to a dead fucking end. *headDESK* why do online maps suck SO MUCH? In this day in age with this technology, they still suck so fucking much. Sending you left instead of right, sending you to the middle of nowhere, etc.
So we drove to a gas station and they didn't know a damned thing. So we called the breeders who told us to turn left after a chevy dealership but forgot the name of the road to turn on. We drove around Yelm, Mckenna & Roy for an hour and a half. At 4:30 we went to Walmart and looked at a map there. The road the breeders lived on wasn't even on the map, backroads never are. But wtf are you supposed to do if you mean to USE one?? Fortunately the guy called us again and gave us directions from the walmart and amazingly, at 5 (2 hours from when we got lost) we got there.

Kyle & Heidi were on the porch with their little 3 year old daughter when we got there. And the dogs were in a pen on the porch too. We were actually only a half hour later than we'd told them. We left early to give us time to get lost, hooo boy did we need that!
Anyway sowe went up on the porch and my heart just exploded with "ZOMG PUPPIES!" It's a good thing we thought this through beforehand because I knew the second I saw those little miniature beaglets that I was going to have one NOW. There were the 2 girls, one was a runt, and the boy. I snuggled each of them (and the parents; Henry & Abbie, were out there too which was good).
I fell in love with the little boy (the one I'm holding in the picture). He looks bigger than he is because you can't see all of him. The pocket beagles don't get bigger than 10 or 11 inches, so they don't get all that much bigger than the puppy size. It was a tossup between the boy and the tiny little girl, but I had to go with the boy. He was PERFECT. He's a wonderful little dog, he just sat in my arms and snuggled me forever. I didn't want to part with him. He was beautiful. But he's not by any means timid or lethargic. When he's on the ground he's a little puppy, playing with his sisters, sniffing his poor sister's poop as she's letting it out, bouncing around the pen, etc. But as Heidi said he's a little lapdog. She said he'd cuddle you for hours if you let him and that's what I need in a therapy dog. So we made plans to come back on tuesday with money and take the little guy home!
As we were leaving I got a call from Peggy and I talked to her for a moment and then told her that I'd call her when we were in a better service area (I had like... 1 bar). We drove through the town, stopped at McDonalds for a burger, fries & a milkshake. I called Peggy back and we talked a litttle bit. I called my dad and left a message.

We got home at 6, and went for a walk around the block.

Judith got home as we got back from the walk and she wanted to talk to us but was on the phone with her friend Terry. We heard the basic story via her convo with Terry. Alex, John & Kathy (the people who want to buy her house) are trying to offer her 238 for it, when she meant to sell it for no less than 250. She was going to put it up at 270 and slowly go down but refuse to go below 250. John & Kathy (Alex's parents) are always trying to fuck Judith out of money. Alex is a grown women, why she needs mommy & daddy to fight all her battles for her is beyond me. CP or no CP she's not a child so stop being one. She's renting the little apartment for like $600 a month. She owns like 30% of the property, this is JUDITH'S house, JUDITH'S decision. Alex supposedly looked up all these other houses in the market but none of them are comparable! They're 2 bedrooms (this is a THREE bedroom AND the apartment WHICH HAS ITS OWN KITCHEN AND BATHROOM AND EVERYTHING). The only reason Alex ever comes in the house is to use our microwave and washer/dryer which she COULD get for her own house but she's a mooch. Judith was basicall like "fuck them I'm putting this bitch on the market." This house is worth more than what Judith is selling it for, and for Alex to try to get her to go lower is just fucked up. John pulled this LAST time Judith tried to sell and she just backed out because she didn't want to fight them but she's sick of their shit.
So good, I'm glad she won't let them fuck her over. We chatted with her for a while, it was a good talk. We showed her the dog and she gave us $180 for the dog fund! Amazing!
We went inside and set up a paypal account and a Bank Of America Online account (which I've been meaning to do). We posted the pic to my LJ and the paypal link. I got a donation from someone named Megan (I don't know what her LJ name is, I know she's one of my LJ friends heh). Plus I got one from xt89/ChrisTina, both came pretty quickly.
deadlyforensics/Michelle said she was going to send us some blankets and clothes/bandanas for the pup which will really come in handy (the clothes especially will when we go to DC for xmas since it's cold as hell there).
Bree & I hung out in the room for the night, cuddled, talked, etc. dezzball/Dezzy came by for a bit to see bree.
It was a lazy night. Mostly talking and dog planning and cuddling. We went to bed at 12:30.

Monday, April 7 2008
I got up at 8:20 with my alarm. I checked my email and got dressed. I left at 8:40.
I caught the 47 bus (it came on time, at 8:42) and read Broken Flower on the way downtown. Once at the transit center I went to the office and bought a monthly bus pass. A little late I know but I haven't taken the damned bus since I got my check hah. Icaught the 62 at 9. Priscilla still wasn't there. Last week she was on Village Van all week, guess she's getting a ride this week too or something.
I read the whole way to the clinic and went in, got dosed and left. I had a smoke and walked back to the bus stop. I caught the bus at 10 and read the whole way back. Amazingly we got back to Olympia at 10:26 because we weren't sitting at Lacey transit forever. So I was able to catch the 47 back home at 10:30. I got here at 10:40.
Once I was here I dropped my stuff off and Bree was still asleep so I went into the carport to call my dad since I missed a call from him earlier. He said he'd lend me the money for Bree's ticket out to MD in August for Rachel's wedding..and...HE SAID HE'D PAY FOR THE REST OF MY DOG! He's sending more than enough so we have money for food and other immediate necessities like a harness and a leash. I was so excited because it means i can definately get him tomorrow.

I ran inside and Bree was already up. We danced around the room and hugged and jumped up and down and had a cig outside in celebration.
When we got back inside I checked my email. I had more donations from totratte and cantstopthedawn/Aurora. It made my day too. We set it up so that I could send the money to my bank account. It'll be here in 3-5 buisness days so when that comes we can get more dog stuff like a collar and tag. It'll come to the bank by monday.
Bree & I just hung out for a while. I emailed Heidi to tell her we'll definately be there tomorrow. We talked back & forth and decided on 3 tomorrow afternoon. Dad will be putting the money in my account tomorrow AM.
Bree & I just hung out for a while. We went for a walk and then drove to her house.
We meant to ask if there was any leftover puppy stuff that we could use. Silvia gave us a little purple half-rug that Squirt used as a puppy and a big towel.

We talked to Silvia in her room some, she was watching TV with Squirty on her lap. I made a buncha turkey sandwiches (Silvia had made turkey the other night and we made a buncha sandwiches. I made my beloved turkey & mayo). I had a smoke and snagged 2 vanilla cokes and a sprite from the house and we left.
We drove back here and went through the room puppy proofing it.
It took a while, we had to reroute some of our plugs to get them out of the way and we sadly had to take my Crow rug off the floor for now since it's liable to get chewed on and peed on. We found 3 boxes, one HUGE one we can keep right next to my bed so he can sleep in it till he's potty trained and can sleep next to me. The other one will be a "pee palace" we cut the front of it out and it's tiny so he can go in and out. We're keeping it in the bathroom next to the toilet and hope to get him to use that if he HAS to pee inside. We're going to outside-train him but until then we want him to have a pee-palace. The third box will be to take him in the car with, it's of moderate size and will work for car trips so he can still move around if he doesn't want to stay on my lap. That one won't be as commonly used unless we go to Idaho to visit Rachel or something, some car trip. We'll have it in the car all the time just for when we go anywhere, he can move around. Especially before he's potty-traned.

We had to (sadly) move our books out of the bathroom. We'll be able to put them back when he's potty trained and a little less chewy but until then the floor and bottom shelves must be free of things within puppy reach. It's like having a baby only cute... and trainable.

We had a cig and then we talked to Judith for a while. She did her own reasearch on houses on the market and sure enough PWND Alex AND found a duplex where each side is $700. WTF That;s awesome. Breebit & I need to find someone to go in on one of those halves! We could totally afford that shit if there was 2 people (each side has 2 bedrooms and it's like 2 stories). There was a picture. It doesn't have a fenced in yard which kinda sucks but I don't plan on letting my dog outside leashless anyway. Beagles are SO not trustworthy outside, too smell-oriented hah.
I got another paypal donation from deadlyrhythm/Jenny which was nice. All those donations will totally help out with extra things like toys and other things. The dog being paid for is only part of the battle. Plus there are vets in Oly that do work at reduced/sliding-slope prices and vets that do fixing for really cheap because it;s best for the dog and the owner (and other dogs in the neighborhood hah) and it reduces the possibility of strays and neglect and ill informed breeders just trying to sell dogs that may not be in the best shape.

We went online and did some research on training and housebreaking and bark-training Beagles. We did a little research on the breed which wasn't really telling me anything I don't knoe, I've been planning to get a Beagle for years and already know most everything about 'em. Not to mention I worked at a vet and at a kennel in HS and have worked with so many beagles I feel like I owned hundreds hah. But we did find some good tricks for housebreaking and training. everyone (Judith, Silvia, etc) has been giving us helpful tips about things to do for the dog. The potty-palace was Silvia's idea, for instance.
Judith gave me the doggie-carrier. It's so cute, it's like a dog purse. It's called the Outward Hound. It even has a little treats pocket on the strap.
Bree & I ended up on youtube looking at videos of French Bulldogs. All this preparation for my perfect dog was making her pine for a frenchie. She's wanted one since August and has been doing alot of research on them but since they have so many health problems and the breeder has to pay for a c-section (because of the size of the puppies' heads) they cost anywhere from $1500-2500 or more! Not to mention the vet bills for when its yours. Plus they're rare so it's hard to find someone who has them. There are rescue organizations but they're so picky about who gets a Frenchie and since Breebit is still living with her parents they don't deem her good enough, and when she;s living with me they will definately not deem her good enough unless we win the lottery. Guess we better start getting tickets...

I finally decided to post this entry since lord knows I'll be too bowled over with dog cute tomorrow night to do it. I will try, I do promise, but I can't promise an entry. Just to try to write one.
I wrote this out though while Bree played God Of War. She beat the first game then played on the extras for a while, watching some behind the scenes stuff and playing on other levels, she's trying to beat "Challenge of the gods" right now. It's not part of the game, it's under extras.
I typed this up (finally) and that's today. And yesterday... and the day before.
*dies*

-Nothing