Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[evenodds]

Originally posted by barely_legal
Tonight is Billy Joel night. BJ won't actually be there, but everybody has to sing one of his songs.

How painful is this going to be?

Yes, it will suck -- imagine the horror of Josh doing "Uptown Girl" as a country song or "We Didn't Start the Fire" so he can channel Garth Brooks.

I am tempted to not watch because I am still pissed that Carmen is still there, and Rickey is not.

[leagleaze]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I've met a few cool cats, but they mostly act like dogs, so why not just get a dog?

If you travel a lot and you live alone, it is a pain in the ass to arrange for someone to come over every 6-8 hours to let the dog out. If you have a cat you can spend a night or two away and not worry about it. Especially if you have a self cleaning liter box.

[tmdiva]

Originally posted by evenodds I am tempted to not watch because I am still pissed that Carmen is still there, and Rickey is not.

Waaah! I must admit that it took some of the fun out of it for me, too. They were supposed to get rid of ALL the truly sucky before picking through all the good-singers-who-aren't-quite-Ruben.

I'll be interested to see the song choices, too. Will someone do "Always a Woman"? "Honesty"?

tm

[barely_legal]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Clay has been waiting for this day his whole life.

Let's try to guess what he's going to sing. I'm thinking Piano Man, but New York State of Mind suits his voice too.

Thurgreed(who am i kidding, they all suit his syrupy bleh voice)Marshall

Actually, I heard he's going to sing that song whose name I can't remember but was the opening theme to Bosom Buddies.

Josh will sing "Shameless" b/c Garth has already covered it.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by leagleaze
If you travel a lot and you live alone, it is a pain in the ass to arrange for someone to come over every 6-8 hours to let the dog out. If you have a cat you can spend a night or two away and not worry about it. Especially if you have a self cleaning liter box.

Or Sebastian.

TM

[leagleaze]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Or Sebastian.

TM

Yeah, I don't have a whipped husband unfortunately.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
Ugh. I'm far from being a big liberal, but when I get a dog I'm not going to consider going to any of those places. There are thousands of dogs at the LA Humane Society wanting for good owners. I think that should be a universal first choice.

Wow that's a little harsh for those of us not in LA. I'd like to move to LA... (anyone know of great law jobs for two transactional types out there? no? thought not.)

So I guess I'll wait until I get to California to get a dog.

n(don't wanna piss str8 off)cs

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by barely_legal
Actually, I heard he's going to sing that song whose name I can't remember but was the opening theme to Bosom Buddies.

Josh will sing "Shameless" b/c Garth has already covered it.

My Life

n(flashing back)cs

[evenodds]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
There are thousands of dogs at the LA Humane Society wanting for good owners. I think that should be a universal first choice.

On another thread, one of my cats is so smart he will play fetch with Q-tips, and when bored of that, he'll run the Q-tip over to a glass of water and dunk it to watch it expand. He's a little scientist or something. He also loves cantaloupe, lettuce, meat and cheese. The other one sleeps a lot, but he's about 17 years old, so let's cut him some slack.

I adopted the OddCat from the local humane society seven years ago. She was there because she couldn't play well with others . . . because she is Siamese and they only like their own kind.

She's a source of constant entertainment. She plays with everything, especially paper and Qtips. (She opens the drawer to get them out.) She is trainable (she drinks out of her own glass) and she comes when called (unless she doesn't feel like it).

I highly recommend humane and rescue groups for adoption.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by evenodds
I adopted the OddCat from the local humane society seven years ago. She was there because she couldn't play well with others . . . because she is Siamese and they only like their own kind.

She's a source of constant entertainment. She plays with everything, especially paper and Qtips. (She opens the drawer to get them out.) She is trainable (she drinks out of her own glass) and she comes when called (unless she doesn't feel like it).

I highly recommend humane and rescue groups for adoption.

You have a cat that openly discriminates?! Does she wear a pointy hat like the one on PLF and go to TDT (Take Down Tabbies) meetings too? I need Steven Colbert to do an expose on these kitty Hitlers.

n(the sock puppet is appalled)cs

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by purse junkie
There are several really smart breeds. Some though are only smart at what they're bred for--labs, for example, are brilliant at retrieving, but lord are they stupid for anything else.

Watch out for the big smart ones, however--they can completely rule your household. Or at least have the brains to destroy only something valuable when you tick them off.

p(big-dog fan)j

My sister's lab is an absolutely amazing retriever. He was bred to hunt ducks (apparently the breed has been so fucked up by over-breeding that a lot of labs are afraid of water), and he's good at it. There isn't a body of water in the world that he doesn't want to be in, and there isn't a thing in the world that he wouldn't like to put in his mouth. And he's a big guy, between 115 and 97 in his adulthood (he goes on diets every now and then).

He has chewed on probably 70 indivudal shoes, one cellphone, one antique quilt, three antique duck decoys, one rosebush, one wall, several books, countless rolls of toilet paper, several toothbrushes, a few hats, about six to ten dozen pairs of underwear, one set of keys, about a dozen pillows, countless stuffed animals, and a variety of other stuff that I don't know about.

He also spent his puppy-hood in one of the biggest party schools (according to Playboy in the relevant time periods) in the country, so he's fairly well socialized. He can hang out in bars like the best of them.

However, he's not the brightest dog in the pack. He's an alpha, but the other dogs can certainly trick him into doing things that he doesn't know how to react to.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
My Life

n(flashing back)cs

I just had a flashback to when Jennifer and Herb sang "Just the Way you Are" to each other on WKRP. Anyone else remember that. That song was also on my Carol Hensel Aerobics album (before the days of VCRs and exercise videos). God I feel old.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by leagleaze
Yeah, I don't have a whipped husband unfortunately.

Be careful what you wish for. They have those phallic things you've been trying to avoid. In fact if you are unwilling to deal with that part, it is unlikely one would ever stay whipped for long.

n(psa)cs

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by paigowprincess


THere is a ranking of intelligence in breeds available online. http://www.petrix.com/dogint/

The Displaced Dog is higher than 27.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by evenodds
I adopted the OddCat from the local humane society seven years ago. She was there because she couldn't play well with others . . . because she is Siamese and they only like their own kind.

She's a source of constant entertainment. She plays with everything, especially paper and Qtips. (She opens the drawer to get them out.) She is trainable (she drinks out of her own glass) and she comes when called (unless she doesn't feel like it).

I highly recommend humane and rescue groups for adoption.

You have to do the humane society route. The idea that certain animals would otherwise languish in cages or be destroyed almost dictates that you have to.

We lucked out with ours - we got a really rare breed of cat (I'd say but its possibly outable) from the shelter. He looke dlike any other sort of cat, until he started growing and became a really wild looking cat (long hair, thick fur between paws). We took him to the vet and they verified he was a very expensive breed. He turned out to be a runt, but fuck it - he still looks really cool.

The other one we adopted from a friend. She's just fat and stupid.