Archive for April 2006
Comedy Show
Posted on April 19, 2006 by Ching under Life, Poker.
Chinaman was really good on Sunday. I can’t speak for the others but I was thoroughly entertained. We owe Misty big time for getting us all in. All forty of us. She rocks!
Anyway, we ran into Andy while we were there. It’s been over two years. He’s the one who got me started on playing poker at Ultimate Bet. The ironic thing is he doesn’t even play poker anymore. Isn’t it funny how things turn out?
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Pia’s New Ride
Posted on April 16, 2006 by Ching under Moblog.
Pia bought a 2006 Tahoe yesterday. She used to drive a Jetta and so I couldn’t really picture her with such a big vehicle. When I asked why she decided to get a truck, she told me that it’s because they go snowboarding a lot. They always have to rent a truck everything. Now that she has a Tahoe they won’t have to.
I said, I didn’t even get a chance to see your Jetta. You guys need to take a road trip down to Wichita so I can check out your new ride. She goes, if you lived in Utah we’d visit because then we can go snowboarding but there’s nothing in Kansas. Then she proceeds to ask me about visiting Cali.
Maybe Brian and I can take a trip to San Francisco for our anniversary this year and hook up with them. There’s been a lot of spending going on the past week because of Molly and puppy supplies and vet bills so we really have to get back on track. We need to start saving again.
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There’s Something About Molly
Posted on April 16, 2006 by Ching under Babies.
Yesterday was the best day ever! Molly was active and playful. She was running around the house chasing the cats around. She also showed signs of a hearty appetite. We still had to syringe-feed her a few times but for the most part she is beginning to learn to eat on her own.
We also received some good news from the vet yesterday. Molly is negative for canine adison’s disease. I went ahead and purchased pet insurance for her (much to Brian’s disapproval because I didn’t consult him first – what can I say, I panicked) just in case she gets sick or injured later on. I want to make sure that her vet bills are covered. It was about $300 a year, but Iams paid for $50 of it so we only had to pay a little over $250. I think it’s a pretty good deal considering that we’ll probably be visiting the vet several times during Molly’s first year. Of course, the $300 that we have already spent on Molly’s checkup and medical tests over the last three days aren’t covered because the insurance won’t be in effect for another two weeks, if our application is approved. However, it’s better to be safe than sorry. She may not be sick now, but it’s always good to have a backup plan. Besides it’s a pretty good deal because I enrolled Molly in the “Superior Plan plus Routine Care Coverage,” which means that vaccinations, heartworm protection, annual exams, flea control, spaying and other routine procedures are covered.
Anyway, as I mentioned earlier Molly is beginning to get a taste for food. Brian and I are really pleased to see her show an interest in eating. Brian isn’t happy that we still have to do a lot of coaxing and still have to syringe-feed her sometimes, but we both agreed that her health is moving in the right direction. It’s wonderful to see her playfully attack our cats, instead of continuing to be lethargic and weak. (more…)
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A Love Song for Bobby Long
Posted on April 14, 2006 by Ching under Movies.
Some people reach a place in time where they’ve gone as far as they can. A place where wives and jobs collide with desire. That which is unknowable and those who remain out of sight. See what it is invisible and you will see what to write. That’s how Bobby used to put it. It was the invisible people he wanted to live with. The ones that we walk past everday, the ones we sometimes become. The ones in books who live only in someones mind’s eye. He was a man who was destined to go through life and not around it. A man who was sure the shortest path to Heaven was straight through Hell. But the truth of his handicap lay only in a mind both exalted and crippled by too many stories and the path he chose to become one. Bobby Long’s tragic flaw was his romance with all that he saw. And I guess if people want to believe in some form of justice, then Bobby Long got his for a song.
Since I stayed home today I got a chance to watch A Love Song for Bobby Long today. It came highly recommended by my coworker, Â Scott. I watched the movie, pausing only to take calls from Brian and the vet.
Brian warned me not to watch it. He said that it’s depressing. I don’t know how he knows. He has never seen the movie and refuses to watch it.  The story begins a little  depressing but it does have a happy ending. It’s a great movie. You all should watch it. For a moment it made me forget about Molly’s plight.
Some people take drugs. I just watch movies.
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My Poor Baby
Posted on April 14, 2006 by Ching under Babies.
I don’t know who to feel more sorry for, Molly or Brian. Molly hasn’t had an appetite at all since Brian brought her home. She had some vomitting on Wednesday but Brian and I attributed that to carsickness and thought nothing further of it. When I tried to feed her yesterday morning she still wouldn’t eat. I thought I would just try again at lunch. Surely she’d be hungry then.
Around nine o’clock I received a call from Roxanne to check if Molly was eating for us. I described to her our struggle with feeding her. She told me to force Molly to eat right then because Molly might get sick if she doesn’t eat.
So I put a teaspoon of baby food in a saucer as Roxanne instructed. Baby food is all she could get Molly to eat so she sent a small jar of baby food home with Brian the other day. Anyway, Molly ate a third of it. Maybe even less than that. (more…)
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