Month: May 2012

Satursomething or other

I gave the dog a bath today, with the garden hose and some pet shampoo, and that went about as well as you might imagine. He certainly didn’t seem to enjoy it, but it’s something I’ve been meaning to do all week. But haven’t been able to do because it rained all week. (It only rained a little, and later, today.)

Beyond that…well, it was a pretty uneventful day. I did a little grocery shopping, and I nodded off it the late afternoon after watching yet more Eureka. (I seem to be caught up to the episodes that have aired, so I guess I’ll get to watch the final season along with everyone else.) I’m feeling much better, although still somewhat fatigued and phlegmy.

This evening, I watched Metropolitan (well, after re-watching most of Panic and a good chunk of Out of Sight). It felt very familiar, to the point where I’m pretty sure I’ve actually seen it before. S’okay, it wasn’t bad.

Random 10 5-26-12

Last week got a lot more response when I posted just half a day late, I figured, why not post a whole day late this week?

  1. “Ramshackle” by Beck
    Your old bones are on their own
  2. “They Can’t Take that Away from Me” by Frank Sinatra, guessed by Kim
    The way you sing off-key
  3. “These Eyes” by the Guess Who, guessed by Kim
    The hurtin’s on me, yeah
  4. “Man at the Top” by Bruce Springsteen
    Dreamin’ of his record in the number one spot
  5. “On the Wings of Horses” by Emmylou Harris
    I’m glad my wish will come true
  6. “Lettin’ Go” by Janelle Monae
    My rent’s due but Imma party anyway
  7. “Mass Romantic” by the New Pornographers
    His books on tape ring true
  8. “Clumsy” by Our Lady of Peace
    There’s nothing strange about this
  9. “The Boxer” by Simon & Garfunkel, guessed by Kim
    Still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest
  10. “Main Street” by Bob Seger
    There was this long lovely dancer in a little club downtown

Admittedly, I just forgot. The week has kind of gotten away from me, I’m afraid. At any rate, good luck!

How very Thursday

I think the dog has had quite enough of this, just we two bachelors hanging around the house. He’s especially antsy at night, occasionally jumping at noises — which, you know, makes me jump at noises — and looking at me almost accusingly, as if to say, “What did you do with them? They’d never have taken me to vet of all places.”

I had a doctor’s appointment myself today, for a follow-up chest x-ray I’d scheduled a week ago. My pneumonia hadn’t gone away completely at my last x-ray a month or so ago, so this was meant to be a formality for the all-clear. (Then again, the original x-ray was supposed to have been a formality.) And I got the all-clear, which is good…although I’m still feeling sick. Sore throat, cough, fever, chills, tired — all that fun stuff. I do feel better this evening than I did earlier today, so hopefully I’m on the mend.

Maybe I can salvage at least a decent long weekend out of these days off.

The dog, on the other hand, just wants his other people back.