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GHOST CAMERA! DEVELOPED!

The other day I brought a bunch of film in to get prints made...including the ghost camera!

Images from here and here. 

Yeah, that's right. It puts ghosts into your photos. 

I didn't know what to expect, so I forced myself to expect

the worst. You know, like, little crappy light orbs that people

say are 'spirits' in their photos when it's obviously

a raindrop or something on the lens. 

Actually, it put scary cool ghosts and ... jack'o'lanterns and skeletons in my pictures.

Most of them didn't turn out very well, as with these kinds of things 

there's always a learning curve, but a few turned out hilarious and amazing. 

Here are a few of the best ones!

There's one other picture that is totally funny and great, but I'm 

not going to put it up here because it's going to be a gift. 

I have another one of these cameras ready to go. 

Now that I know how they work, I can't wait to try it again!

Round Two! 

*ding ding*

neutering our dog ... for those of you who were concerned, yes we did

So uh, did you know bulldogs are the highest risk animal to put under anesthesia, even above pugs? It's obvious, when you think about it; they have to stick tubes and junk in their little noses and bulldogs have really messed up airways anyway, all constricted.

Well we felt good about dropping Tank off yesterday morning to get neutered, and the (fantastic) staff at the aminal hospital was all friendly and everything, but still...it was tough to leave the little guy there. Who knew you could get so attached to a dog after nine days?

Yesterday was my day off, so I manned the phones as Ryan tried to sleep. He worked the graveyard shift and then we drove the dog across town in horrible weather and insane morning traffic ... it took us a good hour and a half at least. Needless to say, he was tired.

My job was to phone the vet's office at 2:00 to see how the operation went. The phone rang at 10:00. Terror seized my heart. Unknown caller. Hm. I doubted the vet clinic wouldn't list their number, but I answered anyway just to be safe. And to calm my frantic nerves.

Me: Hello?
Caller: --- (like 2 seconds of dead air)
Me: Hello?
Caller: (sounds like he's talking through a 1930s radio broadcast) Yes. Hello. I assume I am talking to the homeowner, Ryan?
Me: No you're not. (hang up right in his stupid ear)

"What's going on?" Ryan shouted from the bedroom.
"Nothing, justsomestupidguywhothoughtIwasyoubutIhunguponhimgobacktosleep."

I tried to take my mind off things by watching pirated episodes of American Dad and making paper snowflakes (which turned out mighty pretty if I do say so myself). (which I obviously do)

The phone rang at 10:30. And the call display said the vet's office name.

I took a deep breath, got ready for the worst news, and answered in my nicest calmest voice.

"Hello?"

Caller: Oh hi! This is __ from the vet's office, I just wanted to let you know that Tank's doing great, we haven't done the operation yet but he's under the anesthesia and the doctor says there's no complications.

Me: *SIGH OF RELIEF* That's great news! Thanks for calli-

Caller: Well, actually I'm calling to ask you if you want us to remove the tumor your dog has in his right eye. The previous owners had planned to do it eventually, and now would be a great time, since he's already under. (something about lasers and it not being a big deal)

Me: Uh, well...does he need it?

Caller: (something about how it could turn cancerous)

Ryan flew into the kitchen with a wild look in his eyes about this point so I asked the lady to hold on for a sec, covered the mouthpiece and briefed him on what's up. We decided that yeah, obviously he should get a tumor taken out of his eye! Yikes!

I called them back around two and he was fine. Everything was fine, great, he was well behaved, etcetera.

We picked him up at 4:30...the entire staff came out to talk to us about his care, and how his surgery was so dangerous but he was okay and stuff...yikes.

Have you ever seen a dog come out of anesthesia? It is the saddest, cutest, funniest but still sad thing ever. He was so confused, which was the sad part. He kept forgetting where he was when we were in the car, and jumping up, and then getting dizzy and lying back down. And his legs were so wobbly. And he couldn't keep his little eyes open. We took a couple pictures once we got him home and relaxed, because AWWW.

As the ladies at the vet clinic said, he was really good at feeling sorry for himself, haha.

I'm so happy everything went well. This morning he's half back to normal already, and tried to go for a full-blown walk. I had to talk him into peeing on our garbage can instead.

Seriously, who names candy "chicken bones"?

Due to a funny chain of events, Ryan and I 

ended up at WalMart yesterday. 

Let's just say that nobody sells Dickies except 

WalMart. Trust me, we looked.  

What's a dickie you ask? It's like...a faux turtleneck. 

I can't tell you whether or not we found one, 

it's a surprise for a later date.

You know what other image came up 

when I searched "Dickie"? 

This:

AMAZING.

Anyway, they sure do sell a lot of ... interesting stuff at Walmart. 

I'll show you a few of the things I deemed worthy of a photograph. 

Exhibit A: target practice cubes for children 

in the toy section!

Exhibit B: Opened decapitated chocolate Woodys.

Exhibit C: Uhm...chicken bones. (?)

As we were laughing at this, some lady came

over and told us these were her favorite candies. 

Dickie image 1 from here.

Dickie image 2 from here.

Learn About....The Blanket Octopus

Blurry and Grainy Photos of a Pretty and Noisy Night

(click any photo to enlarge)

(although there's no point 'cause they're so out of focus)

 And last but not least...the Simpsons truck. 

I doubt they have the proper permission to use these, but hey, it looks pretty cool.

Fill in the blank!

is...?

links links links

I'm lazy. Here's some cool stuff from the internet.

1. GWAR "kills" Sarah Palin (video) - Do not watch at work. Do not watch if guts make you feel yucky. It's super duper gross.
2. Your good deed this holiday...help Claire out with her good deed!
3. The 'lets all go to the lobby' food goes metal! (video)
4. Milky vs. Lil Demon :) (video)
5. Have you seen him? I doubt it.
6. A dog walking in shoes. It doesn't get much funnier.(video)
7. Pretty fantastic impression, but I sort of doubt the veracity of the story. (video)
8. Crybaby frog. Don't worry, they seem to treat him pretty humanely.
9. Watch the trailer for "glass life",  a documentary on Nani, a very interesting lady in Kitengela Glass, a weird oasis on the African plain. It's beautiful!
10. Photos of long forgotten hospitals, hotels, theaters and other creepy stuff for sale. I can not believe these places exist. They're so wonderful! And the photography is immaculate.
11. These guys literally rode bicycles from NYC to LA...because Jeff decided to say YES to an insane idea rather than laugh it off. Really,  how wonderful. As his bike partner in crime put it: "Have you ever done something for 53 days straight, let alone something you’re not even interested in?”
12. Galapagos video 1 and Galapagos video 2
13. Minimalist muppets
14. Leslie Nielsen movie quotes. also? Find tons of movie quotes here. Like, anything.
15. Did you hear about all the Picassos that some guy found in his garage in Southern France?
16. I don't know about you, but I am not paying to use the sun.
17. Coen brothers films ranked "from worst to first".
18. STOP STREET HARASSMENT. Seriously, stop it. It's terrifying, dehumanizing and awful. Never funny. Never sexy. IT IS NOT A COMPLIMENT. STOP IT. 
19. mencanstoprape.org - I love their posters, and that they're not putting all the rape-blame on a woman's short skirt or whatever.
20. Dating tips for single ladies in 1938. I know drinking makes me clever. Right? Doesn't it?
21. Sarah Von teaches us an excellent method for dealing with beggars when you're in a foreign country.
22. *cough* My etsy store. *cough*
23. Have you ever seen Lilu's "The Shiz My Boyfriend Says"? It's good. Real good.
24. It's an island. Of. Cats.