I hoped to update sooner with tales of my epic adventures in veterinary school.

Sadly it is neither epic or adventurous. It's a lot of work.

There are some interesting things.

Tomorrow I get to help dissect a manatee. Yay for mindlessly dismantling endangered creatures in the name of SCIENCE.

Next month I feed the resident raptors. On the 5th I start with a Vulture named Sydney, who is very nice and likes to cuddle. How weirrrd is that?! Then, it is a Great Horned Owl with brain damage. Another real winner!! It made him very friendly for some reason. It's still freaky to be thrown to the carnivorous birds in a very literal way without knowing what the hell to do with them. No further training.. just me and some huge talons to rip off my face =D Yayyyy.

All I know is that it involves cutting up frozen rats and mice with scissors. Yes. We are aptly funded here =D

On another note, I saw the movie Nine, and I was highly disappointed in the lack of plot. The creatures and the steam-punkishness did not even make up for it. Oh well. Not everything Tim Burton has a part in is destined for greatness. With any luck the remake of Frankenweenie will be better as I have little hope for Alice in Wonderland.

A movie I WAS impressed with was the Thief and the Cobbler (and multiple other names). It is one of the top 100 animated classics of all time... basically Aladdin + Fantasia, only better. Production began in the late 60's and lasted for 30ish years since the director was a perfectionist. Sadly, it was never finished and instead re-dubbed and released by Mirimax in a horrid, Disney-esque version with crudely cut-and-pasted songs. Seriously.. they dubbed OVER Vincent Price's voice! WTF?! I was lucky enough to find the version most similar to the original intent, though about 1/10 of the file is pencil tests and storyboards. The main character, Tack, is the most adorable thing on the face of the planet. Yesh.

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My dog is wearing a shirt around his neck like a cape. I tied it there on a whim, but I guess he likes it. Crazy dog.

Bah shower.. study.. sleep. It's a vicious cycle.

It's inhumane.. or something. I need to change it soon or he will end up called something retarded like "Puppers." My roomie and I call him that most of the time already :/

I was thinking:

1. Darwin (after Charles Darwin:) because he's smart but looks like a re-re. Ahh ironyy!!
2. Archimedes or Socrates: same reason, but not many nicknames it seems.
3. Noah: I have no idea why

Arrgg.. It's not usually this difficult. I thought of SCSI Bucket by myself.

Uhh... any ideas? Something out of a movie or book? There are pics of him on my old journal here If that helps.

I'm driving to Tennessee to get meh DOGGIE todayyy!!!!!!

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IGOTMEMYROTTIEOMFG!!!!!

I face-planted on my bike and Salem jumped into the toilet again.

It has been a good day.

Salem's procedure went flawlessly. She is back home and zonked out on my bed. Apparently she did well and didn't bite anyone. Now it's a waiting game to see what sort of buggies are growing in her lungs =(

Mmm.. Did I ever mention how much I despise packing? Still have always to go, but it looks like the trailer won't be available until later tomorrow. Oh well. It's not like I would be ready to go anytime soon anyway.

Thank god of Itunes and music.

Oh yeah.. and now to start 9 months of INH treatment. Fuck