A kind, thoughtful friend gave me this necklace [thank you SO much!!!] yesterday at lunch; she said…I’m not sure why I thought of you, you’re usually pretty calm. Ironic words!

I got home from lunch and saw some dog poo on the back steps. Steeling myself, I went in the house. Dad said, “I think I got some poo on my shoes.” I asked, “Did you walk into the house with the shoes on?” Of course he did. How did he get poo on his shoes? He walked out in the back yard to fill the bird feeder. The back yard is where the dog run is. I haven’t been out there to pick up the poo in months awhile, so really, I guess it’s my fault.

But…I blew up anyway: WHY did you walk THROUGH the house if you thought you had shit poo on your shoes? JESUS CHRIST! Do NOT walk in the back yard when you KNOW there is shit poo there. What the hell are you THINKING??? I WILL FEED THE EFFING BIRDS! And on and on and on. It’s like a switch just goes off in my brain and I GET.SO.MAD. It’d be one thing if we never had this conversation, but we’d had it time and again.

So, the answer, of course, is for me to pick up the poo as soon as it comes out the dog’s ass and get rid of it. Because Dad isn’t going to change. Dad is probably going to just get worse and worse.

Let’s not even get started on his overfeeding of the dogs. Yeah, I just love living here for free, I’m having the motherfucking time of my life. Woooeffinghoo.

Jebus.

Any, rant over. Here’s Lisa’s Manic Monday:

What is the sexiest part of the body? That would depend on whose body it is On the person I think is the most sexiest in real life (i.e., not Captain Jack Sparrow or Snape), it would be his lips.

If you kissed a frog, who would you like it to turn into? See above. Well, wait…yeah, him, but with none of his annoying idiosyncrasies, please.

What do you have stuck up on your refrigerator right now? OMG thank you for reminding me! I was going to take off ALL the magnets and post RULES like 1. DON’T FEED THE DOGS; 2. DON’T WALK THROUGH SHIT; 3. DON’T FEED THE DOGS! 4. DID YOU REMEMBER TO TAKE YOUR PILLS BEFORE YOU WENT TO BED?; 5. DON’T FEED THE DOGS!

But right now? TONS of magnets.

Sigh…

Julie and I have joined a group on Flickr called The Saturday Collaboration; here’s our first shot:

Julie shot the bottle, I shot the glass

Other ideas:

- a plated dinner; a dirty plate.
- candy bar in the wrapper; a half eaten candy bar.
- a dog sleeping; a dog awake.
- a tea pot; a tea cup
- a person reading a book from behind (so you can kind of see the title of the chapter on the page); a person reading the same book from the front (so you can see the title of the book).
- a stick of gum, partially unwrapped; chewed gum
- a sandwich freshly made; a sandwich with a bite taken out
- even lyrics:

Leaves are fallin’ all around: She shoots leaves falling…
It’s time I was on my way: I shoot someone walking away…

If you guys have any ideas or anything you’d like to see us attempt, please feel free to let me know!

High girls (also high photographer, so I’m amazed this picture came out; I don’t even remember taking it!) (the high being alcohol, not drugs)

High on a hill (the Mayan ruins of Tulum in Mexico)

High water

Whoooohooo! I missed the return last week of Stuff Portrait Friday as I was off gallivanting, but I’m here this week; the word is “Numbers”, hosted by the lovely Kristine.

Here’s a shot from a project I’m doing over on flickr, One Object 365 Days; so far it’s been a blast!

“Skelly and Sakura are wondering what time it is“

You can find the Friday Fill-Ins here!

1. Some relationships are meant to be strong enough to last a lifetime; others are not.
2. Hall & Oates is the last concert I saw; it was in December and they sang Christmas carols. I loved it.
3. Spring should be warm and filled with blossoming flowers and budding trees, not freezing cold with a chance of snow.
4. Oh no! I forgot where I put the Robert Plant/Allison Krauss tickets!
5. I’ve recently started Twittering; come follow me.
6. The British TV show, As Time Goes By never fails to make me smile.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to reading a new vampire book, tomorrow my plans include getting my hair permed and seeing Q and Sunday, I want to have a coffee and hang out with Michelle for a bit!