The true amazement
of what must've occured in J-Dog's life the past 4 1/2
months is starting to hit home. And from the title you
can see I'm poking fun at the "pitch" mentality of
this town. Something always has to meet something
else. The Trinitrons will probably be pitched as "The
Klumps" meets "The Monkees"...(shiver). But first, a
bit of an update.
J-Dog will not be
living with us. Because of Edna's big heart, and Bob's
big teeth, J-Dog will be ruling the roost in the
complex - OUTSIDE my apartment in the Rec Room.
I'll still feed him and give him love, but
unfortunately - keeping him inside is not an option.
J-Dog actually got out of the little hallway
I had him in, and what preceeded to happen
between him and Bob was easily the most frightening
thing I've ever seen/heard in a long time. At that
point we decided to just get J-Dog the
HELL outside - as he'd been a freakin' wreck for
5 hours in the house. Amazingly, within 5 minutes of
being outside - he was the lovey pup I've always
known. He found a nice warm spot in the rec room, and
we went up to talk to Edna. She actually brought up
just letting him stay outside, and thank GOD. There
were very few options. He's only normal when not
confined, and had we taken him to the humane society -
they'd put him down within a week. And christ if that
was gonna be the end result - I would just go do that
myself, so I could at least hold the pup as he went.
It looks like all of that can be avoided. So now he's
chillin' in his new home, drinkin' out of the pool
again, and generally being the happiest animal on the
planet. The journey he must've taken to find his way
back...absolutely amazing. And now...
To the BASTARD
that took him,
What part of his
harness, didn't you understand? Did you not realize
those 7 digits were a phone number? Did you not
comprehend that he must be loved if he has his
OWN GODDAMN website on his tags? And what on
EARTH made you think you should take off his harness,
put on your own COLLAR, and try to keep him? And then,
when he drove you so nuts when you tried to keep him
inside, why didn't you just call that number?! You
just let him go. And how freakin' far away were you
that he couldn't find his way back for 4 1/2 months?
I'll tell you one thing you did right. You didn't put
your name or number on the collar he had on. Smart
move asshole. There's about 5 guys in this apartment
building who would HAPPILY have made a visit with me
to discuss what transpired since August 5th.
Adam
Sorry 'bout that.
Needed to get that out of my system. So what was
Wednesday a freakish nightmare, can now be considered
a wonderful mircale as he can happily live in the rec
room, and we can all marvel at a truly amazing
journey. It's still somewhat of a twilight zone
episode. I mean J-Dog looks like he was dead. Though
he's skinnier, his fur is thick as hell. I guess
that's a defense mechanism when you're outside so
long. That and a healthy helping of DIRT. And of
course the smell. It still feels like a scene out of
Pet Cemetery. And of course the Cast Away allusion
because we've all moved on. We "buried" J-Dog, and
waited as long as we thought was possible for him to
come back - and then got another cat. Then he appears.
Ha.
Oh and
the "Fox & the Hound" reference is for
Bob and J. Once inseperable friends, time
turns them into enemies. Even when we get
J-Dog smellin' better, I'm afraid they'll
never be able to be around each other. But
Bob and Hijack are fine, and J-Dog has
always been a loner. Even in the
"Hitmen"
video
from January 2001, J-DOG caught that
bird...Bob tried to look important. It was
all J.
The past 4 days
have been a constant battle to not spend every second
in the rec room petting J-Dog. He's so happy to be
petted, and I'm so happy to pet him. It's really like
getting a second chance with a relative you thought
was dead. You want to spend every possible second with
him. I don't even care about the stench (which now 4
baths can't even touch)...apparently tomoato paste is
the answer of all things. I'll be trying that out in a
few days. But man, I just can't spend enough time with
him. I want so badly to bring him in. It just can't
happen. Even if Bob and J-Dog were fine with each
other, eventually we'd have to let J-Dog out - and
then we'd start the indoor/outdoor thing, and it's
impossible doing that with just one of your 3 cats. So
he's gotta stay in the rec room. :-( And boy has he
stayed there! Sleeping like crazy. Another amazing
thing is that he is BARELY eating. He's had the same
bowl of cat food for over 3 days. He used to go
through 2 of them BY HIMSELF a day, so he's
obviously learned to ration pretty well.
He
hasn't forgotten about lickin' toes though
(thus the J-Dog
sequel).
That's back with a vengeance as well as
some great ear love. And it's constant.
Every second is spent "MAKING OUT". LOL.
He rubs all over me for hours, as if he
can't get comfortable. It's been like this
since Wednesday. It really breaks my
heart. God what he's been through.
Yesterday he was
sleepin' on me and jittering in his sleep...and then
had this really big violent type reaction to something
in his ream and JUMPED out of his sleep. He saw me,
and was alright and curled back up. I wanted so badly
to PUMMEL the bastard that took him. You just know
that in those 4 1/2 months he was subjected to some
bad shit. If only that collar had a name on it. Wow.
Actually, it really is good it didn't. I have no doubt
that it would get ugly.
In career news,
there's quite a little development. Charlotte finally
up and called Mitzi from the Comedy Store. After such
an amazing show where we made them sooooo much money,
Belinda won't return Charlotte's calls. Mitzi seemed
absolutely shocked. She couldn't understand why we
weren't rebooked and said she would get to the bottom
of this very soon. That was 5 days ago, and I'm
assuming that with the holidays - we'll probably have
to wait until January to pick this up again. Goddamn
city just shuts down from the 17th-4th. :-( But it's
incredible nonetheless. I wonder what the hell's gonna
happen here. As well, I'm still not sure if I have
that "after Xmas show" yet. If I do I'll have at least
one more entry before the 2001 round-up. Otherwise -
the year is over! Incredible. And even more
incredible...
9 straight? Huh?
They were 2-9. Now they're 14-12 and 2 wins away from
FIRST PLACE in the east. That's ASTOUNDING.
I know it's early - but holy horseshit this is
unheard of. It's the biggest winning streak in
Washington history - and after the start they had,
it's truly the most improbable turnaround I've ever
seen. It's really gonna make for an exciting season,
lemme tell ya. Yes, Jordan's shot is WAY off. He's
shooting 40% - but he's making everyone better. What
can't this man do. (shoot 50% - lol). Anyway - he's on
TNT playing in North Carolina on Wednesday - check it
out.
