Happy holidays, y'all
Posted: Dec 22, 2007
Alright!
Just a quickie to wish you happy holidays and all that guff. Hope it’s a great one, hope Santa brings you something nice if you’re into that sort of thing, and I hope to see you again sometime soon.
Normal service round these parts will resume in 2008 and not a moment before. I’m knackered and I need a long overdue rest.
This year has been an absolute killer for me: I left my job and went freelance full time, I moved 4000 miles to the USA, I re-launched this here weblog thing, visited San Francisco and my wonderful friends there, I got married, I adopted a funny looking kid, I worked my ass off, started practising Bikram yoga, and somewhere in the middle of that lot (and mostly because of it all) I had the best year I’ve had in a very, very, very long time.
Nicely done, Joshua. Here’s to more of the same in 2008, if you please. Now, off to hang out with friends, with family, with dogs, and with a bunch of bourbon.
Remember kids: be excellent to each other. Party on.
6 months in and all's swell
Posted: Nov 19, 2007
So today is our six-month wedding anniversary, and boy does the time fly…
This marriage malarkey has been quite fun so far, so I figured I best write a little something here to remind myself not to forget the real deal in six month’s time.
Happy anniversary, Samara. Here’s to the rest of ‘em.
Classic
Posted: Oct 25, 2007
Yesterday we took Hank to get checked out by the vet. Seeing as we picked him up after spending almost week in the shelter we were worried that he may have been left to roam the streets because he had heartworms or some other nasties.
He does have a bit of a respitory infection, but everything else checked out fine. His joints are fine, he’s free of heartworms, his teeth and gums are good and he’s not overweight.
Turns out he’s happiest when I work on the couch and he flops down in front of VH1 Classic.
He’s a ridiculously mellow, healthy, temporarily snotty pooch who loves classic rock. Rad.
This concludes our Hank programming on partiallyblind.com for the forseeable. I’ve already gone into “new dad” mode – no point in dragging it onto here too. There’ll most likely be good few pictures on my Flickr stream though.
Hello Hank
Posted: Oct 22, 2007
I’ve been a huge movie nerd for as long as I can remember, and for pretty much the same amount of time, I’ve wanted to own a basset hound.
I spent a good few hours this past weekend looking at various local pet adoption websites in the hopes of finding a four-legged critter to bring home. Lots of awww-ing at some ridiculously cute dogs later, I eventually stumbled upon a listing from the Rocky Mount Animal Control centre for a sweet little 2 year old basset who goes by the name of Movie.
Basset hounds + movies. It’s like fate. Sweet, slobbery, stinky fate.
I exchanged a few emails with them this morning and he was still available, so Samara left work early and we drove over to Rocky Mount to meet him and hopefully bring him home with us.
Movie was just the name they gave him to list him, but that’s a little silly and he totally doesn’t answer to it. He seems to be real happy with Hank, so Hank he shall be from now on.
I’ve bored family and friends alike with my dreams of owning an old pickup truck and driving around town with my hound while we both howl away to Johnny Cash records, so I’m ridiculously excited right now.
Say hello to my little friend. Come on, Hank, sing that song.
There’s a few more pictures on Flickr if you’re interested.
Happy birthday, Mum!
Posted: Sep 09, 2007
Today’s my mothers birthday, so seeing as she’s gallavanting around who knows where in Africa, an online birthday greeting is the best I can manage.
So happy birthday mum, hope it’s as awesome as you are.
Love you!
