Argh. My dog just ate my corn muffin off the table. Good: I caught him in the act and was able to scold him. Bad: I never have to scold him and now did a few hours before we drop him off at his kennel that he hasn't been to in years. Someone remind me doggie reward/punishment memories aren't that long and he's not going to associate being kenneled with being scolded.

Of course, he used to love that kennel, so if he did make the association, it'd probably be a positive one. Oh well, I still have brushing to do, so we'll have happy dog time before he goes. I'm glad it's opened back up, and he loves the people, but I'm also kinda sad we won't have him on this vacation after planning it that way to begin with. It will give us more flexibility on the trip, though.

have you all see the deer woman blog?

one picture isn't work safe (no naughty bits, just suggestive. the rest are just odd.

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So, I didn't sign up for art class. I got all confused. I don't know if I should sign up for beginner or intermediate. So I'm going to let the teacher make the choice, which means portfolio review, which means it happens at some point in the future, so I'm now waiting for a call or an email.

Beginner=back to figure drawing fundamentals, always good, help with artist's block, great potential for impatience and frustration...so I dunno. I am no good at self-evaluation, so I willingly throw myself into the arms of a stranger.

Mustnotclickonitaslinks. Mustnotclickonitaslinks. Mustnotclickonitaslinks.

In other news, ita !, as I was introducing Wide Sargasso Sea on Friday, one of my students announced that she was Jamaican on one side of the family. We started having a conversation and she casually mentioned that her (uncle? grandfather?) family member used to be Prime Minister. I wondered if her family knew yours immediately.

Uh, what's the first letter of her surname, if that's not too much information? I'm assuming she's related to one of the white PMs, of which there are a metric shit-tonne.

No, she’s not white. First letter of her surname is M, but I’m not sure which side of the family it is.

ETA: And checking Wikipedia, none of those last names are hers, so it must be another branch of her family. I’ll ask her which one she’s related to next time.

have you all see the deer woman blog?

People are...endlessly fascinating.

there is no estimate as to when power will return, so I don't know WTF we are going to do. We are homebodies! You drove us from our home!

Oh dear! (deer.) The movies sounds like an excellent call, as does the office. Any place with heat!

Oh, believe me, I don't want to live in blizzard country either. But if my house were hit by a tornado twice in two years, I'd be seriously considering moving somewhere with the kind of natural disasters I could hunker down and survive with my possessions intact.

At this point I mention that my home city has low humidity, no snow or even frost in winter, no tornadoes, no earthquakes and no hurricanes. And no funnelwebs (suck it, Sydney!). You can have bushfires around some of the outskirts, and we get the occasional thunderstorm.

t adds Melbourne to list of places to look for work after getting degree

So that whole "most venomous animals in the world" thing doesn't apply?