Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Plural vs. Possessive

Can I just say "AARRRGGGGHHH!" It drives me INSANE to see - on billboards, advertisements, business TITLES (for GOD'S SAKE, how much are you spending on that sign, those business cards, that stationery...), email subject lines, etc - things like "Cowboy's and Angel's: [this being the business title] Floral, Gifts, Candy" or "Chili Hill's Restaurant" (who is this Chili Hill person?) or "Kid's Eat For 99 Cents!"
Now if your going to spend money - oh gee, I mean if you're (as in, "you are") going to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on advertising, maybe you'd better hire someone who is *#!@! literate. Just an idea. Admit your faults, say "I just am not very good at spelling or grammar" - and have someone else proofread!!
Please...

Wednesday, April 09, 2008

OMG!

I worked the last three days in southern NM on a film with Jk Blk (guess or ask me - I'm not typing his funny-ass name because some doof will search for it...), the setting of which was approximately the year zero. Looks like it'll be a funny one, of course - but the best part for me was hanging out with the animal trainers! Here's me with a couple gibbons (the one who I'm holding most is the least amiable of the two gibbons and everyone was shocked she climbed up on me and hugged and hugged me and wouldn't let me go!)







Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Sweet Nothings




New Pets!

I was deciding between a reptile of some kind, or a bird. I've always kind of wanted a snake, or a bearded dragon, but I decided on a bird. So one day I walked into Petco empty handed and walked out with a new - beautiful - pet!
Here it is!

Ha ha... they put it in a tiny box for the ride home so I seatbelted it in. Safety first!

I got one blue parakeet first, with plan to hand train it before getting another. But as I was hand-training on the third day and was becoming tired of getting bitten (it actually broke the skin) - I decided birds are to look at, not play with. So I took Tim to Petco and we picked out another one! We just LOVE them! So beautiful and fun! Did you know they are also super cheap and easy to care for?!

Even though we had Sydney, Maddie still stares anxiously at the birds and whines a little - is she wishing they were free so she could hunt them? Hmmm...

Everyone should have parakeets!