Mom and Frank deeply depressed after seeing "Hotel Rwanda"

Wow, mom and Frank sure were in a good mood before they went out the the Angelica last night. They were talking and drinking and laughing, you know, havin a swell ol' time. Then they went and saw Hotel Rwanda and when they came back they weren't feeling so hot. They talked for a long time and then went to sleep and had wierd dreams, both of them. Me, I had a dream that my testicles grew back and that I was humping this female American Bulldog I met in Washington Square Park the other day.

All things Grandma

I am going to take this time to talk about Grandma. She is mom's mom, and she lives in Boston. I've only gotten to see her a few times, but every time I do see her all she wants to do is hold me and pet me. She is not the type of Lady to get down on her hands and knees and rough house with me, but there was this one time she ran all around her old house getting me to chase her! Grandma does not understand that I am a young dog and can not stay that still for that long. So I decided to jump out of her arms.

If I let her know there is a time limit on holding me she will learn. I do wish that she lived closer to Mom because then I would get treats and presents from her all the time. She is always sending Mom these large packeges in the mail full of usless things, and sometimes there's a treat in there for me! The only bad thing about her is that she will not let me lick her neck or kiss her on the lips. She is always saying "lips that touch dog lips will Never touch mine" I think that is from the peanuts cartoon. Well, Grandma if you read this, I love you and I want you to live closer,

but only if you let me lick you where I want!

Leaving Florida

I have to say my fun in the sun days are comming to an end. Today I have to leave Florida.

My uncle, JR almost almost fed me from the counter today! But then instead he threw me in the air and I landed on the coutch, good thing it was soft. He really loves to throw me around, he did it evey chance he could get.

I guess he was just getting back at me because at 6:30 this morning I wanted to wake up mom and JR to go and play. It was really great getting to know Asley the poodle, and it was even better pushing her in the pool! Now, Grandma is dissing me because they sat me up on the kitchen counter right next to a heeping plate of left over roast beef and I could not figure out how to get to it! Tonight when I am back in NYC I will wait untill mom is asleep and pee all over the floor, that what she gets for teasing me in Florida.

My First Christmas ( a dog's dream)

I love Florida, It is warm and mom is in a good mood, and I got to see Grandma!!!!! I love Grandma she talkes to me in this stupid voice and pets me a lot. We got picked up at the Airport by mom's brother JR and Michael and her "aunt/Grandma's bestfriend" and again had to be in a car. That car ride was ok because, it was short and as soon as it was over there were so many other dogs! Ashley the poodle, Ranger the Mutt, and Jasmin the golden retriver. They were so big and warm, Florida dogs pant a lot. I was welcomed into this great home, and got to run free. There was this big tree in the house, and I went right over to pee on it, and learned that that is not good, and the tree was there for something called Christmas.

All of these people came over to the house, and I got to smell what I heard mom call "old lady perfume", she's right it is bad. I got three litte packeges wrapped in paper, and got to chew it all with out getting yelled at! Under the paper was, a bone and a ball and chewy! All for me!!! All of a sudden mom decided to jump in to the pool, all the other dogs jumped in right after her all except me.

She swam around and played with all the balls and I could not go in to the pool. I don't like water and I was afraid of drowning. Mom finally got out of the pool and then I got to go on a really really long walk on all grass! Later that night I got to eat steak at the table and sleep on a really great carpet. If it were up to me Christmas would be every day!

Planes

Mom had the bright idea to take me with her to Florida for my first Christmas. I have to admit I was begining to like the cold weather and the streets of New York City. So I had to go the the most awful place again the other day the VET. I got a shot and my butt felt up. I am in good health, but mom took the lady aside and whispered something to her. What was it you ask, well I did not find out untill the next day.
Mom and Frank kissed eachother goodbye and I got shoved in to a bag, put in a cab and rode with mom to the Airport! I made a point of crying the whole car ride because as we all know I do not like car trips. I got out at the place mom called the airport and had to go through the security check. I took that oppertunity to vomit because all the new smells were making me mad.

I was put back in "the bag" and fed this little pill . . . Slowley I could not see, I could not whine, I could not stand. A little while later, I got put under a seat with mom's feet next to me and started to vibrate. There were all these loud noises and I was stuck in a bag and could not see mom and all of a sudden we were going up. (Please keep in mind that during all of this I was soo tired I could only see out of my left eye.) So we are up somewhere, and I am too tired to care and now my ears are really hurting, it is easly for me to get rid of the pain cause I just yawned, but I heard mom from above telling some lady that her ears hurt so bad and she could not hear. A while later we started going down, I was starting to wake up and I was still stuck in this bag, I was starting to wonder when I was going to be able to pee. It was just all too much for me and just as I was going to pee we hit the ground and mom took me out of the bag and I saw that we were on a plane. Wow, I had only heard and read about these things and I was too drugged up and stuck in a bag to enjoy it.

Lets just hope Florida is fun and will make up for that plane ride.

They went to the Zoo without me!!!

Mom and Frank went all the way to the Bronx Zoo and left me behind. Places like that are meant for me to visit. I would fit right in, I would pee outside right along side the Camel's. Mom was way too excited about the outing because she was singing that stupid song "I'm going to the zoo zoo zoo, How about you you you" I can't really hear melodies like that coming out of mom, it makes my fur crawl. Frank really wanted to see all the Monkeys because as he told mom, his great Grandfather was the head Vet there and was the first Vet to introduce the Sterile technique. His Great Grandfather sounded pretty amazing, because he used to bring home the monkeys to make them better, and his Daughter (Franks Grandma) used to get to play with them.
Frank told me an interesting fact that mom is not supposed to know, his grandma used to be able to bite her toenails off with her teeth! That is soo cool.
It was a free day at the Zoo, so all they were asking for were donations. Which meant as Mom and Frank found out some of the animals were nowhere to be found. They spent a good half an hour looking in the cage for the Okapis which is s relative to the Zebra and Giraffe. It turns out it just was not in the cage.

Oh well, next time they will go back on a paying day and bring me too. Later that Frank was soo tired after walking around the zoo all day and cooking a really great dinner for mom that he fell asleep on me.

Biking in the Snow

Last night was the first snow I have ever seen. I got to taste this white stuff and watch it fall from the sky. Mom told me that pretty soon I was going to have to start wearing a warmer coat because the snow and the wind could get really cold. Mom rode her bike in the snow for the first time also. Frank and her went to Brooklyn last night to Shannon and Tim's Christmas party. They rode over the Williamsberg bridge and got to see the snowy city from the other side of the river. I was glad when she got back home, because I was a bit scared for her. I was not even mad that she was so drunk she fell asleep on the bed in all her clothes with her shoes on, and left me on the floor to shiver.

Party on 207th street

Mom and Frank rode their bikes all the way up town to 207th street to attend a Christmas party without me. The party was at Franks's friends Jenn and Rose's house. There was even another dog there, but I heard that she was not allowed to come out and play because she ate too many baby hot dogs off the table. Good for her, if I was taller I would be doing the same. Sometimes mom puts me up high and I am taller.

Mom told me she got to see parts of NY that she had never seen before, like the west side bike path all the way to the bridge and all the hills that are in upper Manhattan. Which brings up the point that Frank was trying to make, Where did Manhattan get it's name? I did some research to find out, "William Wallace Tooker seems to have done the most thorough research around 1900. He determined that Manahttan probably derives from the Delaware Indian word mannah "island" and the northern Algonquian suffix meaning "hills": hatin, making Manhattan a "hilly island"." So not only did mom bike the farthest she ever has, but she learned something too.

It was a cathartic experience for all

I peed on the floor, I'll admit it. I just got so upset because mom was crying and using up all the tissue. Frank was being so nice to her and picking up all her tissues before they hit the floor. I was being ignored, so I had to do something about it. When people are in my house I need to be the center of attention at all times. For good measure I peed again in the same spot 20 minutes later when their backs were turned. After my loosening of the bladder and punishment, Mom and Frank left me to go see a Movie. I was willing to go with them but they told me I was not old enought to watch violence. Turns out that it was not just violence, when they came back from "Million Dollar Baby" they were depressed. And It was my turn to hand out the Kleenex.

And in other news I am 11 months old today!

The attack of the leg warmer

Since the weather has gotten colder I have begun to shiver each time I go outside for my walks. Mom had the bright idea to start making me wear a sweater. Now, I am not a cute little dog that loves to be dressed up and primped and put in a bag and never touch the ground. I am a rough and tumble boy, who wants to destroy the fact that I got a bath last night. I yearn to rub my face in the mud. Mom does not agree. Mom decides what I wear, and now she has taken to making me wear one of her old leg warmers that she cut up to fit me. It is kinda cute with the holes she cut in it for my paws but come on the Flash Dance look was soo 1980's. I like to keep up with the times, and I am afriad my outfit's do not. Lets hope that the other's in the dog run take a blind eye.

Mom Returns Home Without Bringing Me Pizza

Mom went out with Positive-Male-Role-Model-Frank last night for beer with free pizza at The Allgator Lounge in Williamsberg. They each had a pizza and mom felt a little guilty about it, most likely because she didn't bring any of it home to me. Instead of pizza, I shredded up and at an entire roll of paper towels. it was fun.
In other news, I've been spending a lot of time in the new dog carrier, it's my new favorite nap spot
Mom also got a new basket for her bike from Frank as a Hannuka present. Perhaps she'll decide to scare the living crap out of me and give me a ride in it.

The Flu has taken over my house

Mom has the Flu really bad. I don't get to go on walks, and she makes me sleep all day next to her. Last night Frank was here and mom was soo sick that she needed every blanket on her and was too cold to cuddle me or Frank. I had a field day when at like 3am mom's fever broke and she was covered in sweat, I got to lick it off!!!! That was even better than Frank's salt lick. I think that the Flu is going around because the building smells different and Carlos our Landlord is sick too, because he did not give me a treat today. Instead him and mom talked about who was sicker. I hope mom feels better by tommorow because I am trying to be really good, but I am going to need to go on a big boy walk soon. I am Not ok with Just going outside of the apartment building. I will not pee on the side of my building anymore!

mom works too much

Mom is at work now for too long. I think that I should have a babysitter, or Alicia should not work and stay over all the time. I really love all her dirty clothes. Frank only comes over when mom is there, I never get to see him alone. One time he took me for a walk all around the neighborhood just me and him, that was soo much fun. I think that everyone should be independantly wealthy, or I should have a babysitter, or I should get a playmate (a girlfriend) I was thinking that a havanese is a great breed, or maybe a maltese. Who knows I am open to anything. Christmas is comming soon, so I will keep my paws crosses!

Red hair tastes good

I have a love affair with Alicia's hair. It is red and long and has streaks of color. She is sleeping on my coutch right now and it is at the exact right level to climb up and munch on while she is sleeping. I love it and wonder if I can get sick from eating too much hair. If that does not make me sick I bet eating all her dirty laundry will!!!

I am a sleepy dog

I think that my vacation over Thanksgiving put my in a funk. All I do all day now is sleep. I think that there is something wrong with me, and mom thinks so too. I wake up in the morning and pee out side. I come back inside and sleep. I wake up to have a mid morning snack, and then go back to sleep. I wake up again aroung the time mom usually comes back from work to greet her and go for my walk, but come home and sleep some more. This has been happening for 3 whole days now! What is going on, I have almost lost my energy to work on this blog. I think those other dogs in New Bedford (the ones who gave me Flea's) got me sick. The only thing that I can seem to do other than sleep or eat is, lick Frank's neck. Ok getting sleepy, more later.