Fantasy Pieces

Meet Cleopatra

I'm sorry, did I say Cleopatra? I meant Psychopatra. This picture just about sums her up: cuddly, lazy, and slightly pissed off for no apparent reason.

Cleo: That's right, potato head. Don't look at me. Straight down. Have you forgotten the beating you got just this morning? How you hid under the dining table? You WILL obey me.

Idefix: Oh my god. Is she still there? Is she LOOKING AT ME? No. No no no no no no no. Make her stop.

Cleo: This is not even challenging anymore.

Idefix: Make her stop. Oh god make her stop. I'm going to wait quietly over here. I won't look at her. No sir I won't.

Cleo: With the bull-terrier out of the way, my plan for world domination continues. But first, a nap is in order.

Idefix: zzzzzz.

Cleo: Not you, knucklehead.

Idefix: zzzzzz....

Cleo: Oh well, what the heck.

Meet Idefix

This is Idefix, glowing like an angel of light in the brisk mornings at the dog park. Ok, some Photoshop may have been involved in the making of this, but that's only because I'm such a bad photographer: he is really that luminous in real life.

I don't know what possessed me to watch this stupid movie tonight, Eight Below. Ok,it's not entirely stupid, but not because of the actors, it's because of the dogs. Frankly, I bawled through the entire movie. I cannot stomach any movie or story of any kind in which animals (especially dogs!) are involved and made to suffer in any way. In fact, it makes my skin crawl to such an extent that I resolve again, for the n-th time, to become a vegetarian.

The movie is still not over and tears are streaming down my cheeks in a continuous flow, damn it. I just can't take it. And a couple of the dogs die, which  sucks beyond belief. Ever since I got Idefix, it's gotten worse and worse, this sensitivity, and I'm not sure what to do about it. Donate to animal charities? Volunteer, maybe? Become an animal activist? Adopt more dogs? (Um, in the meantime, we rescued a cat, so yet another dog would probably put a strain on our expanding brood right now--but soon, perhaps). All of the above? And of course, it goes without saying, take good care of our pets, my beloved angel Idefix and our sweet kitty, Cleo.

But really, they either have to stop making this doggie tearjerkers, or I've got to stop watching them. Wait, I think I know the answer to this one!