{"id":4000,"date":"2009-06-01T06:57:02","date_gmt":"2009-06-01T10:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=4000"},"modified":"2009-06-01T06:57:02","modified_gmt":"2009-06-01T10:57:02","slug":"what-it-is-6109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/what-it-is-6109","title":{"rendered":"What It Is: 6\/1\/09"},"content":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading:<\/em> The first three installments of Chris Ware’s<\/a> “Rusty Brown” book, and some of Plutarch’s life of Alcibiades<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What I’m listening to:<\/em> Quadrophenia<\/a>\"\".<\/p>\n

What I’m watching:<\/em> Back-to-back-to-back episodes of Reno 911!<\/a>, The Wrestler<\/a>, and, once again, the most entertaining movie ever: Kung Fu Hustle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What I’m drinking:<\/em> Plymouth & Q Tonic.<\/p>\n

What Rufus is up to:<\/em> Still recovering from his wounds. He’s scheduled for surgery on Tuesday morning to stitch up more of the damage. I feel a little guilty about my sense of relief that someone else will be taking care of him for a few hours. Outside of an hour or so this weekend when I went out to a surgical supplies store to look for better bandaging & protection materials for him, I’ve pretty much been joined at the hip with Rufus since I got home from Atlanta 10 days ago. As penance for this, I’ll have to deal with him having a new set of stitches and a reduced allowance of physical activity, just when he’s got a ton of energy back and has finally returned to doing his little mealtime pirouette-dance.<\/p>\n

Where I’m going:<\/em> Nowhere. See above.<\/p>\n

What I’m happy about:<\/em> That the vet was so excited about Ru’s current stage of recovery at last Friday’s followup. Also, my pals Ian & Jess came to visit this weekend. We chilled out, ate some of my wife’s fine cooking, watched the aforementioned most entertaining movie ever (two new converts: yay!), and just shot the breeze. They were quite happy not to go out and do stuff, given that they drove 8 hours to get here on Friday and had another 8-hour haul Sunday to get back to VA. I was also pretty happy to get the June issue wrapped up by deadline.<\/p>\n

What I’m sad about:<\/em> That I have to jump right into the July\/August issue.<\/p>\n

What I’m worried about:<\/em> That the owners of the dog that attacked Rufus won’t pay his vet bills, forcing me to get my lawyer involved. They haven’t said this yet; they just haven’t responded to my note and the first three bills.<\/p>\n

What I’m pondering:<\/em> Why the use of athletic tape, which is really effective in keep Rufus’ bandages from slipping, also has to cause him so much pain when I change it out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading: The first three installments of Chris Ware’s “Rusty Brown” book, and some of Plutarch’s life of Alcibiades. What I’m listening to: Quadrophenia. What I’m watching: Back-to-back-to-back episodes of Reno 911!, The Wrestler, and, once again, the most entertaining movie ever: Kung Fu Hustle. What I’m drinking: Plymouth & Q Tonic. What Rufus … <\/p>\n

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