Perhaps the fault lies not with our dogs, but with ourselves. Pit bulls were once regarded as the epitome of being all-American:

"Pete the Pup, in the old ‘Our Gang’ movies, was a pit bull. Teddy Roosevelt had a pit bull in the White House. And on a World War I poster that used dogs to symbolize the various nations, America was a pit bull- stalwart, unafraid but not belligerent. (Mary Randolph, "Dog Law")

If the pit bull is now regarded as vicious, untrustworthy, and mean; what does this say about America now? One might suggest that with America’s growth in population and acts of violence, we have become more aggressive toward our ”pets.” This mistreatment of our pets has led to the dog attack crisis, to which we have responded to with Breed Specific Legislation. However, it should be rather obvious that Breed Specific Legislation does not work, is unwarranted, and is unjust and overbroad. Ergo, it is a wholly illogical response to the recent rise in dog attacks prompted by media hype and misinformation. Punishing the good dogs and their owners is not the solution; to solve to problem of dog attacks, we must change how we enforce current legislation designed to protect both the dogs and the public.

You really should accept
This time he's gone for good
He'll never come back now
Even though he said he would
So, darling, dry your eyes
So many other guys
Would give the world I'm sure
To wear the shoes he wore

Oh, c'mon smile a little smile for me, Rosemarie
What's the use in cryin'?
In a little while you'll see, Rosemarie
You must keep on tryin'
I know that he hurt you bad
I know, darling, don't be sad and
Smile a little smile for me, Rosemarie, Rosemarie

I guess you're lonely now
Love's comin' to an end
But, darling, only now
Are you free to try again
Lift up your pretty chin
Don't let those tears begin
You're a big girl now
And you'll pull through somehow

Oh, c'mon smile a little smile for me, Rosemarie
What's the use in cryin'?
In a little while you'll see, Rosemarie
You must keep on tryin'
I know that he hurt you bad
I know, darling, don't be sad and
Smile a little smile for me, Rosemarie, Rosemarie

Shelia Kuehl

Anthony Romero

Think of 15 of your favorite movies, go to IMDB and find quotes for each. Post the quotes. When someone guesses the movie, add the movie name and the person who got it right. (No fair using IMDB to find the answer)

*1) "This conversation can serve no purpose anymore. Goodbye." Jeff with 2001

*2) "Don't worry! As long as you hit that wire with the connecting hook at precisely eighty-eight miles per hour the instant the lightning strikes the tower... everything will be fine!" silverblaidd with Back to the Future

*3) "You know those days when you get the mean reds?" ken_sucks with Breakfast at Tiffanys

*4) "We were all a bit shagged and fagged and fashed, it being a night of no small expenditure." helloandie with A Clockwork Orange

*5) "You can't fight in here. This is the War Room!" ken_sucks with Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

*6) "You guys got nothing to worry about. I'm a professional."
"A professional what?"
Jeff with Ferris Bueller's Day Off

*7) "A heart can be broken, but it will keep beating just the same." silverblaidd with Fried Green Tomatoes

*8) "I don't have to take this abuse from you. I've got hundreds of people dying to abuse me." Jeff with Ghostbusters

*9) "I wonder how such a degenerated person ever reached a position of authority in the Army Medical Corps!"
"He was drafted."
ken_sucks with *M*A*S*H*

*10) "I must be crazy to be in a loony bin like this." silverblaidd with One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

*11) "Geology is the study of pressure and time. That's all it takes, really. Pressure... and time. That, and a big goddamn poster." silverblaidd with The Shawshank Redemption

*12) "Is this a courting or a donnybrook? Have the good manners not to hit the man until he's your husband and entitled to hit you back." ken_sucks with The Quiet Man

*13) "Neighbors bring food with death, and flowers with sickness, and little things in between." Jeff with To Kill a Mockingbird

*14) "You don't know how hard it is being a woman looking the way I do."
"You don't know how hard it is being a man looking at a woman looking the way you do."
silverblaidd with Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

*15) "I get it. No questions."
"No questions, no lies."
"No questions, no truth, either."
Jeff with Xanadu, but only because I totally gave it away with a hint.

I've started a new job, and it means that I have little to no free time during the week. I like it, but I am tired.

Been somewhere and heard a song for the first time that was just perfect for the situation, mood, or person you were with at the time?

What song and why?

So things aren't as bad as I made them out to be. In fact, aside from stressing about school and work/money, I'm not so bad.

P.S. New layout.

There's a fine, fine line
Between a lover and a friend;
There's a fine, fine line
between reality and pretend;
And you never know 'til you reach the top
if it was worth the uphill climb.
There's a fine, fine line
between love
And a waste of time.

There's a fine, fine line
between a fairy tale and a lie;
And there's a fine, fine line
between "You're wonderful" and "Goodbye."
I guess if someone doesn't love you back
it isn't such a crime,
But there's a fine, fine line between love
And a waste of your time.

And I don't have the time to waste on you anymore.
I don't think that you even know what you're looking for.
For my own sanity, I've got to close the door
And walk away.

There's a fine, fine line
between together and not
And there's a fine, fine line
between what you wanted and what you got.
You gotta go after the things you want
while you're still in your prime
There's a fine, fine line between love
And a waste of time.

Sometimes it scares me how much I love this man.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/18/us/18cnd-scotus.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

I don't understand why and how a parasite is more important than a sentient human.

is the best day I've had since 20 January 2001, when the world turned to shit. Though, I'm hoping 20 January 2009 will also be a great day.

I got a job. I mean, a job other than subbing at high schools and having to deal with bratty kids all day. I've actually been working there since the begining of this week.

I work at Westwood Veterinary Hospital, in their kennel. I walk dogs in the bitter cold, clean up their crap, clean their cages; and yet, I love it. Things I don't love: laundry (and I do it for the whole hospital) and landscaping.

But yeah, my name's K, and I'm a poop scooping bitch.




Boomer thinks I'm cheating on him though, and is a little pissed.

Put "I've seen ____ of these 168 movies" in the subject line and repost. SUPPOSEDLY if you've seen over 85 movies, you have no life. Mark the ones you've seen. There are 168 movies on this list. Put your score in header and re-post.


( Movies Here... )

To be fair, I've also seen an exorbitant amount of GOOD movies too. I just like to watch movies... like, constantly watching movies.

Look at my user info, and pick one of my interests that you don't understand or find interesting, and I'll explain it to you. Whether you have a particular question about it, or just a general "why is x on there?".

Then, y'know, do the same on your LJ. Otherwise it wouldn't be a meme.

P.S. Layout change!

Finally. It is a 2005 Honda CR-V, and as you can see below, it only had 6,000 miles on it when I bought it. It is white, but when they lowered the price, I couldn't say no. Especially considering that the other one I was looking at had 7 times the milage and was 2 years older.

( Pictures of the shiny. )

It gets good gas milage for an SUV, and the biggest selling feature was that it still has its factory bumper to bumper and powertrain warranty in addition to the Honda Certified Pre-Owned Warranty. That means I've got 4 years or up to 48,000 miles on my bumper to bumper and 7 years or 100,000 miles on the powertrain. Anyways, I heart my new car.

I'm telling you now,
I'm telling you right away,
I'll be saying for many a day-
I'm in love with you now.

I'm telling you now,
I'll say what you want to hear,
I'll be saying for many a year-
I'm in love with you now.

Do you think I'm foolin' when I say I love you-
"I love you"
Maybe you'll believe me when I'm finally through-
Through, through, through.

I'm telling you now,
I know it's been said before,
Say you love me and I will be sure-
I'm in love with you now.

I'm telling you now,
I'm telling you right away,
I'll be saying for many a day-
I'm in love with you now.

Do you think I'm foolin' when I say I love you-
"I love you"
Maybe you'll believe me when I'm finally through-
Through, through, through.

I'm telling you now,
I know it's been said before,
Say you love me and I will be sure-
I'm in love with you now,
I'm in love with you now,
I'm telling you now.

"There's at least 1 person on your LiveJournal that wants to date you or sleep with you.

So lets play........ FRIENDS w/BENEFITS

The rules are simple...

If you want to date the person who posts this, post a comment saying "I'm yours"

If you just want to sleep with the person and stay friends, post a comment that says "I'd hit it"

All comments are and will stay screened so it's just between us.

SCARED??? You ONLY live ONCE!

THE TWIST IS YOU HAVE TO REPOST THIS!!! & see who replies."

Choose the anonymous option if you want...

ETA: You can now post anonymously, since I made the entry public.

Wise men say,
"Only fools rush in"
But I can't help falling in love with you.

Shall I stay?
Would it be a sin?
If I can't help falling in love with you.

Like a river flows,
Surely, to the sea,
Darling,so it goes.
Some things are meant to be.

Take my hand,
Take my whole life too,
For I can't help falling in love with you.

Or is my imagination working overtime?

"1. If you had the option to get your braces off a year earlier in return for shaving your head.. would you have done it?"
Probably, I'm pretty vain, but hair is hair, it grows back. I think I've proved that with all the times I've chopped off my hair in spite.

"2. Better: Spike or Malcolm Reynolds?"
Spike, only because we really got to know him. We knew his history both before and after he was embraced, and really got to see his character change and develop. Spike also gives into his love, while Mal denies his. To quote Spike, "I may be love's bitch, but at least I'm man enough to admit it."

"3. Worse: blind or deaf?"
I don't know, I have problems with both currently. On one hand, if I was deaf I could still enjoy movies, but I think I would miss music more. I guess I would say deaf is worse, as you can be legally blind and still have some sight.

"4. What is the last bad book that you've read?"
Bad books? I don't read bad books, I put them down before I get to far in. I guess the cheesiest book I've read recently was the DaVinci Code. The plot was very predictable and I figured out the "mystery" long before the character did. I guess I only read it to see what the hype was about.

"5. Which bugs you more - laws targeting (/excluding) dog breeds or laws targeting (/excluding) homosexuals?"
Both are discrimination issues which I would like to not exist, or you could say that one is a property issue. However, as much as it probably would surprise most people, I would have to say that banning dog breeds bugs me more. My logic is this: Homosexuals both can stand up for their own rights and have many large organizations and other people that will stand up for them. While the dogs can't stand up for themselves, don't have the inherent right to exist, and there are no massive organizations for the support of so called "bad" breeds, on the contrary, there are massive organizations that advocate the extinction of those breeds.



1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
2. I will respond by asking you five questions of a very intimate and creepily personal nature. Or not so creepy/personal.
3. You WILL update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions

Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry could become the next governor to sign
a major bill restricting access to abortion. Oklahoma lawmakers
are currently considering two abortion bans and, any day now,
the governor could sign a package of five anti-choice measures.
South Dakota has already banned abortion, and 11 more states,
including Oklahoma, have proposed various ways to ban abortion.

This is an incredibly important time to get involved -- even if
you've never done anything like it before. Tell Gov. Henry not
to sign this dangerous bill by following the link below.

http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/oklahoma_specific_swts2?rk=wdLOgDK1umC7W

Does any one remember the little boy that looked like he was going to throw up when the National Guard member ripped the puppy from his arms as he was leaving post-Katrina New Orleans last fall? Watching that on the news upset me greatly, so greatly I had to go and just hug Boomer and cry. I think I would have punched the guy if it was me. However, this shouldn't happen again, since Congress is trying to ensure that people don't have to chose between their loved ones (including pets) and their own safety.



Congress considers pets' place in disaster plans; House approves legislation; similar measure in Senate

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A television shot of a little boy losing his dog during Katrina rescue operations was the catalyst for the House to pass legislation Monday that would require pets to be considered in emergency-preparedness plans.

"The dog was taken away from this little boy, and to watch his face was a singularly revealing and tragic experience," said Rep. Tom Lantos, a California Democrat and sponsor of the Pet Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act. "This legislation was born at that moment."

The bill, which passed 349-24, would require state and local preparedness offices to take into account pet owners, household pets and service animals when drawing up evacuation plans.

Offices that fail to do so would not qualify for grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Republican Rep. Christopher Shays of Connecticut, with Lantos a co-chairman of the Congressional Friends of Animals Caucus, said estimates are that some 600,000 animals died or were left without shelter as a result of Hurricane Katrina. He added that the lack of pet rescue plans also put many pet owners in danger.

"When asked to choose between abandoning their pets or their personal safety, many pet owners chose to risk their lives," he said.

The Humane Society of the United States cited a recent Zogby International poll that found that 49 percent of adults say they would refuse to evacuate if they couldn't take their pets with them.

Passage of the bill, said Humane Society president Wayne Pacelle, would ensure "that Americans will never again be forced to leave their best friends behind to face imminent danger."

In the Senate, Sens. Ted Stevens, an Alaska Republican, and Frank Lautenberg, a New Jersey Democrat, have introduced similar legislation that also would give the FEMA director authority to grant funds to state and local agencies for animal-preparedness projects, including the building of emergency shelters.

Louisiana's Legislature is considering a separate measure requiring that the state come up with plans to transport and house pets in an evacuation.

The sponsor, Sen. Heulette "Clo" Fontenot, said the bill was written on the assumption the state would need 10,000 cages for the animals.