Links and my anxious/obnoxious perpy derg
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stoney321Loads happened on the weekend at HDJM, so here are your links! (And please PLEASE like, tweet, G+1 things you read. It helps spread the word, and as we're trying to gain legitimate press cred, it'll help us this week as we're being vetted by the TV Critics Assoc. *nail biting*)
Ringer!
The Vampire Diaries!
Supernatural!
Merlin!
Spaaaaaaartacus!
Bomb Girls! (Um, femmeslashers on my flist? Y'all need to be watching this show, seriously.)
The Walking Dead! (coming, it's in edits right now)
And I'm putting on the Mod Hat it seems more and more over there. Just know: no bashing. No character hate. Stop posting comments just to promote your own fanfiction. Yes, the writers are fans of the show, or they wouldn't be talking about it. (The hell? I've had three people ask that in comments in one week.) I want that site to be about fannish love and fun, interesting discussion. It's not a place for hate on a character, and if you haven't watched the episode, why not wait until you have before commenting about said episode? <-- that one never fails to boggle my mind.
In Sally Derg news, she's a dork. Wait, that's old news. She has SEVERE anxiety when it comes to thunder storms where she whines (oh my god, it's like a fork on a china plate) and hides in my bathroom, shivering. She used to have a "baby" (it got all chewed and destroyed) that she'd "save" when she could sense thunderstorms on the horizon. (Omg, I saw her make a Sophie's Choice between her two "babies" once and it was the most pathetic thing on the EARTH.)
Anyhoodle, I saw something at PetsMart that I thought I'd give a try, as they promised a full refund. It's a Thundershirt.
#2 and I were looking at them when she figured out what it did: it's like Temple Grandin's "hug machine." (I love my kid.) YES. It's a hug. It's a secure feeling, and they don't get paranoid.
So I was skeptical, but willing to give it a try as we had nothing but storms predicted for almost a week. I put it on her on Friday just to get her used to it, and she seemed to think she looked quite sharp. Ha.
I told her to be sassy and let me take a picture:
Today BIG storms rolled in and I found her wrapped around the toilet in the water closet of my bathroom, positively shuddering with fear. I had to drag her physically out of there to put her shirt on, but she IMMEDIATELY left the bathroom and my bedroom with me. I gave her treats for being such a good girl, and then she WENT OUTSIDE WITH ME to get the paper before it got drenched.
She's now chilling in her usual spot, wearing her tee.
Guys. YOU CAN TEACH AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS!
I'm floored. Here she is in her Thunder shirt during a storm:
I AM SOLD. (and zomg, please ignore the hideous eczema tile in my house. I hate it. I have three kids, though, so replacing floors is going to have to wait for them to be out of my house.)
Ringer!
The Vampire Diaries!
Supernatural!
Merlin!
Spaaaaaaartacus!
Bomb Girls! (Um, femmeslashers on my flist? Y'all need to be watching this show, seriously.)
The Walking Dead! (coming, it's in edits right now)
And I'm putting on the Mod Hat it seems more and more over there. Just know: no bashing. No character hate. Stop posting comments just to promote your own fanfiction. Yes, the writers are fans of the show, or they wouldn't be talking about it. (The hell? I've had three people ask that in comments in one week.) I want that site to be about fannish love and fun, interesting discussion. It's not a place for hate on a character, and if you haven't watched the episode, why not wait until you have before commenting about said episode? <-- that one never fails to boggle my mind.
In Sally Derg news, she's a dork. Wait, that's old news. She has SEVERE anxiety when it comes to thunder storms where she whines (oh my god, it's like a fork on a china plate) and hides in my bathroom, shivering. She used to have a "baby" (it got all chewed and destroyed) that she'd "save" when she could sense thunderstorms on the horizon. (Omg, I saw her make a Sophie's Choice between her two "babies" once and it was the most pathetic thing on the EARTH.)
Anyhoodle, I saw something at PetsMart that I thought I'd give a try, as they promised a full refund. It's a Thundershirt.
#2 and I were looking at them when she figured out what it did: it's like Temple Grandin's "hug machine." (I love my kid.) YES. It's a hug. It's a secure feeling, and they don't get paranoid.
So I was skeptical, but willing to give it a try as we had nothing but storms predicted for almost a week. I put it on her on Friday just to get her used to it, and she seemed to think she looked quite sharp. Ha.
I told her to be sassy and let me take a picture:
Today BIG storms rolled in and I found her wrapped around the toilet in the water closet of my bathroom, positively shuddering with fear. I had to drag her physically out of there to put her shirt on, but she IMMEDIATELY left the bathroom and my bedroom with me. I gave her treats for being such a good girl, and then she WENT OUTSIDE WITH ME to get the paper before it got drenched.
She's now chilling in her usual spot, wearing her tee.
Guys. YOU CAN TEACH AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS!
I'm floored. Here she is in her Thunder shirt during a storm:
I AM SOLD. (and zomg, please ignore the hideous eczema tile in my house. I hate it. I have three kids, though, so replacing floors is going to have to wait for them to be out of my house.)
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Date: 2012-03-19 02:18 pm (UTC)*doggiehugs*
*does not look at eczema tiles lol (is your floor covered in liver??)*
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Date: 2012-03-19 02:23 pm (UTC)UGH, the tiles are just atrocious. One day I will rip them out and have beautiful dark (pecan) wood floors, wide planks and hand scraped. <3 But for now, I have a boy. Who destroys by just existing. (lol)
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Date: 2012-03-19 02:37 pm (UTC)I wonder if they made one cat-sized?
::contemplates further:: ::remembers the size of Loki's claws::
Maybe not so much!
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Date: 2012-03-19 03:04 pm (UTC):-)
When will you hear from the Critics Association?
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Date: 2012-03-19 09:09 pm (UTC)I have no idea - membership closes on April 1.
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Date: 2012-03-20 01:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-03-19 03:14 pm (UTC)Um, femmeslashers on my flist? Y'all need to be watching this show, seriously.
Would you believe me if I told you that the next episode is even better?
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Date: 2012-03-19 09:10 pm (UTC)Daaaaaaamn. I have loads of femmeslashers on my flist, too, they need to get on the stick!
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Date: 2012-03-19 03:22 pm (UTC)I used to dog sit for a friend who had Bernese Mountain dogs, one of which was terrified of thunder and loud noises. And weighed over 130 pounds. My friend forgot to let me in on this little tidbit of information, and that's how I ended up trapped under a giant, shivering dog for an hour.
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Date: 2012-03-19 03:46 pm (UTC)As far as HDJM, I, too saw one of those "are you fan" comments (not to me) and was all, "Waaah? It's obvious she is by the knowledge and fondness this review just displayed, so...?" Bizarre.
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Date: 2012-03-19 09:11 pm (UTC)I feel bad for y'all when you get that kind of random comment and nothing something, oh, PERTINENT.
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Date: 2012-03-19 04:50 pm (UTC)Bran dog is scared to death of t-storms and fireworks after being shot by poachers when he was a young dog.
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Date: 2012-03-19 07:10 pm (UTC)>The Walking Dead! (coming, it's in edits right now)
My edits, or the writer's?
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Date: 2012-03-19 07:23 pm (UTC)And the "Thundershirt" has worked all damn day. I'm so impressed, really.
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Date: 2012-03-19 09:13 pm (UTC)I'll of course report back.
(And humans do!! Temple Grandin's hug machine is what this works off of! Not to mention swaddling babies. Yay science!)
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Date: 2012-03-19 07:47 pm (UTC)That shirt is amazing! It's just the pressure on their bodies that relaxes them? Is it that it creates a feeling of security? Something so simple and yet it works so well.
I just read the "Ringer" review and I liked and +1'd it! Sadly, I do not have cable and therefore do not watch most of the shows you review (or I'm VERY behind), but I do catch Ringer every week so I'm glad that I can take part. I might even comment one of these days! :-)
I hope you get that critics pass and then get to interview celebs. If that happens, you should totally video it. I've seen some interviews on youtube and I have to wonder how these people got that job. I know your interviews would be outstanding, you'd be a total hit.
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Date: 2012-03-19 09:15 pm (UTC)Oh, thank you for that! She's an excellent writer, and I love that you read her, too. <3
Ha! I don't know how great of an interviewer I'd be, but I could at least make them laugh about nonsense? :D
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Date: 2012-03-19 08:06 pm (UTC)TV Critics Assoc? Awe-to-the-some! Good on you matey!
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Date: 2012-03-19 09:19 pm (UTC)I just hand people stickers of two people hugging awkwardly and tell them to imagine it's us.
We'll see! I've only begun the application process.
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Date: 2012-03-19 08:06 pm (UTC)Yay for Sally!!!
(And the museling saw the picture and unprompted knew it was your dog!)
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Date: 2012-03-19 09:20 pm (UTC)And of course the museling did, because they are Best Friends! *omg, my heart aches at the cute*
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Date: 2012-03-19 11:27 pm (UTC)It helps. It doesn't CURE. But Cache is a bit skittery under the best circumstances, having been an abused pup (permanently dislocated shoulder, broken tail, etc). It took us about 6 weeks to get him to not tremble & pee on himself when we raised our voices at all.
But the Thundershirt keeps him from devolving into a shaking mass of bones.
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