mavdog and his scratching

As of two weeks ago, Maverick has been scratching a ton. I checked his skin and didn't find any fleas, but I did find a couple sores. Rather than those being the cause, I'm pretty sure that he's just scratched himself so much the past couple days that he actually scratched himself raw in a couple areas.

I took him to the vet today, and they didn't find anything apparently wrong, so we assume it's some allergy from something. It sucks that we don't really know if it's allergies, or even what it's an allergy to, but he's on antihistamines for the weekend to see if that helps.

Best of luck, Mavdog.

Recent pictures of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/05/disaster_unfolds_slowly_in_the.html

It's not looking good, is it? Hope they figure something out, and soon:

While tracking the volume of the continued flow of oil is difficult, an estimated 5,000 barrels of oil (possibly much more) continues to pour into the gulf every day. 

Feel good story of the day

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/10/assignment_america/main6471254.shtml

A skydiving instructor and his tandem skydiving partner had their parachutes fail. What does he do? He positions  himself UNDER the woman, and breaks her fall. She is fine, and he is paralyzed. Talk about heroic.

recap!

Wow, it's been 10 days since my last update. That's my bad.

So what's happened since then? Probably not all that much. We lost our first kickball game last Wednesday, which was definitely a tough loss. Without getting into too much detail, because it will piss me off, let's just say that it was a combination of us not playing well and some occasional crappy reffing. We're still playoff bound at this rate though, so we just gotta keep truckin' through these games.

Travis also finished law school last week. That really has nothing to do with me, but it's quite an accomplishment. He studied more during his law school years that I have in my entire life. He graduates Saturday, May 22nd.

Not only did I get tickets to the Lost series finale at the Drafthouse, but I also made me and Taylor some super swanky Lost shirts. Now we can show off our Longhorn pride and our Lost love, simultaneously. Okay I'm probably way more obsessed than she is, but she agreed to wear the shirt, too! For those of you who don't get it (go watch Lost you losers), it is a Dharma Initiative logo.

The weekend was good, no complaints. I went out to Marisa's friend's birthday party on Friday, and force-socialized since I knew 1% of the attendees. Marisa got excessively drunk, surprise. Saturday and Sunday was mostly relaxing. I was planning on going to my mom's for Mother's Day, but she wasn't well so I spent the day taking care of errands and cleaning up.

I made some hamburgers yesterday, which I was excited about because I was planning on making them delicious. My plan failed however, and they were overcooked and dry. That's okay, next time they will be much better since I know how long to cook them for now. I watched some Dark Knight with Taylor, and then went to bed.

Today is Taylor's 23rd birthday, so make sure you wish her a happy birthday! I gotta get through work, and then afterwards we're going to Salt Lick for some delicious barbecue to celebrate. And you better believe that regardless of what time we get back, I will be watching tonight's Lost!

Don't fuck with Donald Duck

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Fetch!

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The oil spill

Check out these pictures here to see the oil spill.

Nothing like some great pictures to really show you what's going on out there...