I have been tagged by my good friend topsurf, who by the way, I would like to marry when I grow up, in the photo snag/tag. Thank you!
Here are the rules:
- Go to your picture files
- Go to your 6th folder.
- Go to your 6th picture.
- Tell us about it.
- Tag 6 friends to do the same.
Here is the 6th picture in the 6th folder of my pictures folder.
This is a picture of Foster, taken by his foster mom before I brought him home. So I really don’t know the story behind it, but obviously I can see he had been indulging on some plush toy and killed it and destroyed it, as he’s wont to do, thoroughly enjoying the process as is apparent from the maniacal look in his eye. By some “plush toy”, I mean some squeaky dog toy or some fluffy stuffed animal or some throw pillow or some blanket or some comforter or some jacket or some couch seats or any some such munchable things.
And I tag The Moistress, Baja Burrito, The insane one, Tortilla chip face, The vibrating one and The fragmented one. If you’ve already been tagged or you don’t wanna do it, no biggie. I’m just trying to follow the rules for a change. But it’s fun, you know.
Well, what do you know, it’s a rare twofer day. I saw this a little too late to be included in my Wordless Wednesday post, so if you haven’t already seen it at Wild Hair, here is one crazy awesome white girl chair dancing in celebration of my becoming a US citizen.
Another big surprise came last night leaving me absolutely tongue tied. Since I was not expecting a package, I had not scoured the area around my house to see if there was a package delivered –for some strange reason, the postman (or some postman) sometimes leaves my packages somewhere other than next to the door under the porch, as if he wants me to go on a treasure hunt and I can’t figure out why he thinks leaving the package next to the gate to the backyard on the side of the house is a splendid idea. If topsurf hadn’t called me to tell me I had a package delivered today, I might have never known, but I digress.
I hunted down the package and found out several friends from plurk got me an absolutely beautiful watch perfect for the occasion – Citizen watch. Not only that, it’s engraved with the date 01-14-09, the date I am to take the oath of US citizenship. What a bunch of thoughtful and caring people!!!!!! I am truly astonished and humbled by this and seriously at a loss for words other than THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! I LOVE YOU GUYS, citizenjaney, topsurf, NewYorkJew, cajunvegan, MissRiss, NotAMeanGirl, CHiC, JustJen, MissAttitude, and perpstu!!!!!
Ain’t it a thing of beauty???
Oh, and I have to give a shout out to ALL the wonderful people on plurk who changed their screen names in support of my becoming a US citizen, so many of them in fact, I can’t list them all. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Now that I’m rereading this, this post reads a tad like a thank you speech after winning an Oscar for Best Actress or something… Feels pretty damn good, too.
I have nothing today, and I’m too tired to think of something to blog about. So I took the Blog Things test What Breed of Dog Are You? So far every single test on there I took got me completely wrong. And I would have to say it’s not quit right either, but it will have to do.
| You Are a Bullmastiff |
 You are confident, reasonable, and very calm. Nothing shakes you up.It’s likely that you were a bit wild when you were younger, but you’ve gotten that out of your system. The only time you get aggressive is when someone tries to threaten or harm you in some way. There’s a little bit of wolf underneath all that sheep’s clothing! |
Three days from today, January 14 2009, I will leave my house at the butt crack of the dawn and drive to Alfonse M. D’Amato U. S. Courthouse in Central Islip, NY to take the oath of U.S. Citizenship. When I got the letter of appointment for it, I announced it on Plurk and many people congratulated me and were proud. What happened afterwards completely floored me.
One of my friends on Plurk, topsurf, wanted to come with me to the courthouse to be there and share the joyful moment with me if she could manage her schedule at work and at home. And then two other friends also expressed their wish to be there with me, germaine and NewYorkJew. I wouldn’t have been THAT surprised by these kind and generous offers if they lived in Long Island, even in NYC. But topsurf lives in Pennsylvania about 4 hour drive away, germaine lives in New Hampshire about 5 hour drive away, and NewYorkJew lives in upstate New York about 3 hours drive away, according to google map, which means during the rush hour you add a coupe of more hours. I was humbled by these amazing people and their offer of great friendship.
But germaine has to go to court that day and so she is not able to come. NewYorkJew could stay with his fiancee in NYC the night before. topsurf was still trying to make it happen trying to arrange her schedule. She made me absolutely speechless. But the other day, she called me on the phone, apologizing profusely that it turned out she couldn’t make it after all because of her obligations at work and at home. I told her that I was relieved. Even though I really do want to meet topsurf in person, I had been worried she would have to drive so much fighting NYC traffic during rush hour, attend the ceremony, and drive right back without having time to sit down and talk. All on account of me. She is one of the most caring, kind and loving people I’ve met online AND in real life, and I look forward to meeting her in July, when she comes to NYC on vacation.
Another reason I’m thankful is that I was able to torture my friends around me with Some people I met only online want to come and congratulate me and share the moment, what’s YOUR excuse? what have YOU ever done for me? and so on. It gives me endless unspeakable pleasure to do that to my friends, you know.
Then yesterday, a bunch of beautiful flowers were delivered. Even before I read the card, I had a feeling it was from topsurf, and I was right. I cannot express with words how thankful I am to have made such a caring and loving friend online. She makes me want to try to be kinder and to love more and to love better. Thank you, topsurf. You make me want to be a better friend. I will strive to be worthy of your friendship.
Serious Stuff. Seriously
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