Thunder gets to make new friends, Drummer gets to travel...

[tollermom]

Next weekend, I'm meeting sweetmusic_27 at billroper and daisy_knotwise's to record fiddle tracks for "Dream of a Far Light". Drummer is going with me, partly 'cause he will enjoy the trip (and could use the socialization, since he suffers from a bad case of "second child syndrome") and partly to see if Gretchen is allergic to him, since they're considering adding a dog to the household at some point, and are looking for a breed that not only fits their lifestyle but doesn't trigger Gretchen's allergies. The original plan had been to take Chase, so now I'm taking Drummy instead. Of course, Chase was almost too good... he was sweet and calm and friendly and calm and outgoing and calm and, well, you get the picture. Drummer is sweet and friendly and loves people as long as he doesn't get swamped with too many new people at once, but the one thing he's never been described as is "calm." Thankfully, the Ropers have a big fenced back yard, so we'll practice Better Behavior Through Exhaustion while we're there. :-)

Of course, in the past, any time one dog went somewhere with me, that meant two dogs were left home w/ the petsitter, and they could keep each other company. That dynamic has changed now, and I hated the idea of leaving Thunder home alone, but now I have the perfect solution! The new owner of my favorite pet boutique does petsitting, and she'll also take a couple of dogs at a time to just go live at her house for the weekend. So Thunder is going to go home with Cristi on Friday, and hang out with Kaizen, her German Shepherd, then she'll bring him back to the store on Sunday and I'll pick him up there when we get back to town.

Yay! Drummer gets to go visiting with me, and Thunder gets to go sleep over with new friends, so everybody should have a great weekend.

And right now, both boys are over getting bathed and groomed, so I took advantage of the dog-free time to move the dog crates and do a thorough vacuuming of the house. Now it's time to make an omelette.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Keith is out of town this weekend, so I'm taking the Little Man to the mall to see if "Better Behavior Through Exhaustion" works for children too. :)

Thanks for sharing the photos. I remember how Chase always wanted to lay under the table when I would give you a massage at your house.
Sherri

[tollermom]

Heehee! I hope the mall crawl wears the wee one out (and before he wears you out!).

I'd forgotten about Chase always lying under the massage table. He always wanted to be nearby, but was pretty good at not being underfoot.

Do you still do massage at all? I've been through two massage therapists that I liked, since you, and both have moved out of town.

totally OT question

[msminlr.livejournal.com]

I just saw a movie called "Saint Ralph" which featured in its soundtrack the song Wild Mercy does "Hallelujah". I could not find in IMDB any note of the origin of that song. Who wrote it?

Re: totally OT question

[tollermom]

Leonard Cohen wrote it, and most people first heard it when Rufus Wainwright sang it for the soundtrack of "Shrek." (Wild Mercy adds back a couple of verses that weren't in the "Shrek" soundtrack.)

Re: totally OT question

[msminlr.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I'm going to google around and see how old the song really is, I think.

Re: totally OT question

[tollermom]

I believe it was first released on "Various Positions", which was 1985ish, if that helps.

Re: totally OT question

[msminlr.livejournal.com]

Actually, John Cale's was the version used in Shrek, according to this article:

http://www.clapclap.org/2007/04/hallelujah.html

The writer points out that Wainwright's version is almost identical to Cale's, and speculates that Cale was beginning to refuse use-permissions of his recording. so Wainwright was brought in as a "ringer".

Re: totally OT question

[tollermom]

Good point, and I knew that, back in the depths of my memory. Wainwright's version is what ended up on the soundtrack disk, even though Cale's was the one in the movie, and since I have the soundtrack, that's why Wainwright always sticks in my head.