Sound of Music, I Glue Little Filthy in Place, and The Chimpugs.
1. I watched The Sound of Music last night with a friend. What a scandalous movie, really. He stole a nun and then took her on a month long honeymoon. I mean, I get that she’s got a lot to discover… but a month? They’ve pretty much guaranteed themselves additional brood. And at one point, Uncle Max called the children a bunch of “gloomy pussies.” I bet they re-write that line in modern productions. It got better when it went all Indiana Jones at the end and the Nazis got their comeuppance. Then I realized that if this whole thing happened in the present, it’d be a reality show. Nun mom trying to deal with 7 step children… while pregnant.
2. Little Filthy got a bath. This has endeared him to me. Enough that I sent a text message to his mom, Boss, who is currently in Florida with family:
RE: When you comin’ back?
Boss: In a day or two.
RE: Hurry!
Boss: Why for?
RE: Cause the dog is cute right now, how he’s sleeping.
Boss: Ok. Don’t let him move. For 48 hours.
RE: He won’t. I glued him.
3. My Neighbor was over for a bit yesterday. She brought Barnabas, her pug, over. Little Filthy promptly showed him how to remove kleenex from the box. Neighbor and I gaped as Barnabas delicately tried to pull a kleenex from the box. She said to me, “You realize who you’re raising?” I turned to her and said, “Uh oh. Who?”
She said, “Alvin. You’re raising Alvin. And my dog is just one of those innocent other chipmunks.”
I said, “Oh, like Simon?”
She sighed and said, “I’m afraid Barnabas is more like…Theodore.”
We’re raising monsters.
Fox and Hound
Just a random attorney writing about daily life with Little Filthy, my rotten dog.
December 28th, 2009 at 10:01 am
Wow, you know, your neighbor has a point. It’s like YOU are the Alvin as well, you know. I’d of course, be Simon.
Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, eh?
December 28th, 2009 at 10:56 am
Ha! I love Alvin and related to him the most as well.
Simon thinks entirely too much and Theodore, well, he’s always worrying about something…
Way to go LF: being the “Leader of the Pack”!
December 28th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
Oh you say this like it’s a surprise? LOL… naughty, the both of you. And you love every minute of it.
December 28th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
I’ve never seen The Sound of Music, but with sex and violence and Nazi’s getting their comeuppance you’ve made it sound like a Tarantino movie. I just might have to rent it.
December 28th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
CBG, WHAT??? You’ve never seen the sound of music? Yeesh.
December 28th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Hey! I just wanted to thank you for your comment in my blog! Ive been reading your and have had a lot of fun.
Happy Holidays!
December 28th, 2009 at 9:20 pm
The word comeuppance is severely under-utilized. I was happy to see it here.
Honeymoons always used to be a month long. That’s why they’re called Honey moons, as in one cycle of the moon.
I don’t know about this Alvin thing?
December 29th, 2009 at 12:49 am
Hmmm…a glue that kept LF in place eh..must have name of glue to see if it will work on children asap pretty please. Mom over here going crazy having kids home during school break.
The game of finding change in the sofa has lost its magic.
I haven’t seen the sound of music either…i have a hard time with musicals. the only movie with music I have seen (and loved) was Rockstar with Mark Wahlberg. But then again I could relate after living with a Motley Crue tribute band for 2 years…yes sadly that’s for real lolz.
December 29th, 2009 at 4:35 am
I watched SOM last night too, because it was on TV.
My family lives over there in Salzburg, where the film was made. We also lived near the Von Trapp family in Vermont. Their life was nothing like the movie.
Nice to see LF is back on the blog.
December 30th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
@CBG – You must rent it. But don’t watch it with children. It’s obviously not safe for kids.
@desiree – My pleasure!
@Susan – I did not know that! What an interesting thing to learn.
@Andrea – Superglue works great on kids. I’ve heart.
@Sandra – I wonder if anyone believes their life was really like that. Surely not, right?
January 3rd, 2010 at 2:18 am
Hey, whatever happened to Moose ? LF moves fast…………