Kelly Fishing for...

Fishing for...the one we lost

1 year ago today we lost our Percy.  She was way too young to go, but I like to picture her this way, forever chasing that great, big tennis ball in the sky.

Fishing for...my new favorite blog spot

Kelly with the "no Scotties allowed" sign, Trinity College, Dublin, Sept. 2006

Scottish Terrier lovers of the world, unite!  I have found a place online where I'll surely be spending a LOT of my time from now on. 

Maybe I'm a hopeless dog lover, maybe the blues from losing my Percy last year so suddenly has made me crazy, maybe I'm just excited about our new puppy, but this blog "Scottish Terrier and Dog News" is my new obsession.

Other things I did today: I started a Meet-Up group of my own for Scottie owners in the NYC area and joined a Yahoo Group called "Nothing but Scotties".  Oh, and watched this You Tube video of a Scottie who brings his owner beer.

Is an intervention required?

Fishing for...a plan

2008 to do:

#1    get fat body back to gym, dance class, or go on Crystal Meth Diet (unfortunately, teeth retention is still fairly important to me at this time)

#2    drink more red wine (healthy), champagne (fun, giggly drunk) and less vodka (black hole of belligerent behavior)

#3   love more, judge less (this will likely only last until this time tomorrow)

#4    make Savvy's life the best a dog can have

#5     make a final decision about aging gracefully vs the nicole kidman beauty plan

#6    find a job that positions me best for next stage of total world domination

Fishing for...a hero figure

I consider this a fantastic stand to make, if you're going to make one.

www.salon.com

Man Drinks Liter of Vodka at Airport Line

Dec 12th, 2007 | BERLIN -- A man nearly died from alcohol poisoning after quaffing a liter (two pints) of vodka at an airport security check instead of handing it over to comply with new carry-on rules, police said Wednesday.

The incident occurred at the Nuremberg airport on Tuesday, where the 64-year-old man was switching planes on his way home to Dresden from a holiday in Egypt.

New airport rules prohibit passengers from carrying larger quantities of liquid onto planes, and he was told at a security check he would have to either throw out the bottle of vodka or pay a fee to have his carry-on bag checked as cargo.

Instead, he chugged the bottle down — and was quickly unable to stand or otherwise function, police said.

A doctor called to the scene determined he had possibly life-threatening alcohol poisoning, and he was sent to a Nuremberg clinic for treatment.

The man, whose name was not released, is expected to be able to complete his journey home in a few days.

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Fishing for...who's space?

I, as usual, am about a decade behind everyone of my generation and have just discovered this incredible web site called "My Space". 

My query is...does it really bring you closer to those you've lost?  Are they those you wish you hadn't lost track of?  Or did you lose them for a reason?  For every friend or ex-boyfriend I'm so glad to reconnect with, there's still that one out there, the one I wonder if I was never meant to communicate with again...or if I was never meant to lose connection with in the first place?  Sounds like the kind of thoughts you have in the early hours of a Sunday morning.

Fishing for...a strong drink

Celebrate Repeal Day, the day Prohibition came to an end on December 5, 1933, by going to get sloshy at the kind NYC bars that know a real holiday when they see one. 

New York Magazine kindly provides a list:

Repeal Day Participating Bars

Fishing for...a politician who's being intentionally funny

Finally, someone running for office who's being intentionally funny.  VOTE FOR COLBERT!

Colbert Files for South Carolina Primary

Nov 1st, 2007 | COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Comedian Stephen Colbert's fanciful White House bid took a real step Thursday.

It's up to South Carolina Democrats to decide whether to take him seriously.

Colbert, who poses as a conservative talk show host on the Comedy Central cable network, filed to get on the ballot as a Democratic candidate in his native South Carolina. His campaign paid a $2,500 filing fee just before the noon deadline, said state Democratic Party Chairwoman Carol Fowler.

Whether he'll appear on the ballot will be decided by party officials later Thursday.

The host of "The Colbert Report" doesn't appear to meet the party's viable candidate qualification. And it's unclear if he would meet the requirement that candidates actively campaign in the state.

Colbert did appear Sunday at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, telling several hundred fans he would, if elected, "crush the state of Georgia." He also received a key to the capital city and the mayor declared him South Carolina's "favorite son."

When Colbert announced his candidacy on his show last month, he said he would run only in this key primary state.

Salon.com link

fishing for...30 minutes of comedy

The Office premiered last night, exactly 30 minutes too long.  This is what a formerly winning network does when it finally gets another hit comedy on its hands.  They force talented writers to stretch what would have been a terrific 30 minutes of comedy into a full hour, and we get to sit through painful scenes like the one in last night's episode where Michael sits at a conference room table for what felt like an eternity, naming parts of animals to put together as a beast worthy of worship.  What?

Look, am I going to stop watching? No.  The rabies quilt alone was a stroke of comedy genius.  But I am going to exhale in relief when they go back to a comedy HALF hour.

needless to say, I'm really excited for "30 Rock" to premier next week.  Tina Fey may have been right in her acceptance speech at the Emmys, it may only have "dozens of fans", but I am one of them.

Fishing for...rescue

Another season of "Rescue Me" has ended (I'm a few weeks behind on my dvr).  I'd like to talk about it before we move on to the brand new TV season.

It always takes a while to ease into the strange world of this show, but once I do, I'm hooked all over again in a pretty deep and abiding way.  I don't usually examine why or what it is all about.  Why should I?  Turn on TV, watch show that is exciting and funny, turn it off, walk dog, wash face, go to bed...repeat.

However, walking through Grand Central yesterday I had an epiphany about the show.  It's Greek Drama.  Of course! 

At first, It sucks you in by having the most familiar of people.  Blue collar, normal, dysfunctional New Yorkers.  When I started watching it, having married one of them myself (an Irish Catholic from Baldwin Long Island) I felt like I knew the people on the show, knew people in life just like them.  They drink too much, they fight with their family, they avoid talking about their feelings and gang up on the weak, the gay, the minorities while being extremely proud of whichever country their relatives originally came from....Sure, I've met them. 

Then, before you know it, they're talking to dead people who still have the burnt skin, the bullet holes, the haunted look of having been taken too young.  The characters have acted out their fury with the gods in ways that have included: kidnapping your own child, raping your own wife, running down the street with the body of your dead son in your arms, pretending to be your dead cousin so you can work longer hours running into even more high-rise infernos, pretending to be an alcoholic so you can spend more time with your estranged wife, and picking up a large and fabulous greasy spoon waitress so your cousin will sleep with her as revenge for you sleeping with his new girlfriend, who was until recently a nun....

it's Oedipus, Antigone, Lysistrata...you name it.  It isn't based in reality.  It's larger than life, ridiculous, vengeful, heaven vs hell escapism. 

I'm looking forward to next summer for more than just the seasonable weather.

PS If Callie Thorne, who plays the CEERAAZY Sheila plays Medea anywhere in the world, I promise to show up to see it.

Fishing for...spring 2008

Not that I can afford it, but there are some real stand outs in the NY Spring 2008 shows.

from Zac Posen...

and Marc for Marc Jacobs (above and below), which I may be able to afford...

and these final three, which are Monique Lhuillier.  Not only can't I afford them, if I could, I wouldn't have any occasion worth of them.