My basement has not yet flooded. Hopefully it will remain flood free.

This weather is seriously fouling my mood. I am tired, cold and trying very hard not to let myself get depressed. I'm further irked by the fact that my Dell system has been delayed yet another week. Apparently the problem is that a lot of people ordered the exact same system, and I was somewhere near the bottom of the queue. Ah well, that's what I get for ordering a system that was on that big a sale.

Meanwhile...

Tallulah's digestion seems to be back on track. We tried giving the dogs organic pumpkin and that seems to have done the trick.

Saturday I went to go see Blade runner at the AFI. It was sort of a spur of the moment thing, but I am really glad I went. I'd never seen Blade Runner on a big screen before, and this was the "final cut" so to speak with no voice overs and restored a bit.

( Thoughts on Blade Runner )

Yesterday we took my Mom out to Blacks for brunch. It was actually kind of a late one...2:30 but it was also an all you can eat Oyster bar. She enjoyed it, and I have to say I rather enjoyed it myself.

Feeling very under the weather today. I suspect allergies of some sort. In fact, I suspect Tallulah's digestive issues could be tied to allergies as well. I felt like death warmed over, deep fried and left to cool in bacon fat. Had some water and some tea and feel a little more myself. Should be ok for rehearsal tonight.

Oh, at lunch time I happened across the new trailer for The Dark Knight. Holy Yaks that movie looks freaky. It makes me sad still to see Heath Ledger and know that all of the praise he will get for it will be posthumous, but I gotta say, he scares the ever loving lymph out of me. Michale Caine looks like he's having some fun too with his response to Harvey Dent's line "Any psychotic ex boyfriends I should know about?" which is "Oh, you have no idea. NO idea." Classic.

Shouldn't get ahead of myself though. I haven't even seen Iron Man yet, though I will this weekend...probably Saturday.

Addendum: Well, I'm still not feeling much better, but Tallulah apparently is. She gave her George Bush chew toy a proper chomping, and then assaulted her brother. It's a healthy dog who can make political statements and engage in sibling abuse in the space of 2 minutes.

So,

Monday, lkell and I picked up the dogs from Dogtopia all fresh and clean. Tallulah was no longer constipated, but she seems to be back on the other end of the spectrum somewhat. Not as bad as it was last week though, and she's acting normal and eating normally, so I'm not fretting.

Rehearsals for Tempest are going well. I feel somewhat guilty as I can't help feeling that the three of us are having the most fun in the show. I feel pretty good about one scene, the other I think could use more momentum, but I might be over analyzing.

Tonight we're having a music rehearsal. I feel pretty good about my songs, but there can never be enough polish, right?

The house is not quite as clean as I'd hoped. I was going to devote last night to cleaning and instead passed out after I fed the dogs. Woke up at 7:30 and realized we were low on dog food. Got it, came home, fell asleep again. Whee.

Oh, for all you Joss Whedon fans: He has a new show in pre-production called Dollhouse. Eliza Dushku stars in it. Need I say more?

I ordered the laptop on April 22nd expecting it to be shipped today.

Today I get an e-mail saying they are experiencing an unexpected delay and the ship time is now 5/12/2008.

Damn it, I want my computer!

New York was a blast, and Tallulah is unblocked according to the fine folks of Dogtopia. She and Tobey are also newly washed, so all is right with the world.

lkell is off to Salt Lake City for the week and I've got rehearsals, though I believe I am free on Wednesday if anyone wants to do anything.

Oh, and the new laptop comes in this week. Score.

Didn't get to see Iron Man yet, but plan to. Glad to see it doing well. I like Robert Downey Jr. and John Favreau. I hope they are equally successful with their sequels.

Co-worker: Hey Tom, we're going out to lunch. Wanna join us?
Tommx: Gee, I'd love to, but I gotta go home and try to squeeze a turd out of my dog.

and no, I haven't been successful so far.

4:30...I have to decide what I'm going to do. I know I should just get over it, and go have fun in New York, but I still feel like I swallowed a goddamn rock.

Er, is it ever going to stop raining? Maybe it could rain at night and let us have sunshine during the day?

I really cannot believe it is May already. Time flies when you're having a miserable month I guess. Ah well...

Tallulah seems to have gone from one extreme to the other. Yesterday she was having attacks of diarrhea every 1-3 hours. Now she's not pooped since yesterday in the early evening. She is eating heartily though so I'm sure she'll produce something soon.

BTW, lkell used the perfect word to describe what she's been doing, as coined in the film "Along Came Polly". She's been sharting. The phrase was coined in this phrase:

"I tried to fart and a little shit came out. I sharted!"

She's still her usual lively self so I'm not too worried. I'll check on her at lunch.

lkell comes home tonight. Thank GOD! She is apparently bringing me a new cocktail shaker. I must have sounded really stressed when I talked to her on the phone.

This has been among the worst Aprils I can remember, and traditionally I like April because, well, it contains my anniversary. Even so, with the sick dog, the leaky toilet, the sick dog, the sore knee, etc...

Tallulah seems to be fine. She seems to have stopped having to go to the bathroom every 4 minutes which is hopefully a good thing.

The one really good thing in all of this has been the show. Without it, I think I'd be sitting on a street corner in a puddle of my own urine with blithe grin and a snot bubble coming out of my nose.

If I ever get that way, I'll be sure to have lkell take pictures for your amusement.

Tallulah still has the runs. It's not explosive or anything, but it's definitely not normal either. I'd be more worried if she weren't acting normal otherwise, but given her recent little adventure and the fact that we're supposed to go to New York this weekend, I'd rather not take any chances. I'm waiting for the vet to open to find out if he wants to take a look at her. Chances are he'll recommend a bland diet for a few days, etc.

What worries me is that she seems to have to go every 3-4 hours, and when she has to go she HAS TO GO. I don't want to leave her alone for too long if she's having that much trouble holding it in.

I'm thinking this is stress related from when the plumber was here on Monday. That and the fact that I think her bowel is more prone to irritation right now are probably contributing to her issues.

As for New York, well, if worst comes to worst, I'll stay home and let lkell go. Hate to do that, but I'd rather be safe than sorry.

By the way, can I just say how tired I am of worrying all the time?

This play I'm in is some of the best fun I've had in a long time. Not to say I haven't had fun in a long time or even good fun, but this is sort of a specialized brand of fun.

All you local people who know and love me have tickets already, right? ;-)

Tallulah has diarrhea and lkell is out of town. I'm in 6 different places at once, yet never seem to be where I need to be at a given moment.

Naturally, after the lovely events of April, I'm paranoid of something else being wrong with Tallulah, though it's probably just nerves as I had the plumber here yesterday to fix a toilet that was leaking. She's her usual self so I'm not worried at the moment.

Oh yes, said leak? It damaged the drywall in the lower level bathroom which now needs to be replaced and repainted.

Can we please have a do-over of April?

I will put this behind a cut obviously because it's hugely spoilery

( Thoughts on last night's Lost )

(My rehearsal got canceled last night, hence I was able to go to game 7)

Well, we had a great season and a lot to be proud of. Last night was a great game and those guys played beautifully. More importantly, the arena last night was wall to wall fans.

Next year though, it'll be a whole different scene. We have all the ingredients: Great players, a fantastic coach (finally!!!) and a devoted owner who really knows how to generate excitement in the fan base. lkell is now pretty much an acolyte of Ted Leonsis.

C-A-P-S-CAPSCAPSCAPS!!!!

Little Miss got her staples out this morning. Took no time at all, and they say everything is all healed up and proper. Huge sigh of relief. I am going to try and stop by the pet store on my way to rehearsal to pick up some muzzles. She is back to her usual bad self, and I think she's really enjoying not having to be coned.

Meanwhile, the Caps are going to give me a heart attack. Last night's game was a thing of effing beauty. I wish I could go to tonight's game, but I really can't in good conscience ask for tonight off, as it is a full walk through of the show, and while my character isn't THAT major, it just wouldn't be cool to do that at the last minute. lkell will be there keeping it real with her friend Andrea.

Probably best that I don't go. Last night my head almost blew off.

That's about it for now.

I accidentally bit my tongue yesterday and now I've got a canker sore where I bit it. Arg.