We pick up Button when we return next Monday. She'll keep Ziggy company when we're away, and hopefully provide Julie with a portable warmer as Ziggy prefers to cuddle next to me when we watch our evening movies. I'm not sure what this means for the Horribles. Drawing Ziggy is a bit of work. Julie always complains that while her horrible is a curvy line and two eyeballs, the Ziggy horrible is a complex dog-like creature. I tried to explain to her that I couldn't do better than a curvy line and two eyeballs when I started, and Ziggy joined us at a better time, but she doesn't buy it. If Button joins the family (we're fostering her before adopting to ensure she fits in), then I'll have to draw two dogs. Perhaps I'll just add a second head to Ziggy's horrible and call it good.
Here's a photo of Button (I'm not a big fan of the pink camouflaged leopard skin[1] coat):
[1] Thanks Chuck!
When Button first arrived, I was a bit nervous: she was timid and didn't like Ziggy chasing her around and barking at her. Then ten minutes passed. They constantly play now, everywhere.
I didn't think anyone could keep up with Ziggy's energy, but Button hold her own. She ends up winning in most games: tug of war, chase the other dog around the couch at super high speeds, bite wrestle (where the winner gets a good nip at the ear), and many more we haven't been able to decipher yet. They slept together in the crate, and have learned some good (and not-so-good) habits from each other.
It's still too early to call it in the two-dog experiment, but it's looking good.
Wow, it has been a long time since I drew this. It's dated January 29, which seems an impossibly long time ago. We've had Button for almost six months. She's much different from Ziggy: where he is gregarious and always looking to play, Button is more laid back. She's a terrific eater, elegant and sweet--when she's not trying to push Ziggy out of her way to get our attention.
This was my first attempt at drawing her when we returned from our Honeymoon (notice our fancy bathing suits). There are a few more coming up in the queue. I've not drawn the iggies in sometime. I'll have to rectify that soon.
Julie is complaining that I'm not posting often enough. I have to agree with her. I've fallen back into my rut of only posting on Horrible days. Another rectification is in order soon.
We are rapidly approaching Julie's birthday weekend. I made reservations at a Seattle restaurant for Saturday night (her birthday is on Sunday). I'll likely cook a fancy meal on Sunday--assuming we're not still stuffed from the Saturday night extravaganza.
Some random flowers and iggies around the Villa.
Ah, the Button! Here's the original photo. That grass is rather terrible. At least Button is cute. I haven't drawn the iggies in a long while.
Come to think of it, I haven't drawn anything in a while. Oh, yeah, now I remember why: I broke my computer again. I was trying to fix an issue I was having with Vista sleeping properly, and I attempted to flash the bios. This would have been fine if the WinFlash tool supported Vista 64-bit, which it didn't. I tried it anyway and it blue screened. This is not a good sign when flashing a bios. When I rebooted, the black screen stared at me. I had scrambled the bios and it would no longer POST. (The bios is rather important as it initializes the motherboard and devices and starts the boot process. Without it, no boot.)
I've done some research on Hot Flashing in which you swap the broken bios into a working machine and reflash it. Regretably, of the five or so computers at home, none of them have the same bios chip. One would think it would have been standardized by now. I plan to order a replacement bios from the internets today. Hopefully I'll be up and running sometime next week.
If you didn't notice (or read this thing through the fancy RSS feeder), my Little Guys are holding an umbrella this morning. It thunderstormed here this morning. During our bicycle commute last night, we also hit a short thunderstorm. I don't want to raise any undue alarms, but the sky may be falling, and the apocalypse can't be too far away.
Good ol' doggies. They're a bit smelly but still very loveable. It's hot in Seattle today, almost Houston hot. I plan to bicycle home this evening in the heat. I'll let you know how that goes. (I actually won't, I was just saying.)
Things are afoot at work. Hopefully very good things. I'll know more about these things next week. For now, enjoy Button Mutton and Ziggy Wiggy in their element.
