No Day But Today

Much like I accidently saw the road version of the musical Rent five times in 2004, I accidently saw the movie Rent three times on Wednesday. I've been planning to go on opening day with Eddie and Sara for months. Most of the gang was planning on going to the 10:00 pm show on Wednesday. Sara turned out to be unavailable for that show, so we made plans to go at 4:15. I had Wednesday off, and couldn't wait, so I went by myself to the 1:15. Saw it once from the front, once from the middle, and once from the back. Even though it's missing four major songs, it's still great. Nice to have a record of it on celluloid. Hopefully a few of the missing pieces will show up as extras on the DVD. Like Seth said, Tango Maureen might be the best stage to film adaptation ever.

My Baby

Not even a month ago I was telling my boss how I would never have a dog. It was too much like having another child. Cats are easy. You just give them food, water, and litter and you can leave the house for weeks at a time. Dogs require tending.

Long story short. Jane's twin Jean was visiting a couple weeks ago and brought along her Westie, Precious. You could see the love pouring out of the boys. How could I deprive them any longer? Anyway, I now have the cutest puppy ever.

I've always had a hard time naming pets. Often they've just been Kitty1, Kitty2, and Kitty3. The boys insist we name the animals. They started calling the puppy Buddy, but that's Sam's dog's name. Now they're calling him L'il Squeak. Squeak is fine since it's a character from The Color Purple, but I'm still not sure. Jacob gave our cat the moniker Julia. Brown suggested naming the dog after a famous Julia's husband. Julia Roberts' husband's name is Danny Moder. Julia Child's husband's name is Paul Child. Then we have Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Julia Stiles, Raul Julia, Julia Duffy, Julia Ormond, Julia Sweeney..... I think my favorite suggestion is Sean after Sean and Julia McNamara on Nip/Tuck. But is Sean a good dog name?