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September 19th, 2007

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This Dog's life
Jaegermonster thinks he loves going in the car. This is because the car tends to mean going cool places like hiking or dog-park, but also because he's neurotic about me leaving. In fact the easiest way to catch the monster is open a car door - and Jaeg will leap right in. He's been antsy since this week-end. I had Birthday things and he didn't get his dog time, so I decided to take him on a hike.

WARNING yet more pics! Goofy, I know - but I started loving taking pics and they're so easy to post - eh, scroll past if its annoying.

I like to park in Mulholland - after oh YEARS I finally realized that this entrance was both closer to my house and since it *has* a parking lot, I don't spend 30 minutes circling while the dog gets progressively more excited and difficult. It does however mean that I end up on the "harder" trail - the eastern ridge route. The eastern trail starts at Mulholland, winds past this cool green acres looking farm where one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen in real life lives with her menagerie of two white horses, goats, dogs, ducks and whatnots. She occasionally rides bareback through Runyan looking strikingly like she should be posing for the cover of a romance novel. I think they're rockers - at least based on him and their friends I would guess music industry people.
Then you get a clearing with a nice valley view:

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Hellllooooo Hollywood sign!
Before winding around through the driveway of one of Hollywood’s worst recent real; estate mistakes.

The house has never been inhabited. It was started during the last boon, the owner ran out of money and never finished it - and everyone sued. It's been in bankruptcy court ever since, attracting squatters and vandals, while the plumbers, contractors and everyone else sits on their liens and waits for it to sell.
Notice in that lovely listing what they don't show you is that your $12m head on view? Is this up close and personal look at high tension wires.

PRETTEH!

OR that the back has never been completed:

For $12m? I think I'd want windows.

Once you get past the House of Fug, the trail goes up to it's highest point,

affording another great look at those high tension towers.

Here are the two trails. The eastern trail is in the foreground, while the easier loop is waaaaaaay down there.

Jaeg actually only likes hiking downhill

And if there's mud, anywhere? He'll find it and roll...

The hike is good for both of us. He ends up being less stir-crazy, while I think of it as "accomplishing something" - although what walking in a big circle accomplishes is something I try not to think about. I'm considering going this morning again. It's overcast and cool, perfect weather for a hike like this.
A hike might calm Jaeg down as well: this morning at the crack of 9 he was barking up a storm at the DWP guy crawling around between the houses. Now I actually approve of this barking - we have a "problem" house next door, one of those endless construction projects that drags forever and attracts every shady character in a 3-mile radius to it.

The house is notorious, owned by Surya Gupta, an man with the dubious honor of having been named "worst slumlord in Los Angeles history" by LA Times. He's the true Mr. McSleazy, he owes money everywhere and nothing ever traces back to him - and yet manages to buy and build, and burn houses down. Oh yeah, I should mention, there's an interesting statistical anomaly that occurs in the number of Gupta houses that burn down in mysterious arson attacks right *after* the subsidized rebuilding work has supposedly been completed.

But annnywaaay

Gupta, having gutted the building next door of every beautiful architectural detail and chopped down all the trees, decided to "hire" the drunken louts who hang out at the bottom of my hill to "clean and guard" the place. More likely he realized (as we all do) that these guys are responsible for the petty break ins occurring, and decided that giving them free access meant they wouldn't bust up his property.
Milan, my across the street neighbor was not so lucky. Two people broke into her laundry room and were using it as a toilet/laundry until she discovered them. I've called the police because I've come home and narrowly missed driving over a body - I thought dead maybe - but no, it's the idiots so drunk they've passed out in the middle of the street. Then of course there's the less funny - when they run out of lemons for their beers they get into a car and DRIVE uphill (being far too drunk to walk) to raid neighbors yards for fruit.

Charming group all round.

So 9am Jaeger barking? I say he's a very good dog.

One of neighbors disagreed. An apartment building down the hill abuts the back of my yard, so their second story is level with the bottom bit of my hill. Jaeg barks at DWP, and neighbor lady starts screaming: "would you shut that fucking dog up?"
I yell back that he's doing his job, and alert us that there's someone skulking about in the ally.
She yells some obscenities and threatens him.

OH HELL NO

I explain nicely that we've had break-ins in the neighborhood, and that "I’m a heavily armed survivalists and I take personal security very seriously". Heh. Well, I have 30 gallons of emergency water stored – and my dad is weirdly obsessed with firearms I think that counts. At any rate she shut up.

I think I'll ask my dad to patrol around a bit with his cross bow or a chain saw, and look threatening and angry. It never hurts to make sure people understand how seriously one take threats to their dog.

Maybe I should be stocking up on ammo anyway:

Peru Meteorite May Have Sickened 150 People, Ministry Says
The object that crashed to Earth created a crater 15 meters (50 feet) wide and 5 meters deep, the ministry said. Locals said they became ill after handling a luminous substance at the site that they thought might be valuable, according to the statement.

For the love of GOD people, didn't 30 years of bad made-for-TV sci fi movies teach you NEVER EVER handle the strange glowing substance that falls from the sky?!!!

*sends care package to Peru*

Mmmm Zombies.

And why can't we have talk like a zombie day? I mean yes, fine - Ar! Pirates!, but won't someone think of the Zombies? There's National walk like a zombie day! <3! And I seem to remember a zombie attack blogging thing - but it seemed poorly constructed, or more likely I just wasn't paying attention. I do that a lot. I'd like to talk like a zombie for a day. It could be like the "in bed" fortune cookie game; just add "and eat your braaaiiiinnss" whenever possible.
IE:

"I'll be right back! I'm running to the store to buy a quart of milk and eat your braaaiiiinnss"

Or Zombify fic? My love for Atrata's In Between days is almost boundless, and yet - with zombies?

Snape?" The sound-alike sighed heavily, and Harry thought it must be the real Snape. No one else could sound quite so put-upon and bored and irritated all at once without ever saying any words.

"Do try to pay attention, Potter. I've been sent to collect you and eat your braaaiiiinnss, and am under orders not to leave this house without you. I assume the headmaster would prefer you come willingly, but I assure you, I prefer you to... struggle." Harry heard the cruelty in Snape's tone, but he couldn't quite make sense of the words. His brain felt foggy, and his head had started throbbing. Where were they going? Why had Snape been sent?

"Snape?"

Mmmm Zombies <3

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From:	onyxnoir
Date:	September 19th, 2007 11:01 pm (UTC)

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I miss having dogs about. They were always an excellent excuse for exercise.

It's National Butterscotch Pudding Day too. An idea I can get firmly behind. While sitting on mine for lack of a dog to walk. Heh.

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From:	oulangi
Date:	September 20th, 2007 05:02 am (UTC)

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They are, like it or not, you'll be exercising! Are you allergic/in a no dog appt?

All of these look like excellent days. October tho, what were they thinking?

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From:	onyxnoir
Date:	September 20th, 2007 05:14 am (UTC)

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No dogs anymore. My good friend and ex-roomie took them with her when she moved out and got married, the selfish girl. Of course the dogs did belong to her in the first place, but I grew to love them, dammit. My cats, OTOH, were thrilled to see the two boston terriers go. :D

Actually, now I'm the one she calls on to dogsit when they go out of town. So I still get to walk them, just not nearly as often as I used to.

I dunno. National Brandied Fruit day (10/20) could be very good. And 10/12 is international Moment of Frustration Scream Day. They need to fire whoever does their website though, because that background gave me a headache.

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From:	oulangi
Date:	September 21st, 2007 04:31 am (UTC)

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You could always foster for a few weeks if you miss having them around but don't want the whole responsibility :)

God I'm tired. Home with a neurotic dog, drinking a beer = heaven.

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From:	onyxnoir
Date:	September 21st, 2007 07:25 am (UTC)

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Last time I tried fostering animals, it was kittens. And we ended up keeping all of them.

Fostering doesn't work if you've got a heart made of mush. :(

No beer here. Yay vodka!

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From:	meg
Date:	September 19th, 2007 11:12 pm (UTC)

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I like your pics :)
(I'm now pretending that it's much much too hot and autumn rain is lots better. Yep. *nod*)

Your dog does sound like he's a handful, even if he did a good job there. Maybe he needs some kind of ...hypnotherapy? *G* There has to be someone who does that. Hehe ;)
Or - perhaps homeopathy, or just spraying some Rescue Remedy or other Bach (/Perelandra) flower remedies on him might be worth a try? :P

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From:	oulangi
Date:	September 20th, 2007 05:05 am (UTC)

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I sort of like pictures from everyday other too - like ordinary Holland or Norway *cough* so I figure my contribution is ordinary LA.

Oh god, I've tried him of the herbal remedies and the pharmaceuticals - dog has separation anxiety and that's all there is to it. We're getting better at sit/stay, and over the long haul I think he'll get over it - but for now? Its work.

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From:	meg
Date:	September 20th, 2007 10:00 pm (UTC)

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is there dog Valium etc? :P

Maybe I should post pics too. There's drama at the moment, as the arrival of 11 weeks old kitten has greatly Offended the cat who Owns the house...

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From:	oulangi
Date:	September 21st, 2007 04:29 am (UTC)

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Yeah actually - or doggie xanax. He's on it, but its a temporary solution.

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From:	atrata
Date:	December 8th, 2007 05:28 am (UTC)

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braaaaaaains.

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