Flashback Friday

This photo is a flashback of, well.. earlier today.
This is Penny's sexy, lay on the bed pose.





Penny also enjoyed some bananas.
I call this, the banana series.
The title has depth I know.
So delicious!

The Shelter Pet Project

The Humane Society of the United States has just launched a new
campaign in an effort to help shelter pets across the US.
The Shelter Pet Project, is a new approach to the
traditional and usually sad public service
announcements we see and hear, cue
the Sarah Mclachlan music.

While I think the PSA's we are familiar with make people
aware of abuse, they have neglected shelter
overpopulation, and the animals in the
shelters, until now.

This new and more interactive campaign is using humor,
for both the web, and commercials. The pet personals
section has an online database of shelter animals,
where you can locate your potential furry friend.
There's an Adopt-E-Gram bit that lets you send
a gram to someone and pick a virtual pet to
go along with your message. These are all
features on the web page. All the while,
an interactive dog or cat hangs out
on your screen, talking to you,
and even giving you a
little dance.
I like it.


For the television commercials, common and short situations
are shown. You can even view them online. These situations
chronicle how most shelter pets come to be, well shelter
pets. Most are not in the shelters due to behavioral or
medical problems, it's because the owners are facing
foreclosure, jail, and because they are just plain
irresponsible, and do not want these animals
that will love them forever. It's done from
the animal’s point of view and what they
would probably say in human form to
us if we could understand.

I think it's pretty clever and well done. They have tailored
the whole campaign for the present. I hope it will open
people's eyes to how "normal" and loving shelter pets
are. They are just waiting for a break and someone
to bring them home into their family.

Check out the campaign:
http://theshelterpetproject.org/







Photo Courtesy of iStockphoto

My personalized brass and aluminum pet ID tags
are finally up on my Etsy account! Penny and
I are excited! We hope you like them.
You can search me under the seller
name Orsbornd on the Etsy home
page, or you can click my
Etsy logo and item on
the right side of
this blog.

She Has A Whipped Cream Dependency Sir!

Penny went to Starbucks today. Shocking I know.
She was handed a small cup of whipped cream.
She inhaled most of it before this video
was taken, but what was left of it in
the cup, she tried to slap out of my
hand.

This video does not do justice to how crazy she
can get when it comes to her whipped cream
dependency. It amazes me how human-like
she is sometimes.

It would not surprise me if one day I came
home, and she was sitting on her pillow,
on the couch, will a bowl of Jell-o
between her pug legs watching Mad
Men or True Blood. Probably with
the remote not far away.

Summer Of Bugs

Penny and I have discovered some curious bugs while
adventuring around Las Vegas these last few months.
Penny is fascinated by these creatures. The main
bugs she has ever been around are ants, bees
and butterflies. Does that mean Penny has
been sheltered too much? I never let her
get close to these bugs. I don't know
which ones will devour or sting, so
it's better to play it safe.

You just don't see tarantula's, giant beetles that chase
pugs, and flying insects that resemble dragons in
the San Francisco Bay Area. And that's a
good thing.

We thought we would share some photos
with you. We took a few of these photos
at Lake Mead, which was a sight
from afar, but up close,
not so pleasant.



Run for it!


We love Ladybugs


We don't love giant spiders

The Grass Feels Delicious On Her Pug Toes

We finally made it to the park today!

It cooled down just enough for Penny and I to
hang out at the park for a while. She was so
excited, she ran half the length of the park.
I also ran half the length of the park, since
Penny has a fear of the retractable leash.
She hasn't had that type of exercise
in months!

I am going to try and get her to shed a few pounds
once fall arrives. She's always sexy no matter
her size, but she'll be a lot healthier
if she can tone her beefy pug
backside just a little. All she
needs is a little more
cardio.













When we got back from the park, Penny was so
stubborn, she refused to walk anymore.
She stood still in the parking lot until
I carried her inside.

She's not spoiled at all.

Squishy Faces In Unemployed Places

Penny and I have been hard at work on our dog tags
as well as searching for a job that will pay the bills.
It feels like it was just yesterday that me and my
fellow classmates walked tall with our college
degrees in hand, hopeful, and ready to enter
the working world. Then, the economic
downturn hit, and it hit us hard.

Everything we had been told about our near future,
was no longer relevant. From the 300+ people in
my department that received their degree last
year, three that I know of, landed their dream
job. That doesn't mean we have given
up though.

A lot of people have been tirelessly
searching for work, despite little to
no results.

We are hard workers, with an abundance of skills
ready to be used at the drop of a hat. Yet over and
over we are told on interviews that we are up
against 900 other applicants, and the
prospect of obtaining that job, is
grim.

At this point in time, all you can do is keep doing what
you are doing. Apply in other states, other cities and
other industries you wouldn't normally look in.
Relocating is a pain, but if the job becomes
yours, take it. It's incredibly frustrating to
come close to a job, as I just did, and
beat out hundreds of others, only to
be told you didn't get it.

But I encourage others to keep up the search.
Our furry and human friends mixed in with
a little hope that things will turn around
is all we have right now.