Old Rasty Country Songs

And I don't mean anything that's been written since 1980.  I mean like, old Western movie songs.  Not necessarily bluegrass, though I do like bluegrass.  I like that really old scratchy-record country music that makes you think of like Wild Bill Hickok and old stagecoaches and the open range.  Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys.

Work Allows Me to Post to My Blog

As I am sitting here at the ticketing desk I realize that on certain days of the week it is highly likely that I will update this shit multiple times during the day.

I recently started rock climbing, and I'm getting better at it.  I can do mostly V1's for bouldering, but I can do them quicker and have better endurance now. I have accomplished one "V2", but it was hella easy, I think, because I have not been able to duplicate that success.

Monday I got a tattoo at Moth and Dagger Tattoo Studio in San Francisco.  The dudes there were hilarious and Mario gave me the best tattoo of my life, for sure.  I cannot stop gving them props.  So, if you feel the need for ink in your skin, check them out.  My tattoo is a soldadera from the Mexican Revolution. It rocks so hard.  When I get home I'll post a pic.

Don't Be a Jerk, Adopt from a Shelter

I am about halfway through all the necessary training to volunteer for the Oakland Animal Serivces.  I am going to be a dog volunteer, working primarily and almost exclusively with dogs, which was my request, because I freakin' love dogs and instead have two cats (Who I LOVE, for the record.  I'm just more of a dog person).

While we were walking around in the back of the shelter, I saw too many wonderful dogs to count. Purebred dogs of many different kinds, and, my favorite--MUTTS.  Mutts of all sizes, shapes, colors and dispositions.  One little fellow, about the size of a large housecat, was undergoing "cat testing", which means that the volunteers were introducing him to some of the cat residents of the shelter and seeing how he reacted.  he politely sniffed the cat's bottom and then waited for the cat to do the same.  These animals are so good, so loving, so sweet, and so sad. 

I know it's all preachy for my first post here, but don't buy dogs from breeders, man.  There are just too many amazing animals waiting to be adopted at the shelter. Puppies, purebreds, mutts, big and small, medium, long-haired, short haired and everything in-between.  So don't be a dick.  Adopt a pet.