O. M. G.: Monsters vs. Aliens

HL and Dr. Cockroach, Ph.D.

OK, clearly I like Hugh Laurie, and 'tis a reason to watch "Monsters vs. Aliens", but O.M.G. I really enjoyed the film! The more one has seen the old monster films (The Fly, Black Lagoon, etc) the better it is, and it is WILDLY funny and very well-written. And a bit violent. Hrm. Yes, a little bit violent.

My favorite lines? "O. M. G." and "My PhD is in... DANCE!!", both courtesy Dr Cockroach. All the major characters are quite good, though, very quirky. Of course, the huge insectosaurus totally is a rip off of Mothra, and it's perfect! My one regret is that I didn't see it in 3D at the theaters.

Still and all, totally enjoyable and took my mind off work and knee twinges. Am hoping no pseudo-exacerbations are on the way, since that would be major suckage. It's bad enough that Arizona summer is icumen in, loudly sing cucoo. We've started to hit the AC now, given that it is getting above 80 or so. I do NOT deal well with heat!

Onward into the week, dear friends! Or plug up the..erm.. hole... with our English papers...

Obligatory cat roll-call...

What? Too much coffee?

Oh yes.. nothing like the morning dose of javajava... one of the things most definitely do not share with my four-legged kids. At present, two of them are racing about with abandon, legs flying every which way, fur floating in the air...

I suppose I should be glad, since we have four cats and three dogs and four more ghosts in the house.

This is Casy:The Enforcer
Casy enjoys being fluffy, enforcing the peace, and watching the doves outside. He is 8 years old this May, and was a 2-week old orphan whom I adopted at 10 weeks or so. We believe he's part or all Norwegian Forest cat, and my Icelandic friend thinks so too!

Clawdius Maximus Cattus:The 20lb orange love muffin
What to say about Clawd? He's big, long, cross-eyed, and VERY, very patient and calm! Which is good. He's also diabetic, so he gets shots and tests every day. His much smaller kitten-sibs love Clawd. However, he has been known to give a hard smack to interlopers. More on THEM in a later post! He, like all our others, is adopted but carries no grudge about that. He does, however, use a huge plastic storage box for a litter box. Big boy.

Well, prolly enough cat poundage for now! Happy weekend!

Ah yes! It must be the weekend! *GALLOP, GALLOP, GALLOP*

FDA approved walking drug for MS!

Well, we know it's not everything, the ol' FDA approval, but hey! An ORAL drug for MS that isn't an herb!

This is excellent news for anyone, prolly, with walking difficulties, etc. Check out the link if you haven't already.

I do hope all are well out there. It's beginning to look a lot like Summer in Arizona, which of course means my fashionable ice vest soon. Yaaaayyyy.....

FDA drug for MS walking difficulties

A John Callaham moment...

callahanonline.com

And how was YOUR week?

Well, I did have some kind of impact on people at work for MS Awareness week! On the last day of the work week I wore a shirt in bright orange that has "MS Bites!" on it. Of course, no one really asked me about it, and there were a couple of odd glances my way. However, I do "Look so good!" so it doesn't surprise me that no one asked.

And really, how do you ask that? everyone, but EVERYONE knows I was gone in Dec of 08 looking like death, but only a few people actually know I have MS at work. I don't really worry about losing my job, since my bosses know, but sometimes I do wanna yell "I HAVE MS AND MY BRAIN IS MELTING!!" to shut whiners up. I mean, honestly!

So I felt like I did some good, and has some posters and brochures from MSFocus up, wore my orange, and basically was open for discussion. However, it was also the first week I was back at classes,, so I'm sure I could have done more. sigh!

OK, now to get to writing the disability issue paper I'm supposed to be giving in 2 weeks! At least it should be fun-- House and John Callahan as manipulators of the "Able" view of the
Disabled for fun and, of course, profit!

MS Awareness Week!

I keep hearing the song from Madagascar in my head: "He like to move it, move it..."

Well, we'll see if we end up with the kind of awareness that Susan Komen must have dreamed of accomplishing (and DID!) for breast cancer. I'd love orange to be the new pink! Or, at least share some time with pink...

"I like to move it, move it..."

Abolishing the Western New Year...

Yeah, that's right. I'm sick and tired of the western freaking calendar new year 'cuz it has been majorly sucking for three years now. Jan 2, 2007, my mom died. Jan 13, 2009, I was diagnosed with MS. Feb 7, 2009, my baby cat-boy Tommy Lee died in my arms. THIS year, Feb 13, our little catprincess Tedi died in her daddy's arms. Believe me, if I think about it I'll find a sucky moment for 2008.

So I'm swearing off the colonial remnant-calendar and going with the Chinese and Tibetan New year. Feb 14, Feb 25th. Why be bound to tradition?

So happy new year to all! I truly hope things get better, because I feel like I'm being hammered by fate, the world, and so much more. Sigh. Yeah, so that's why I haven't really been feeling like blogging about life with MS. That part of my life is ok. Third infusion went well. It's working!

Oh, for a beer! A good one... like a stout....