3. Are your elbows dry?
Well, they're not wet. I like to think of them as supple yet firm. They are callous free.
3. Tell us about Tess if it's not too painful.
Pain is part of life, my good friend.
Imagine unconditional love, ok, Tess was 10% more loving than that. We got Tess when I was in 6th grade, some contractor found her, she was just a puppy, wandering the streets and brought her in to my mother's work. My mom decided she'd take her home. Tess was a German Shepard/Collie mutt. She was an outside dog the first few years of her life because my mother is allergic, although we would always bring her over to my father's apartment, especially if it was too cold outside. When I moved out of my mom's house to my dad's apartment at 17, I brought Tess with me. She couldn't have been a better inside dog. She frequently woke me up by sticking her nose in my mouth. She would always sit outside the bathroom door, whenever I went in there. She loved to run. I used to wrap the handle of her leash around my bike's handle bars and go on rides with her. She oftened stopped to poop in the middle of Montrose, a busy street, right in the middle of rush hour. I always had to make sure to bring 3 plastic bags with me whenever I walked her. I'd have to say that Tess was one of the greatest influences in my life. Well, in September of 2005, Tess started dragging her back right leg. We took her to the vet and he said it was arthritis, so we started giving her a glucosmine/chondroitin supplement and I made sure she got plenty of exercise. Well the supplement did nothing and her limp got worse, so we took her to the vet again for some X-rays. Well, this time the vet said she had hip dysplasia and prescribed some predisone. The predisone seemed to help, but her limp kept getting worse and started spreading to her other hind leg. Of course, by this point I had already done some major googling to see what the problem could be. I came across a site that told me all about degenerative myelopathy, an autoimmune disease similar to MS, where the immune system attacks the myelin coating on nerves, essentially disabling them. All of Tess's symptoms seemed to match. Unfortunately this is no cure or even a treatment for DM. So from September til mid January Tess went from a happy spunky dog, to one that practically paralysed. Only January 19th, 2006 we put her to sleep. Her dying in my arms is the reason why I went veg, cause I didn't want to be the reason why any conscious being had to die.
Here's some pictures.
http://wonder.sitehacks.com/tess1.jpg
http://wonder.sitehacks.com/tess2.jpg
http://wonder.sitehacks.com/tess3.jpg
http://wonder.sitehacks.com/tess4.jpg
http://wonder.sitehacks.com/tess5.jpg
http://wonder.sitehacks.com/tess6.jpg
http://wonder.sitehacks.com/tess7.jpg
And here's one of the few videos I have of her.
3. Gappy teeth or not so much?
I'm the humblest and least vain person I know, but if you can yank nails out with your teeth, then you need to get braces and shouldn't be starring in British Sci-Fi.
3. Did you enjoy nigel's interview as much as I did?
No one could've enjoyed nigel's interview as much as you did.
3. What does your mouthvironment look like?
Standard issue mouth, complete with indians, ewoks, baby cookie monster, cats, a river, a skeleton, too many fillings, etc.
3. Can I get that to go?
No, but your wife can
3. True or correct: The Empire Strikes Back is the best movie ever.
Correct, The Empire Strikes Back is the best movie ever, with that title.
3. Do you own a wheelbarrow?
Nope. But when I win the lottery, that'll be the first thing I buy.
3. Which do you like better: Slash or Slash
Um, Slash. I'll take TMNT over GNR anyday.
3. Were you sad that you totally got your arse spanked in the Silly Willy VB category?
I'm still weeping. I mean, how could I runner up when no one has even seen my willy?
