INTRODUCTION
Though I love “all creatures’ great and small” I have a soft
spot in my heart for dogs. Growing up in
an abusive household, our family dogs were all about unconditional love, love
that I sorely needed. They made me laugh by chasing car tires rolling down the
street or going after squirrels.
Because I spent most of my adult years living in apartment buildings
where pets weren’t allowed I didn’t recue one. Though that changed in the mid
2000’s, I was too busy in my career as a contracts and procurement specialist
working in the DC defense industry to properly take care of a pet. Then, when I was laid off in 2009, it became
a matter of money concerns – between food and vet bills dogs can be expensive!
However, I took what most people would term bad luck at
losing my job and had the more positive attitude to turn it into an opportunity
to become a best seller author. And in
doing so would frequent the local parks in my area for meditative walks and to
write, and getting my doggie fix when crossing paths with fellow canine lovers.
Carrying around dog treats in my pockets to hand out to my
favorites and there were a number of them.
Pit Bulls or Pugs, Lab’s or Doodles, it didn’t matter. As long as they
were friendly I always had neck and butt scratches and a biscuit or two for
them. There were some who would
disappear for months but they always remembered the Biscuit Lady even though
they may have met me only once.
And that’s how I came to know and fall in love with a very
precious yellow lab named Seamus. During
the summer and fall in 2011 I’d watch him romping through a picnic area with
two or three sticks in his mouth and followed by his guardian, a lanky British
woman. As I do with all new dogs I meet,
I asked her if it was ok to give her dog a treat, which she politely said yes.
From that day forward Seamus and I became the best of
friends. When I’d catch a glimpse of him running at Mach 1 towards me I’d start
my “Doggie Dance”, what young people nowadays call the Harlem Hustle. He’d come
to a screeching halt with dust flying in the air, his tailing wagging his whole
body, anxiously drooling as he kept
switching his attention from my face to my pockets filled with treats. If I didn’t act fast enough or if I was
sitting, he’d nudge my pocket with his nose as if to say “Bitch, what’s up with
my treats! My parents haven’t fed me in days, can’t you see I’m starving to
death!”
From that point on I was in love with this adorable,
handsome hound. And that’s when our adventures began.
CHAPTER ONE
Curious Creatures
Over the years I’ve discovered that dog’s, like humans, have
very unique and different personality types. For instance, in my area there are
many ducks and geese who love to eat the grass in the picnic area of my magic
kingdom (local park) when the Potomac River algae and aquatic plants are in short
supply. They’ll eat, crap, and nap on the land.
And dogs, unlike most humans, LOVE it when they do doo doo!
The technical name for this disgusting trait is called coprophagia and there
are a myriad of reasons why dogs do this, ranging from having parasites or
worms, to getting key nutrients and minerals not available in their own food,
they are anxious, nervous or otherwise upset, or more likely they simply like
the taste of poop.
In the discovery phrase of this phenomena, I found that the predominate
sex of this habit happens to be male – look surprised – so it was with shock
that I had to let the local marina owner know that his very sweet female black
lab named Belle would gorge herself on all the shit the was kindly deposited by
the local geese and ducks! When I informed him of her nasty habit he laughed,
saying that most dog’s have this trait. But then again, I met a Norwegian Elk
Hound named Freiki that could care less about water fowl fecal matter. Go
figure.
Other than Freiki, Seamus didn’t eat the numerous piles of
crap, but he loved to roll around in it! After going for a quick swim in the
river he’d come back on shore to shake off the excess water, then slam his
newly clean furred body on the ground, face first, with his hind legs pushing
him along a trail of poop, switching from one side of his body to the other
until he was completely covered in smelly filth.
He then had the audacity to run back towards me, smiling and
laughing the whole way for a neck and butt scratching session and biscuits!!
The first couple of times he did this I backed away as he was so disgusting and
instead started throwing the treats away from me and making him fetch them
until his guardian continued their walk. Or, if he was in my care, I’d make Seamus go for
another swim.
CHAPTER TWO
HORNY HUMPING
It took a good 6-8 months before his guardian trusted me
enough and asked if I’d be interested in taking care of Seamus for a weekend. I
happily replied YES! And that’s when I regrettably discovered that he was one horny
hound, needing to sexually harass any and all dogs in sight, not an iota of
LGBT bias in his bones.
One morning I was walking Seamus in his local park when we
came across a young couple with three HUGE dogs – 2 black Newfoundland’s and a
German Shepherd. We let our dogs off their leashes so they could romp and play
while we discussed all things canine.
After a few minutes of chatting things became too quiet with
the dogs so I turned around to see what was going on and almost fainted! About
50 yards in front was an undulating, gyrating doggie Oreo cookie with Seamus
the cream center and the German pacing back and forth trying to figure out how
to get into the action!
As I raced across the park screaming to end this pubic porn
before I went blind, I heard the young couple giggling in delight at my mad
dash. Apparently they were of the opinion that all of this was too amusing to stop
so after rescuing Seamus and slapping on his lease, we quickly walked away as
if nothing had happened. Nothing to see here folks, go on your merry way
please.
But this wasn’t the first or the last time his tiny pink
pepper would poke out to meet and greet other dog’s anuses. Another not so amusing encounter involved a
very pretty little black mutt named Mousey. But she didn’t want anything to do
with him and on the plus side, she ran faster than he did when chasing after
the ball I was throwing. The times he
was able to get near her, she’d roll over on her back while nipping Seamus’s
flappy cheeks. She was a foxy little
thing.
This went on for over 20 minutes as Mousey’s guardian
repeatedly and creepily suggested “wouldn’t it be cool to see doggie porn.” Being
disgusted with human porn I wasn’t about to go blind by watching doggy sex, up
front and personal. The final straw was
when all of his attempts to mount her failed he started “dry” humping the air
with his head tilted back, eyes closed, and tongue hanging out looking like he
was in serene bliss!! I had never seen that type of behavior before or since
then, thank the gods. As before, snapped on his leash and took the ball back as
I waved goodbye to Mousey and her porny owner.
CHAPTER THREE
NEVER MET A SQUIRREL
HE DIDN’T WANT TO MAUL
What is it about squirrels that drive dogs crazy? With the
exception of Freiki, most dog’s that have crossed my path have this innate
passion to chase down and rip squirrels to pieces. Given the choice of some dog
biscuits or wrapping their jaws around a squirrel’s neck, they pick the latter.
And Seamus is leader of pack when it comes to this exercise,
but he has a variety of ways that he does it.
For instance, one afternoon after finishing our walk we headed to my
“special” spot in my magic kingdom so I could read and write while Seamus
played with his sticks or swam in the Potomac.
As we were both getting settled in Seamus’s ears perked up
as he spotted a squirrel about 20 feet south of us along the shoreline. Like a
lion in the Serengeti, he began to raise his hind legs and started to slowly
push himself ever closer to his target, thinking he was keeping a low profile. At the precise moment the squirrel caught
Seamus in his field of vision the chase was on! But as with most of his
attempts this one escaped with fur intact.
But the funniest incident was one day when either a very
bold or a very stupid squirrel had the cojone’s to walk along the river bank
right in front of us! Seamus wasn’t
going to take that shit so he was off like a rocket. Somehow that Sciuridae
made it up the tree just before Seamus was going to snap his neck. But that
little ball of gray fur was pissed, yelling at Seamus for a good five minutes
before calming down. I swear I head more than a few squirrel cuss words coming
from those little lips.
Another time there was a squirrel teasing Seamus by
pretending to be occupied by gnawing a nut and seductively twitching its tail
with a come hither mannerism of “Can’t touch this bitch” kinda attitude. He
stood to the challenge of his manly hood with his left front leg cocked staring
this rascal down then he was off!! But, as happens frequently, this squirrel
won the day again.
But it wasn’t just squirrels. This magic kingdom is filled
with all kinds of wild life – raccoons, beavers, deer, opossums, and …… foxes.
Another quiet, sunny afternoon in the park I caught a glimpse out of the corner
of my eye something reddish blond in color headed in our direction along the
shoreline. All three of us looked up at the same time with a “What the fuck are
you doing here” expression on our faces!
A millisecond later the race was on! I was scared shitless
because foxes are known to be rabies carriers. So I jumped out of my chair
hauling ass after Seamus, yelling at the top of my lungs to get him to stop but
it was of no use. It wasn’t until he reached a woman a several hundred yards
down that he knew he lost this battle and came back to me.
Even though his endeavors had failed, Seamus was wearing his
happy face proud that he had chased that fox out of “our spot”.
CHAPTER FOUR
A VERY SEAMUS
CHRISTMAS
Christmas is my favorite time of year after spending the
previous eleven months looking for just the right gift for those I love and
care about. So I was delighted to hear
that my favorite pooch’s guardians were going to English for the holiday and
asked me to take care of him. Of course
I said yes immediately then began to plan a very extra special Christmas with
Seamus as best ornament of the season.
When the day arrived to pick him up I asked if he had any
holiday attire. When she whipped a red velvet collar with jingle bells I was
over the moon until she said that was all she had for him! No funny hats or
coats or anything else related to Saint Nick. Being in a very cheery holiday
mood I went out shopping to pick out doggie reindeer antler and candy cane
themed hats and other assorted apparel.
Seamus became the talk of the town that season as I drove
around while doing errands or going for walks.
It never failed that others would go “Awe, what a cute dog” when he was
sitting in the backseat of the car awaiting my return from shopping or meeting
other dog owners on walks.
One day I received and email from the woman asking how
Seamus was doing so I sent her some pictures of him wearing his doggie reindeer
antler and candy cane hats. She was mortified, immediately writing back that it
was undignified for her precious registered dog to be seen in public with those
“things”. I assured her that even Seamus couldn’t stand wearing those hats and
clawed them off in seconds, so no worries about anyone other than my roommate
and I would see them.
And though Seamus is a big boy, weighting in at around 80
pounds, he didn’t knock off one ornament off the tree or rip open any gifts
under it, many of them for him. One of
his favorite toys was a small frog squeaker toy. He would chew on that puppy
for hours until it become too much for my roommate or I so we’d have to take it
away.
That is it was his favorite until one day when he put it by
me and went to get a drink of water. However, when he came back to sit by my
side Seamus must not of seen the squeaker. As he sat down on it, froggy gave
out of frightful squeak that made Seamus jump two feet in the air, giving it
that “what the fuck” look only a dog can do.
Blaming the frog
instead of his forgetfulness, he attacked froggy with a vengeance, thought he
never did puncture it or the device inside it.
But until recently, when a tiny terror of a terrier destroyed it, Seamus
had many happy squeaks with his toy.
CHAPTER FIVE
OTHER TAILS ON THE
TRAIL
Arthur
One day after taking Seamus for a walk I ran into a neighbor
of his, Arthur, a tiny Jack Russell terrier. When his guardian, another British
woman, asked if I was Leslie, I said “Yes, but how do you know me?” She then
stated that his owners had raved about me taking care of Seamus and wanted to
know if I would be willing to take care of Arthur when she and her husband went
out of town.
Knowing that JR’s are hyper and barkers I was reluctant to
answer her right away as I scoped out her dog. He was very small, quiet, and
walking with a limp. She had brought him
outside to check on his paw to discover that he had a small cut on a front one.
Because of his behavior at the time I thought sure, I can handle this little
guy with no problems what so ever.
Biggest character assessment I ever made in my life be it human or
otherwise!
After we exchanged information I received an email a few
days later with their scheduled travel dates for the next 6 months, with the
first trip occurring just a couple of weeks later. Arthur arrived early Monday morning with his
tennis balls, racket, food, and coat. Upon entering my apartment he spent the
first hour or so sniffing every nock and cranny. Apparently it met with his
approval because he proceeded to rule the roost from that day forward. Or
attempted to at any rate.
To ease his transition, I did what I do with most of my
canine guests and gave Arthur the small rubber frog squeaker toy to play with.
But much to my chagrin, his jaws of death amputated the frog’s ears and legs in
record time of under a minute. So I went with plan b and whipped out a tennis
ball. Another big mistake because once I threw it and he retrieved it, placing
it at my feet, and when I didn’t pick it up faster enough for Arthur loudly he
barked at me!!
This was not the dog I had met the other day. As I scolded
him that I’m the only Alpha in this home he started barking again with an
attitude of “Bitch, get with the program! Throw the ball or else!” And the
little fucker did the “or else” by nipping me!! At that moment my Star Trek alter
ego persona kicked in with a “Red alert Captain, we’ve got a problem”! This dog
is bat shit crazy!
And I did have many of them over the course of the next 5
days. When he misbehaved I’d put him in my bedroom and close the door for a
minute or two, which is hours in dog time. He’d come out a much more subdued
mutt, but only for a short time before his Lex Luthor persona kicked in again.
Don’t get me wrong, Arthur isn’t a stupid. In fact he’s
extremely bright, and therein laid the problem.
That’s because he had figured
out that he was faster than me so he would dash out of the room faster than I
could close the door! His last day in my abode I had gone grocery shopping. As
I was unpacking apparently I was taking too long for him and he started barking
“Where’s my human food bitch, I want some of that turkey, ham, and cheese”. As
soon as I turned around to scoop him up he raced under my kitchen table knowing
full well I couldn’t access him there.
But in hindsight, Arthur’s “quirks” also made me laugh with
amazement at times. He’s a very smart dog and learns quickly, but Arthur is a
stubborn piece of shit. Yes, he pisses on other dogs, makes the energizer bunny
look like a tortoise, doesn’t understand commands like sit, stay, down, and
chewed on my cow, rabbit, and fox fur coat.
But my last impression will be when his male guardian was
pulling up as Arthur was “playing” with two other small dogs. He was pissing all
other them, and I apologized profusely but their guardians said “No worries” as
their dogs pissed on him. Nothing like
learning the hard way!!
CHAPTER SIX
TYLER
I met Tyler a couple of years ago on a trail along the
Potomac River. He is a HUGE mixed breed, a cross between a moose and a reddish brown
lab, weighting in at about 120 pounds. But he’s also a gentle giant who loves
nothing more than swimming, chasing balls, and slobbering when he see’s or
smells me in the area.
One day I was about ¼ mile ahead and around a bend on the
trail in front of Tyler and his guardian when he started crying. Ellen couldn’t
figure out what his problem was so she let him off leash and off he dashed in
my direction. When the ground started quaking
like a 2.5 tremor I knew he was near so I quickly turned around to be greeted
by a cloud of dust and drool.
Don’t get me wrong. I know Tyler loves me not just for the
biscuits, but for the butt and neck scratches as well. What’s great about this trail is that several
years ago a local boy scout troop built and installed several benches for us
old people to sit and rest our backs before going on the end of the trail and
back.
So after getting his treats, I’d sit down on one of the
benches to give Tyler his beloved scratches. Unlike Seamus who likes to stick
his nose in my crotch as I rub his neck, Tyler goes from side to side, pacing
back and forth so I don’t miss a spot he deems scratchable.
Though I offered to dog sit Tyler, his guardian told me on
more than one occasion that she didn’t feel I could handle him. But in early 2014 she had a change of heart
and asked if I could take him for walks so she and her husband could go out of
town. My heart leapt 12 feet as if it were Ace, a very special and very smart
border collie. “I would be honored!” I replied.
The first time I picked Tyler up he was reluctant to get
into my 2000 Concorde as he didn’t like, to him, the tiny backseat that wasn’t
as roomy as his SUV digs. But with the encouragement of treats I finally got
him in and headed to our magic kingdom. I normally start my walks by the parking
lot near the restrooms in the picnic area and work my way towards the trail in
Dyke Marsh.
Because it was very cold that first day, I let Tyler loose
to roam the massive park. He gave me a funny look of “’You mean it? I can go
run all of this?” I waved my hands and he was off and running like a banshee
out of hell! He ran in a huge circle several hundred yards wide and stopped to
give me another funny look of “Are you sure this ok?” to which I waved my hands
again, and again he ran off but this time to the shores of the river.
Tyler has a unique talent of being able to find balls
anywhere along the trail, whether they be tennis, soccer, and once even a bocce
ball. This time he ran up to me with a very nice soccer ball. If he were a
soccer player he’d be a goalie because every time I attempted to kick it he’d
be right up front so I had to find ways to trick him.
It took me awhile but I finally remembered that he knows the
command heel and runs behind his guardian to her left side and sits. This technique worked beautifully with soccer
balls! But once we reached the Dyke trail he started doing something I found
rather odd. He’d purposely nose the ball into the woods, give me a look of “Is
this ok”? I’d shrug, so he continued to go deeper and deeper until I’d start to
walk away ‘cause I wasn’t going in there to get it for him. That’s when he’d
grab the ball and start running
after me.
He kept doing this until we reached the marsh area …. and he
starts doing the same thing there. This made me nervous though because I knew
that river rat’s, snakes and beavers are in there. Additionally much of the
marsh isn’t solid ground, just mats of reeds so I grew more concerned the
further out he went.
But all of this didn’t faze him so he kept nosing it deeper
and deeper into the reeds and pussy willows, again, looking up occasionally for
approval. By now I would just shake my
head and told him “I’m not going in there so you better make sure you can retrieve
it.” And he would just as I started walking away.
And though I haven’t walked him since I always enjoy our
encounters on the trail, with me doing my decidedly undignified doggie dance as
he runs faster than Superman can fly with the biggest, slobbering grin a dog
can give.
CHAPTER 7
Lacey
One day, after walking the Dyke for about a year, my eye’s
came upon one of the most beautiful bitch I ‘d ever seen. Her coat on the upper
body was black, silky and long, but her lower half was tan along with have
feathered paws. Stopping dead in my tracks as she and her guardians approached,
I had a myriad of questions to ask her humans.
Turns out Lacey’s linage was that of an award winning Gordon
Setter that the elderly couple had rescued in her middle age because she was no
longer “best in show”. In my eye’s she was a show stopper with her graceful
gait and elegant head held high as if sniffing other dogs pee was beneath her
regal heritage.
Unfortunately all sense of nobility gets kicked to the curb
now when our paths cross because she knows there’s a special biscuit in my
pocket with her name on it. When getting within sight of me she starts to tug
on the leash as her four paws rev into 600rpm’s even when her male guardian
restrains Lacey with all his strength.
And though our encounters are few and far between as her
guardians travel frequently, Lacey always remembers the Biscuit lady.
CHAPTER EIGHT
Sport?
Sport, a Border Collie extraordinaire, is the latest member
of my pack having come into my life
in just the past year. I would watch in amazement as he and his petite female
companion tore through the magic kingdom with Sport stopping on a dime because
of unseen hand gesture of hers.
As I got to know both of them over the course of several
months it turns out that Sport was actually racing ahead of her to find leaves
so she could kick or throw them into the air so he could fetch. It was awesome
to watch him on windy days as the leaves were blown high in the air. Not only
was he faster than a speeding bullet, Sport could leap over 12 feet in a single
bound! Take that Superman!!
When we first met his guardian didn’t allow me to give Sport
any treats, but eventually she relented to one biscuit per encounter. Normally,
once that happens, members of my pack with just a glimpse of me doing the
doggie dance race to my direction. But not Sport.
So for encouragement I’d shout out what I thought was his
name but much to my chagrin that didn’t work either. Puzzled, I asked his
companion why. With a broad smile and a twinkle in her eyes, she replied “Because
his name isn’t Sport, its Ace.”
And though they both travel frequently, for months at a
time, as with Lacey, Ace always races back to me once I’ve done my doggie
dance.
CHAPTER NINE
Penis Envy
As a female I’ve never understood the fixation males have in
regards to their genitals. From comedy
shows like SNL, Colbert Report, or movies like the American Pie series and even
car adornments like the “Junk in the Trunk” hanging ball sacks – first discovered
those on Martha’s Vineyard in 2009! The fascination with their third leg is
beyond my sensibilities. Some guys even
give their penis’s names like LBJ calling his johnson Jumbo!!
But penis jokes like the following animal themed ones get me
every time! “What do you get when you cross an Owl and a Rooster? A cock that
stays up all night.” Or “Why don't bunnies make noise when they make love? Because
they have cotton balls.” Then there are ones about how size does matter, ala the
MTV show Ridiculousness type behavior: “What is the definition of insignificant? Running
into a brick wall with an erection and breaking your nose.”
However,
this isn’t a modern phenomenon but one that dates back to prehistory. Just ask
any archaeologist worth their weight in ancient phallic symbology. Betcha didn’t
know that for every fertility goddess statue that is found there are hundreds
of stone penises!!
Unfortunately,
male canines aren’t much different than their human counterparts, particularly
the ones like Seamus that haven’t been neutered. I once knew a recued hound
named Joey. I’d go over to his guardian’s home to talk, play games or watch
movies.
It
never failed that he’d plot himself down behind the sofa and start going to
town on his penis. This wasn’t for just a few minutes, he could go on for
hours, I kid you not! The really disgusting part was that Joey wasn’t subtle
about – he would loudly slurp his little pink pepper! GROSS!!
Seamus
on the other hand was much more discrete when “grooming” himself in my
presence. I could count on one hand the number of times I caught him self-lubing
because he was being very quiet about his dirty deeds. But one day I was
perplexed because when he got up from where he was laying – on my beige carpet –
there was a tiny speck of blood!
Not
knowing if he had cut while walking in the woods or swimming in the Potomac I
immediately sent an email to his guardians to see if I should take Seamus to
the vet’s. But they replied no, it had happened before, and that when they got
home they’d put the cone collar of shame on him! Talk about a closet little pink
pepper licker. Who knew?
CHAPTER 10
Personality Traits
Like humans all animals have individual personality traits
uniquely their own but some are universal to some species, like dogs. For
instance, whenever a canine gets me in their line of sight … or nose, not only
do they high tail to my direction, but they are drooling and licking chops when
they arrive.
Without exception, they’ll look back and forth between my
face and pockets when I haven’t wiped out a biscuit fast enough, giving me that
sad look of “Can’t you see have much weight I’ve lost because my family doesn’t
feed” expression. Some, like Seamus,
Tyler, and Belle have learned to poke my pockets to get my attention and their
much beloved treats.
What I find really amusing is when my pack discovers or
encounters something new for the first time. In the spring of 2013 the eastern
United States experienced the hatching of a very large brood of 17 year cicadas,
a two inch long flying type of beetle that buzzes at 100 decibels by batting
their wings. With DC being a very cosmopolitan
area, my magic kingdom is frequented by many foreign nationals that had a slew
of questions about the upcoming invasion. And though many curious creatures like birds,
foxes, and raccoons were looking for to this bountiful feast, my pack didn’t
have a clue as to what was going to cross their paths, including Seamus.
One afternoon at the beginning of the hatch my roommate was
walking Seamus around our apartment complex.
As they neared the volley ball
court a very loud buzzing startled the two of them, with Seamus jumping up a
few feet. When the cicada did it again, he jumped back a few more feet and
anxiously looked to Leo with a “What the fuck is that dude” kinda of look!
Seamus’s head kept snapping back and forth between the bug
and Leo, looking for reassurance that this sucker wasn’t going to hurt him. Once Leo stopped laughing, he put the leash
back on and started to walk away, but poor Seamus kept looking back to make
sure that little bugger wasn’t following them home.
Another interesting trait common among dogs is that when
they get excited they sneeze! It never fails that when I say the word “walk” or
grab the leash their tails start wagging the body and nose goes off like a fire
hydrant. Sometimes it so bad that I have a difficult time getting their leash
on because they get all wiggely and sneezily excited!
Then there’s a trait I figured out recently as to why all
dogs love neck, butt, and belly scratches. Coming from bat shit crazy genius
stock, you’d think I would have figured it out in my youth, but no, it wasn’t
until the other day that it dawned on me - they can’t reach those spots. But
each member of my pack prefers their scratching a tad differently. For
instance, Seamus comes up to when I sitting, sticks his nose in my crotch to
get his neck scratched first. Once satisfied, he turns sideways so I can ravage
his rump.
Tyler on the other hand usually wants his when I’m stand,
which can be dangerous as he wiggles his 120 pounds but weights almost as much
as me , nearly knocking me over on more than a few occasions. Just the other day as I was talking to Ellen
while scratching him, he kept wigging from side to side, pushing against my
legs. Then he went between them, assuming I’d have a better opportunity of
reaching that sweet spot on his ass, but big boy almost sent me flying face
first on trail.
Humans are no different in these regards. I dare any of you
to deny that you’ve never scratched your ass or crotch with some sense of
satisfaction and enjoyment. Hopefully in private.
But I have to say the most curious trait is that after they’ve
pissed and crapped the hind paws go to town kicking up dirt, almost as if to
say “Mines bigger.” Turns out they have scent glands in their paws that let dogs
and other creatures know that this is their territory along with sex and age. And primarily done by male dogs Belle, will on
occasion, do the same thing.
CHAPTER 11
Songs of Summer
Having grown up in Motown during the 60’s and 70’s music
played a prominent role in my life. Friends and I were fortunate enough to have
an older kid whose dad owned several local radio stations. When his parents
went out of town he throw awesome kegger parties and the next morning our
street would be littered with demo 45’s of the Jacksons, the Supreme’s, and
Stevie Wonder! Thinking about it now if I had kept them all I’d have a small
fortune!
Until recently when gasoline prices started rising, I loved
nothing better than going for long drives, jamming to my favorite tunes.
Depending on my mood, it could be rock, classical, country, or jazz. Many times I’ve rolled up to a red light and
my neighbor in the next lane is jamming to a favorite tune. I start dancing in
my seat, shoot them a thumbs up, then both us would start laughing.
But during summer, for reasons that escape me, I usually
like one song more than another and will play it over and over, never getting
tired of the beats, rhythms and lyrics. And
that’s what happened last year when I had Seamus for the summer.
Ever since the CD player in my car stopped working a few
years ago I’ve had to listen to the radio. There was a song by a group called
Daft Punk who put out a catchy tune called “Get Lucky”. As Seamus and I drove
back and forth between our magic kingdom and home I’d be scanning the air waves
desperately for that song, and when found, would start dancing in my seat! Apparently
Seamus thought it was a lame song as didn’t float his boat.
Then, unexpectedly, late in the summer, I found another
really cool tune but couldn’t figure out who the group was or the title of the
song. The key word energies that stood out were “I know you want it, hey hey
hey”. Being a middle aged woman who
happens to be internetly challenged I didn’t think to look it up, and quite
frankly didn’t care because as soon as it came on I’d being dancing in my seat
as my wheels rolled. Found out later from
Stephen Colbert that it was called “Blurred Lines” by Robin Thicke. Awesome
episode if you haven’t seen it.
The cool thing was that when the car came to a stop Seamus
would climb up on my console between the front and backseat and dance along
with me!! He’d have a big grin with his tongue hanging out and his tail wagging
his body! It was awesome. Because my ex/roommate and I were down to one car I’d
drop him off at work and pick him up later so he could drop me off back home.
When he saw Seamus dancing Leo was in awe, laughing his ass off at both of us
because he couldn’t stand that song.
And though Seamus doesn’t know it yet, we’re going to be rocking
out this summer to a new song – Pharrell’s “Happy”.
And we’ll be getting our groove on in just a few weeks.
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