Putin's Dog

Saturday, October 18, 2008

I wrote about this on my business blog, but I thought I'd go into more detail here. Daren felt sorry for one of his Russian colleagues, Vlad from his company's Moscow office and invited him to our house party. Vlad fell in love with my black lab, Jezebel. He kept calling her Putin's dog and a good KGB dog.

Vlad was a hard core communist and just had all of our guests in stitches. He's a short pudgy guy, and was wearing a short workout type sweatshirt that said Superfit. His big gut would hang out a bit when he moved his arms. He kept making snarky comments about America and how we had ruined Russia with capitalism.

Part way through the night there was a big commotion and Daren had to break up a fight between Vlad and our friend Leny. Leny was getting married the following week and Vlad told Leny a real man would have better control over their wife. Leny's wife kept her maiden name and Vlad didn't approve. Vlad didn't help himself earlier in the night when he was bad mouthing the Polish, which he knew Leny's dad was.

I really wish I had pictures of Vlad from that night. It was surreal. Daren and I still occasionally call Jezebel Putin's dog.

6 Random Things About Me

Friday, October 17, 2008

Sam tagged me with the '6 Random Things About Me' Meme. Sorry Sam, but I just noticed a month later that people were actually commenting on the blog. I'm a bit slow.

Here are the rules:

• Link to the person who tagged you.
• Post the rules on your blog.
• Write six random things about yourself.
• Tag six people at the end of your post.
• Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
• Let the tagger know your entry is up.

1. I am terrified of heights, despite the fact I use to skydive and am a licensed pilot.

2. I've moved 21 times in my life, 7 times before I graduated high school. I have lived in 6 states; California, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, Florida, and Colorado.

3. My dream in high school was to be a war zone photo journalist, I went to college as an English major, and I ended up working in the aviation industry for 10 years.

4. My parents knew each other for a total of 7 days, and were on thier 3rd date when they drove to Las Vegas and got married. They have been married for 38 years.

5. I have a terrible sweet tooth, that I'm trying to get under control. Candy and chocolate everyday is not good for the weight or health.

6. This coming Monday, Oct 20 is me and Daren's 1st wedding anniversary.


I'll tag other bloggers once I figure out if I actually know 6 bloggers.