Thursday, April 2, 2009

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

J's dog name:


A generic dog like this deserves a generic name like "Oreo."

Ross's dog name:


I can only think two things: Gene, short for generic, or Bounty Hunter so he can be Bounty Hunter the Dog.

Wheels' dog name:


Dooze 2

Ginger's dog name:


Bird

Dusty's dog name:


Perrot

Kevin's dog name:


Mr. Witherhocks

Jamie's dog name:


Fluffy McBarks-a-Lot

Rick's dog name:


If it’s a male dog, Percy. If it’s a female dog, Angela.

Rachael's dog name:


Mr. Fred

[Editor's note: I am always a fan of giving animals titles. In fact, I toyed with the idea of naming the dog "The Right Reverend Reggie."]

Christina's dog name:


Oscar

Ethan's dog name:


Cronkite

Wayne's dog name:


Reggie

Brian's bad sleep:

In college, my friends and I made the “brilliant” decision to go to Great Adventure for a few days. Unfortunately we didn’t have any hotel reservations and it was the peak season…so we ended up at some No Tell Motel about 20 minutes from the park. The room was disgusting and the “lobby” was a booth surrounded in bullet proof glass and metal bars. They handed us a key and some sheets to make our own beds; when we threw the comforter back, the nastiest stain I've ever seen was revealed and I was so skeeved out that I slept for less than 2 hours that night as I feared for my life…

Matt's bad sleep:

On an 8-hour red-eye to Europe. I fell asleep for an hour with my head strangely cocked to the side and woke up dizzy and motion sick, but still had to try and sleep for the next six hours and not throw up.

Adina's bad sleep:

I am in Americorps NCCC. It is November 2002 and it is freaking cold. It is 11 PM and we arrive in the community housing development where we will be living for the next few weeks. There is no heat. Half of the lights are missing bulbs, including the bathroom light. There is no shower curtain (which is unfortunate because we have to be up and ready for work at 7 AM the next day). Everything smells like pee. There are cockroaches in the tub and in most of the rooms (seemingly dead but we couldn't really tell because there was no light). We are supposed to have cots waiting for us, but there are no cots. I end up sleeping on the cold pee floor in between MK and Michelle because I am only one without a real sleeping bag. In the middle of the night, I decide I am going to die of hypothermia if I don't somehow warm up. I then remember grabbing a bunch of leftover thermopads from the Red Cross while on disaster relief. I cover my entire body with thermopads and finally fall asleep for I think two hours before having to get up and dig dirt for 8 hours. To this day, I am pretty sure those thermopads saved my life.

Brandon's bad sleep:

Poultry Days 2008: Alisa and I were camping but forgot both a rain fly and a tarp. Needless to say, storm clouds started gathering around 8pm, it started raining around 10pm, pouring around midnight and didn’t stop until 5 in the morning. We collected as much as we could to stay dry...including shade tents, umbrellas, and rain jackets but it was all in vain. There was a puddle in the tent by 1am and despite being inside sleeping bag and wearing waterproof pants, everything on my body was soaked.

Amy's bad sleep:


I caught a stomach virus from the kids at work (see Amy's Worst Job in the archives) and spent the night doing Tabata pukes.