Meet Joel Johnson

Mom gave me the J day and suggested I do a Jabberwocky, but I can't rhyme. In fact mostly I don't talk except in one word sentences. That's why mom is translating.

look at his little ear tufts...

Mom doesn't think I know this, but I was adopted. In fact I was almost a year old when my first family (mom calls them the Cretins) dropped me off at the Humane Society on Christmas Eve. They didn't understand me. Called it behavior issues. Really though, I just don't like to be yelled at. I know. Some parents think, especially with the furry brothers, that a stern voice is the way to get something done, but I have this... this THING happen... it's like I grow to four times my size and start to roar (and snarl and sometimes bite). But do YOU like to be yelled at? I mean seriously—isn't that what YOU feel like doing?

Anyway, this Cretin family didn't like it, so they left me. Then a week later my REAL family came. They FOUND me, but because I'd been with the Cretins, they had to adopt me. They yelled and talked sternly a little bit. (I guess some furry brothers like that) but they eventually figured me out. Just offer me a carrot or to go OUT and I will drop the underwear I'm chewing! Carrots taste better than underwear any day!

My favorite person is my daddy. He walks me and feeds me, and he is home most, so he spends lots of time with me. I've learned what our car sounds like, so when he turns onto our street I prance and whine, knowing he's on his way!

Mom is pretty good. I sleep on her side of the bed because she's put a blanket down there for me. She reaches over to scratch me and watches for me when she gets in and out of bed. My two legged brother and sister are good too. My sister takes a lot of pictures of me. She took the ones on this page. She tells me all the time how cute I am. My brother likes me and scratches me and sometimes I go in his room to sleep, too.

Then I have a furry sister. I really like to clean her ears. She tries to catch my tail a lot—she will sit on a chair and grab it when I go by. She and I like to play chase, too—we take turns.


I have important jobs in my family. When there are noises, I have to let everyone know. And when someone gets home I have to greet them. And in the morning, if they forget to get up, I need to go make sure they're okay, so I whine at them until they scratch my head and say 'hi Joel'.

scared of thunder... and cameras...

As for what I like... I like to head OUT for a walk, but I really don't like to go very far. Mostly I stop in the yard and watch dad walk down the block. I like to eat—eating is the best. And I'm really really really really afraid of thunder. I don't like rain much—it makes me wet. I don't like it real cold. Or hot. And I hate the deep snow, but you would too if your privates were only 5 inches off the ground.

I guess that's it about me. Now mom is going to share some J blogs...

The Journey: Colene is a newer blogger buddy, but very hip and seems to like stuff I like, which of course makes here cooler than cool *shifty*

Just the Cheese: Jamie's a nut. You will probably just laugh a lot.

Dark Diversions

So I was supposed to host Cassandra Jade today. Unlike some of the externally scheduled guests, or people who I might GUESS would be unreliable, Cassandra is publishing and on her tour, and... has disappeared. My reminder was timely, and there has been no post AT ALL on her blog in more than two weeks. So I'm WORRIED. Remember this conversation last week about 'if something happened, who would know?' That is where my dark mind has gone.

So if anybody knows Cassandra is FINE, please tell me so I can stop worrying...


And in the meantime, we will continue the D Theme.


Dual Dream Disciplines

Dreams play an important role for me in my idea generation. I'm not sure there will be any dream generated ACTION that makes it all the way into any of my books but the SET UP? Dreams are my best source for the really unique pieces of the stories I write. The ones that do it sometimes startle me awake they are so completely vivid. Mr. Tart is also known as Mr. Crabbypants, so I don't have a notebook by my bed, but I've got a whole STACK of them in the bathroom, so I usually head in there to get the basics in writing so I don't lose them.


Dream ALSO want to appear in my stories. I hear this is unpopular with the publishing industry, and that is understandable. It is a tempting technique and I can see it being OVER used, used BADLY, or used too obviously. But MAN, I love a well done dream sequence. So it is tempting to WRITE them, is it not? Maybe it's just me...

Diversions, Dalliances and Delusions

Usually this is where I turn to Cross-dressing Death Eaters, so why not. I haven't figured out how to bring an animated picture in here, but I have an avatar at HPANA that is currently playing my FAVORITE thing!!!

Top Post here

“I'm a death eater and I'm okay
I spy all night and I teach all day...”


DOGGIE!

Since yesterday I posted Cali, today I thought I'd share Joel... (is he the cutest little guy ever, or what?)

*huggles Joel*

Chaotic Collection

Comrades, I've got a collection of [erm... C word here- *cough*] I'd use 'cosas' but it seems to me, switching to Spanish might be cheating... Ah well...

Colors

The Burrow's October feature is related to COLORS and we are releasing a new drabble each day this month—check it out... http://www.the-burrow.org/ Speaking of colors and the Burrow... I've a colorific observation... among my childhood friends, it seems blue and green were the predominant favorite colors. I was unique with my PURPLE. But among the Burrow, we had to thumb wrestle for colors... I didn't get purple. Possibly because I can't behave... but I think more specifically because we ALL wanted it. Is this a WRITER color? Or are we Burrowers a unique batch?

Comments:

I had my first serious troll this week! I was SHOCKED! More shocking still, it was on one of my old blogs where I grumbled about parenting a teen and the blog itself was relatively mild (oh, sure I said she was a changeling, but SHEESH!), so the COMMENTER clearly has ISSUES...damn anonymous comments.... I won't remove them though (the ability to anonymous comment,... the comment itself, I DID remove—it was offensive)—I can take a sting now and then, and I get notified on comments to old blogs—a chance to moderate before they get posted. I was just stunned... I mean... I may be naked, but I'm NICE—no reason to be rude to ME!


Contest New

So there is a very cool contest to enter... Mason Canyon is giving away a bizillion (okay 8) audio books, each contest is separate, so you can enter the ones you really want the audiobooks... go enter, NOW! http://masoncanyon.blogspot.com/2010/10/hear-ye-hear-ye.html

and speaking of contests, I recently WON two books in Spunk on a Stick's
http://circleoffriendsbooks.blogspot.com/ 300th Follower Contest! I am looking forward to reading them! (I love free books, and I love reading what my writer friends write... good stuff)


Cali the Cat

Species: Calius Insanus. She isn't cuddly, but she is very conversive, so that is something. I like her, except when it is 4 in the morning and she is poking me with her claws because she thinks I should get up to run the water for her (she likes to drink from the bathroom sink, at a slow trickle)

Now lets just survive Monday...