oh the weather outside is frightful

You would think, being May 28th, that the sun might deign to appear today. But here I am, looking at a white, cloudy sky. The past few days have been odd too, I keep getting tricked into thinking it's a beautiful day with clear blue as far as you can see, but then I'll glance out the window 20 minutes later, and it's raining.

However, the crazy weather IS making me more spontaneous. I'm learning that if I see an opening of good weather, I just have to throw my running clothes on and zip my dog into his collar asap to at least get a mile in before it ends.

Speaking of my dog, I recently procured a retractable leash and it is AMAZING how much easier it is to go on a walk with him! No more leash pulling, no more slowing to a walk if he's depositing a single drop of his essence on a plant. The problem has been, his walk is too fast for my walk, but his run is too slow for my run, which means that generally one, or both, of us is going to be tugging on the leash. Now, with my nifty 16-foot retractable leash, I just hold one end and he does what he needs to do. If he speed-walks ahead, I've got a good 16 feet before I need to jog and catch up with him. Generally too, he is pretty good about not maxing out the length and he sticks with me, but those few extra feet make the difference if I misstep and he has to jump away or something. He is usually scared that I'll step on him, but we've been doing very well on the retractable leash. I do kind of wish the leash had a little fishing pole-type reel though, because sometimes he's at the end of the 16 feet and I need to "reel" him in due to a car or another dog. Perhaps I'll become an inventor and create one.

I did chuckle though when, on the packaging, it warned me that because of the extra length, my dog might have more time to make headway and pull me off my feet. Right. 15 pounds. I think I can take him.

How did they make those Lady Gaga costumes?

I'll add an update on LIFE in a little bit but for now, I have to discuss Glee. I'm watching season 1 on Netflix and sure, it's cool for what it is, but I'm a realist, so sometimes it's hard to suspend reality and just believe that a teeny high school glee club is suddenly flush enough with funds to have smoke and flames shooting from the stage during a performance of a Kiss song...for exactly 8 audience members. Though, I guess it is a good exercise to jump into loopy-land for a bit and watch a performance of Bad Romance complete with a professional stage and lighting. Certainly, Glee is entertaining, but it doesn't GRAB me like a good drama does. It seems to serve as a vehicle for musical entertainment. Luckily, they sing well. Though, I did enjoy the twist with a main character singing Jesse's Girl when he finds he likes a girl who is dating a guy named Jesse in the group. Nice touch.