You Are More Beautiful Than You Think

You are more beautiful than you think.

Small.
Unbelievably dull, dead, brown hair.
No forehead, no chin.
Round face.
Bushy unibrow.
Eyes slightly too big, and slightly too close together.
Eyes an uninspired brown.
Crooked nose.
Upper lip just as full as lower lip.
Crooked teeth.
Pallid skin.
Tiny stature.
Big boned.
Top heavy.
Muffin top.
Thunder thighs.
Hairy body.
Flabby arms.
Flabby thighs.
Cellulite.

Beautiful.

BOSTON

What happened to us? That we now send our children into the world like we send young men to war. Hoping for their safe return but knowing that some will be lost along the way.

Boston, stay vigilant. Stay safe.

Siblings

"To the outside world, we all grow old. But not to brothers and sisters. We know each other as we always were. We know each other's hearts. We share private family jokes. We remember family feuds and secrets, family griefs and joys. We live outside the touch of time." - Ida Pamandanan-Salangsang.

We.

"We are the girls with anxiety disorders, filled appointment books, five-year plans. We take ourselves very, very seriously. 

We are the peacemakers, the do-gooders, the givers, the savers. We are on time, overly prepared, well read, and witty, intellectually curious, always moving.

We pride ourselves on getting as little sleep as possible and thrive on self-deprivation. We drink coffee, a lot of it. We are on birth control, Prozac, and multivitamins.

We are relentless, judgmental with ourselves, and forgiving to others. We never want to be as passive-aggressive as our mothers, never want to marry men as uninspired as our fathers.

We are the daughters of the feminists who said “You can be anything” and we heard “You have to be everything.""

Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters.

War

"There's never been a true war that wasn't fought between two sorts of people who were certain they were in the right. The really dangerous people believe that they are doing whatever they are doing solely and only because it is, without question, the right thing to do. And that is what makes them dangerous."

- American Gods.

The Shady Wedding

Vanity first:

Date: March 08, 2013
Theme: Wedding Carnivale
Church: Calruega Chapel, Nasugbu Batangas
Reception: Alfonso Farm, Cavite.

All photos from: Shutterhound and Tita L!

More On Mochi's Balls

Am I taking this too far? No.

So it's the Friday after Mochi's neutering (which was done last Monday) and while the pup seems alert, he is also a wee bit melodramatic.

The latest update on Mochi post-op is that he is currently refusing to walk nor to stand; he just sits there or lays down. Normally I'd be at wit's end trying to find ways to comfort my dog but after a lot of conversations with 2 of his vets and countless internet research, I've found some anecdotes that has helped put my mind at ease and heart at rest.

As is my luck, smaller breeds of male dogs are known to be quite the divas and drama queens. A concerned pet parent such as myself was kind enough to post online some of his concerns regarding his pet's post-op recovery. He has been just as vigilant as I in medicating the pup and experienced many of the things I am currently experiencing now:

I took Rocky to get neutered last Monday morning and they had him finished by the afternoon and kept him overnight to monitor him. He came home with an e-cone and two external stitches and some meds. From the day he he came home he refused to walk which was normal but now a week has past and I've administered all his medications on time ( Metacam for inflammation, Tramadol for pain and Panolog cream for help with irritation) and the swelling has gone down significantly and everything on his scrotum looks much better and healed. Still he won't walk very much, he did start to try and walk a lot but he squats while he walks. I took him back to the vet and they said everything looks fine and he can just be taking a little longer to get over it but from what I read most peoples dogs were back to normal in about 2 or 3 days.

A number of other owners have responded to him that as long as there is no infection (yellow or green pus-like discharge) or wound break (it will contain a cheese-like white or yellow necrotic tissue inside), the dog is more likely showing signs of drama than anything else. As with people, there are different thresholds of pain when it comes to dogs. Some dogs balk at the slightest discomfort or foreign feeling while other dogs can ignore this and go on their merry-way.

Having read that, I pat myself in the back as all is fine.

Rubbing the Panolog Cream on the incision site, however, is a whole different story.