I have a doooooooog.
Stayed over at Chris and Steph's last night so that they could drive me this morning and we watched Coraline and it was awesome. Then this morning we all woke up nice and easy and grabbed coffee and headed on down the road. It was raining, but not badly. Got to the breeder's, had a chat on all the important information I needed to know, and then little Jade was handed over to me. She was spayed on Wednesday, and is still a bit shy cause of it and has some stitches, and it took a bit for her to warm to me. I seem to have a thing for clingy but otherwise antisocial pets. She eventually quieted down and follows me around all over the apartment now. She went for a short walk with me too and was pretty good.
Her and Kenobi are... tentative. She mostly ignores Kenobi and kitty doesn't seem to know what to think of this other animal in her home. I managed to get them to both sleep on the bed with me and thought they were good, but then they had a little fight over Jade's knucklebone. They're not chasing each other at least, but Kenobi gets all bristley if Jade's too close. They just gotta get used to each other, I hope.
So I now have a doggie!

Happy Canada Day, y'all! Going to have a nice and small personal party with my best peeps, where we're going to drink and make faces at this crummy weather.
My apartment is moooostly clean, which should be clean enough for the gang. Got to do a few last minute tidys first, but not until after my coffee.

Dragonboat people are outside practicing. I'm not sure why. Had a smoke on the balcony and watched, like, five boats go into Mooney's Bay, only to find that nearly the entire lakearea is covered with the little markers and shit for the dragonboat practice, and sadly turn around and leave. It's fucking Canada Day, you crazy shouting folks, why don't you let these people enjoy their boats?

Life has been the same dreg for a while. Want to apply to Big Jump, but I'm too paranoid that my portfolio isn't good enough, so I keep drawing shit to try and improve and throwing everything out. It's been fantastic :D
I can't wait until I get Jade. Then I'll have happier bits. And maybe Kenobi will have someone else to love on, so she can stop clinging to me every goddamn time I take a pause.

Also, I'm once again rolling in bitches. I'm not sure why this comes in waves.

My breeder contacted me yesterday to let me know that her other litter died during surgery last week and she's decided to stop breeding Bostons because the stress/money has become too much. And that, on top of that, she's decided to sell some of her adults as well as the two puppies.
This surprised me, obviously, but had me make a decision. The puppy I was planning on getting, I do still want, but my more practical sense I want an adult more. And the mum of the puppy, a little 3yearold, 12lb sweetie named Jade, is now up for sale. Which is kind of sad funny, because a part of me wanted to adopt Jade instead, when I first met her, although having it go through this way is depressing.
I don't get her any sooner, I still have to wait for her to wean the pups and then for me to settle enough into my job (provided I DO get the job out in Kanata knock on wood), but it would mean less training, less stress about house messes and I already know what her personality is like. I know she's quiet, I know she's a lapdog, I know she's very friendly (she followed me around for a bit and wanted me to pick her up when I went to visit last month) and she's tiny and just goddamn adorable. The worry about housetraining, with my long work hours to start, was a big issue, but with an adult I don't have to worry about as many accidents.
So I offered to adopt her instead. I haven't heard back from the breeder yet, but I'm hoping she says yes. But I'm also hoping she says no. A small part of me still wants a puppy, even with all the training trials I'd have to go through. And marking-wise, the little boy is just what I wanted. And, in a small way, I even feel like I'm disappointing Steph by getting an adult female, instead of a male puppy; she seemed as excited for me getting my 'Nibbler' as much as I was. And the little boy is just what I wanted, marking wise, and with Jade as his mum there's a chance he'll turn out just as small and sweet as she is.
It all depends on what the breeder says. I'm torn pretty fifty-fifty on it, so no matter which dog I get I'll be both estatic and disappointed.

So OMG OMG OMG. Since the dog that I really loved from my breeder was due sometime in the last week, I decided to check up with her to see if everything went alright, since the website wasn't updated and I know she's had trouble with that. And the puppies were born, and she had pictures up! Lookit their little white paws Unfortunately the mother, Jade, was supposed to have three puppies but one died during the operation. I joke about how insane it is to pay this price for a dog, but when you consider just how genetically fucked up they are and how hard breeding them seems to be, it kinda makes sense.
But lookit the puppies with their little faces and their paws and their eyes aren't open yet and they're so cute and awwwww.
The breeder's other female is due in the next two weeks too, but I'm pretty set on Jade's puppies. Jade is a real sweetie, she's small and she's quiet. Fuck, if I could, I'd adopt her! So I'm hoping her puppies will have the same quality. I don't know if I want the boy or the girl yet, though. I'm leaning towards the boy.

IN OTHER NEWS
I've found out the hard way that I don't have a job at Mercury. IE: everyone else is starting/has started working there except me. I still have the job in Kanata to hope on, and lord am I hoping, but my optimism's worn out and I've started applying a whole bunch other places. The other problem is I'm trying to find a job that'll pay me at least as much as I'm making by doing nothing right now. Afterall, since my only real motive to find work so fast is that I want to be able to financially take care of myself and said new puppy and I'm surviving well enough on EI right now. I know that animation will pay me twice as much, but unless I find a job that's going to pay me 700$ a week it's almost not worth the trouble.
Yaaaay job hunt!

ZOMG BOSTONS


I get to go meet my potential breeder today, to meet her dogs and talk shop face to face and all that. She wants to meet before the puppies are born, because she likes to keep them secluded from visitors until they've had their shots, out of extreme care for their health. I hope she likes me enough to think I'm a good candidate for ownership, and I hope I like her enough to want one of her dogs. It's like a bizarre form of adoption, almost. Exciting, yet at the same time I feel kinda lame.
So it's six am and I'm just finishing my breakfast and desperate attempts to wake up. Went to a Repo! showing last night and it ended at 2am. I got home and, while I'm certain I slept, it really felt like I just got comfy on a pillow and then the alarm went off. I'm surprisingly awake though. Or, at least until I get in the car and we've been driving for half an hour and then I'm sleeping.
It's supposed to rain, but whatevs. Today should be fun.

I'd posted an 'ad' on Kijiji pets asking if anyone had information on Boston Terrier breeders in the area, since most of them seem to be in the Toronto or Thunder Bay regions. I got some good recommendations, some home breeders, some a little too far, but good info still.
Then I got this message:
Hi there,
I saw your add on kijiji in regards of a pet you are looking for ,just wnat to let you know that i stand at the better position
in offering you the pet you are looking for so e-mail me back for more details and
pictures and let me know how soon you want the pet.Please specify if it is a
male or female you are looking for and if you will be getting both a male or
a female or just one.......the pet will be the best ever companion for your family and
home,it will come directly to your home and with some toys, e-mail me back if
need back if need be for more information and images,thanks and waiting.
thanks Jennet

Weird ellipses, no capital letters, but some people type like that.
I email 'Jennet' back saying that I'm specifically looking for a male, but that I won't be getting one until late summer when I have my job and am settled in it. If she's a breeder, and plans on a litter for that time, I'd be happy to talk dogs/prices with her.

She replies.
( And it gets obvious )
'She' replies a day later with "OK LOL, THANKS BUT NO THANKS."

I respond with "GOOD LUCK, I'M SURE THERE'S SOME DUMB PEOPLE OUT THERE."

She has, as of the writing of this entry, replied back with 'How about if i send the dog and then u pay, how about that."
I'm unsure how to respond now.
Updates as they follow.

Went down to Kanata today to check out the studio there. I'm 110% wanting to hop on board, even if the schedule isn't set to start until third week of July (although Kyle says they're going to do their best to start earlier) Kyle is a doll, just really friendly, personable and nice. The studio itself is beautiful too, great big space with cubicles that are just huge, twice the workspace than at Mercury. Again, the only real downside is the startdate and the distance, but the distance is such a good excuse for the scooter. I've pretty much associated this job with the scooter now.
Unless things go ary, I'm certain I have this job. I've told Kyle I want it and I'll keep in touch and he seemed please about it. I guess by the end of this month I'll know for sure where I stand: if I got the job out in Kanata, fantastic and I'm working there with all my friends and if not, I still have the option of Merc and know people there still too and that's that.

And then, oh damn, my Boston Terrier books, which I had half bought for the research/preparation and half to make sure my credit card was still working, and when I went out to get them, on the way back there was a Puggle (Pug/Beagle) in the elevator and I go OMG IS THAT A PUGGLE and the dude's like OMG ISN'T HE ADORABLE and we talked dogs for the thirty seconds it took to reach my floor. Then I start reading my Boston Terrier books and UGHSDFKSJDFASDF. It really sucks that I can't afford a dog right now when I want one so badly, but I've got to curb my spending and teach myself self control. But it's haaaaard.

Oh crabsticks, it's 7 already. I should make dinner.