Catch up? Catsup? Ketchup?

Yikes. Just a tip to anyone who has a reader in the family (you know who you are)-- don't give them the Twilight books. They'll disappear like, forever. That's what happened to Dad these past few weeks. Sure, he made up some excuse about needing to be up on the current "hip" things that the kids he'll be counseling are into, and he mentioned something else about two different 20-page papers he's been researching for his classes, and I think he tried to pawn off some lame excuse about final exams, but I know the real reason.

He's bored with me. *Sigh*

I'll just have to up the cute factor. Think this'll do it?


I thought so. Sweet!

Of course, the other reason is that Dad is a slacker. Always has been, always will be. According to him, he was even born late. So, remember that award I won (it seems like) years ago? Where I won the Project Dogway final and promised to show pictures of my swag when it came in? Well, it's in. It's been in. And I've already loved it all. But just to prove it, here are the pics!



I got the coolest wrapping paper ever,


A little friend to hang on the Christmas tree (although he looks like he's got the measles or mumps or something. V - E - T time for him, I say),


A totally delicious bag of treats,


and a fantastically fuzzy blue (my favie!) chew toy.


Am I a lucky pug or what? I also, even though Dad was on hiatus and refused to help me with the blogging thing, raked in some awards. Sweet!

I got the I Love Your Blog award from my Florida friends Samantha and Mr. Tigger:


And I got the Lemonade Stand award from both Sandra and Pearl and Daisy!


The Lemonade Stand award is given to bloggers who show attitude/gratitude, so I will say thank you with attitude to cover all bases:

THANX, GIRLFRIEND(S)! YOU ROCK!!!

As for passing on the love, well, I'm about ten years too late in actually receiving these awards and if you'll remember from last time picking and choosing the "pass it on" recipients kinda gives me the willies. So, I'm taking the easy way out and saying that everyone is awesome and both deserves and gets these awards. Hooray for you!

Is that it? Am I caught up? Whew!

!!UPCOMING EVENTS!!

Big-time visitors coming down soon. All Christmas week I get to schmooze with both sides of my human family, so look for lots of pictures and whatever small number of posts I can squeeze in between head scratches and family love-ins.

I made it work!

HOORAY!!! I won Project Dogway 08!

And it got really close, too! My good friends Gus and Indy pulled to within just a few votes at the last minute and made me sweat it out!

I will post pictures of my swag when it comes in, don't worry!

Everyone give a HUMONGOUSLY MONSTROUSITIOUSLY GIGANTORMOUS thank-you to Winston, Clementine, and their mom Rachel for hosting this fantabulous contest and for having to make the tough decisions every week! YOU really made it work! Good for you!

It's time to vote for me! (Again)

So the moment of truth has arrived. I was selected for the finals in Project Dogway, and now it's all come down to this:

Me as a shill, begging for votes. Again.

I submitted two pictures of me:



Both of which I hate Dad for staging. See that look on my face? Yeah, it's not faked. Gotta say, though, I am rocking the Gryffindor scarf like it's my J. O. B. All those letters asking to be put on the cover of the final Harry Potter book don't seem so wierd and stalker-ish now, do they? Where's your restraining order now, Ms. Rowling?

Even though Big Brother and I were both in the contest, there was only costume enough for me, especially after the first try failed miserably. I think it's better that way anyway! Lead with strength, best snout forward, etc. etc.

So, GO VOTE FOR ME!

And, in recognition of the wonderful Mom who made all this happen, it's time to show her with her favorite son:



Oh, quit whining Snoufer. You KNOW I'm her favie.

Happy Election Day!

OK-- Today is catch-up day for Puddleglum. I am WAY behind.

First things first, today is Election Day in the United States! Hooray for freedom and choice! With there being a possibility of the first African-American person as president of the USA, perhaps this will open the door to give us canines the vote. "Sufferage and sweet potatoes!" will be our slogan. We will promise to give every canine citizen 40 bones and a stuffie. Bark the vote!

But seriously, if you can vote, you should. Or stop complaining about anything. At least, that's what I think.

Now that that's out of the way, it is time to cover a couple of contest results I have been remiss on. First of all, there is the Pug Lover's Rescue banner voting, which ended October 31st. I did not win, but I was first runner-up! Yay for me! Even better, my good friend Clementine won in a tie! Yay for her! Everyone congratulate her. Even better yet, there was a bunch of money raised for rescued pugs. Never can have too much of that!

The second contest I was in was the Project Dogway 08 sweepstakes. I was very surprised and happy to discover that I was one of the three finalists! Now I have to get cracking on my final entry, due this Friday (yipes!). Since Clementine was judging the entries, and I spent a pretty penny on delicious canned food and bones and stuffies to send to her as br--- Ummm... I might have said too much. Moving on.

Hooray for me! OK, now moving on.

I won an award for participating in that prestigious contest!


And from Harry Pugalicious:


This lovely award is created by Crystal @ Memoirs of a Mommy in honor of Noah and the donor of his sweet little heart who ENCOURAGES us to SHARE THE LOVE ! Thanks Crystal! [Click on Memoirs of a Mommy to learn and read this special love story!] The rules for this award are to pass it along to some people whose blogs you love. They make you laugh, smile, leave encouraging comments on your blog. You would like to share some love with them because they have uplifted, inspired, encouraged or prayed for you. Please include this paragraph with the link to Memoirs of a Mommy so that everyone knows where this award originated from.

I give it to:
Pugsley the Lovely Lady Pug
Nancy and the Fatties
Pearl and Daisy
Pepe
Daisy and Oscar

Because they all are either new bloggers or are frequent commenters on my blog or have neat blogs or have not received this/other award(s) yet or live in a cool part of the world. But definitely not because everyone else is not cool enough. This giving awards thing is tricky!

Thanks to all!

And finally, I bet you were wondering how Dad's fantasy football team is doing with me as the mascot! No? Really? Not a bit of interest? Well, too bad. I'm telling you anyway. We have had a run of bad luck and are currently sitting at 4-5, despite scoring the second-most points for the season of anyone and at least partly because of having the second-most points scored against us. It's sad, but it's hardly a big deal. The good news is, there is a lot of parity in our league and we are only two games out of first place! We'll just have to suck it up and hope that Reggie Bush comes back soon! Can I hear an "Amen!" from Harry Pugalicious and his mom?

Th-th-th-th-th-that's all, folks! Go vote if you can!

Pug of the Day

I am on Pug-A-Day today! Hooray! Thanks everyone for pointing that out to me. If you see this post on some other day besides Saturday, it was the "Pug with Happiness" picture at the top of the right-hand column, which is also up for voting at Pug Lover's Rescue for the banner contest.

Speaking of which, go vote! Please? :) I think I get the award for shameless plugs, wouldn't you agree?

Thanks everyone for the comments about my week of carnage. I really enjoyed reading them, and I think you all enjoyed the pictures and stories-- this is the first week that I have had double-digit comments for every day (except Monday, but I'll take a mulligan on that)! Yipee! Maybe I'll have to do more "series" posts.

Happy weekend everyone!

Wordless Wednesday

OK, so it's not wordless. But, today is the day that voting starts for the Pug Lover's Rescue banner contest! Let's get out there and rock the vote! Just click on my picture up at the top of the right-hand column.

This season's lineup

OK, so the answers to the shows that I am psyched about seeing should be up in the right-hand column now. I asked for top 5, and I put in there the top 5 that are airing in the Fall, plus a few others that start up at midseason that I can't wait to see.

(1a). Battlestar Galactica
Because it's so frakkin' awesome. Time magazine named Season 2 The Best Thing on Television. The quote they led the article with was this: "Most of you think this entry has got to be a joke. The rest of you have actually watched the show." I think that says it all, don't you? Add in there a cliffhanger ending and this being the last season, and I'm there.

1. The Office
This is without a doubt the funniest show on television. Ricky Gervais (who wrote the original BBC show and who serves as exec producer on this version; you may remember him from the recent "Ghost Town") is a comic genius, and if you missed "Extras" on HBO, you missed a treasure. Too many American shows beat a concept into the ground with no real new development of concept or intriguing material, jumping the shark long before they actually go off-air (Simpsons, anyone?). The end of last season opened up so many promising new avenues that I am super-thrilled for this one coming up and optimistic about the show's long-term future.

(2a). Dollhouse
Honestly, this one gets on purely through strength of cast/crew. I am a Whedon-ite: I will watch him paint his bathroom puce while reciting the dictionary. The fact that it is on FOX, and that he has had to reshoot the pilot, is giving me nasty deja vu, but I'm a Browncoat and where Joss goes I follow.

(2b). Big Love
This is one of the most thought-provoking shows on TV, and it's on HBO so they don't have to pull punches like the major networks. Dad has had a long love affair with premium cable shows (i.e., Sopranos, Deadwood, Rome, etc.), so this fits pretty well. Plus, the concept is so intriguing and the way it has played out is so engrossing that I simply have to watch.

2. My name is Earl
Hilarious. Jason Lee has always been one of Dad's favorite actors, from his cult movie days (i.e., "Chasing Amy") on down to now. I don't know if he's a method actor or not, but I have rarely seen an actor "become the character" so much as he does in this show. Besides that, the supporting cast is fantastic. Mom and Dad both love this one.

3. Law and Order: SVU
Dad has a huge crush on Mariska Hargitay. Plus it's a police procedural. 'Nuff said.

4. How I Met Your Mother
Another Mom/Dad joint venture, this one reminds them a lot of their group of friends in college. Plus, it has NPH. If I have to explain who that is, I weep for you.

5. Scrubs
Actually, this is less of a "psyched for" vote and more of a "I liked the show on NBC so I'll watch it on ABC even though I am afraid they will make it go out with a collossal whimper or change the tone" vote. Still, the middle seasons (3, 4, 5) are some of the best comedy on TV, ever.

This is mostly my and Dad's list. Mom also likes Dancing with the Stars and Hell's Kitchen, plus they both really like the occasional edu-tainment show, like Mythbusters or Man vs. Wild. So everyone grab your popcorn, put off those important to-do items, and sit down for some quality programming. Or use DVR. Mom and Dad would probably go fetal and die without that.

Award for me!

Hey-o everydoggy! Both Winston and Clementine's mom and CoCo gave me the Kick Ass Blogger Award! Hooray for me!


And I do kick ass, as these pictures prove:



That is, at least when the opponent is a stuffie hedgehog. No more honkin' for you, Mister!

I will go ahead and pass it on to Khyra, Gus and Indy, Harry Pugalicious, Bajas, and Aunt Sandy, who are collectively the most frequent commentators on my blog who have not yet received the award. I'm like Poley and Rukia's mom: I LOVE getting comments, so I like passing on the love to my dawgs and peeps who do that kind of stuff.

Speaking of dawgs and peeps, if you like my blog don't forget to become a follower by using the links in the right-hand column appropriately labelled "My Dawgs and Peeps". C'mon-- be a follower! Everyone else is doing it!

In other news, on Sunday I get to go to the Pugs in the Park for Colorado Pug Rescue! Word has it that Emmitt and his mom Melissa will be there, as will Daisy and Oscar and their pawrents Jason and Leah! I AM SO FLIPPIN' EXCITED!!! Don't worry, Dad has learned his lesson from the Freaky Weekend incident, and will have a functional camera that will take pictures no matter what. Yay!


Finally, I am so pumped about the fall lineup of shows beginning now! I like contests, even ones that are just for bragging rights, so here's one for y'all:

Can you guess the top 5 shows that Mom and Dad are addicted to? I'll put a little blurb in the right-hand column with the answers at the end of today.

And the winner is...

OK, everydoggy. The voting is over for the Pug Lover's Rescue picture. And the winner is...


IT'S A TIE!!

#4 and #5-- "Pug in Close-up" and "Pug with Happiness" tied for the most votes, with eight apiece. I am really impressed that I was able to get 20 votes total, so give yourselves all a big paw! You rock!

So, it comes down to me to make an executive decision. As much as I love the picture of me in close-up, it has some problems with exposure (a bit bright) and background (who wants to see Mom and Dad's messy bedroom?). Therefore, the official winner is...

"Pug with Happiness"



I am having a bit of trouble in sending the picture over to PLR, but it should be up very soon. Here is the link:

PUG LOVER'S RESCUE BANNER CONTEST

**UPDATE** My picture is now up for all to see!

Voting begins October 1st, so everyone be sure to vote for me, Winston, and Clementine! Don't worry, I won't let you forget... :)

Paw-Ess: Don't worry-- I'll post tomorrow about the weekend. Whew!

Remember: Only YOU can save pugs (by putting me on a banner)

Winston and Clementine's mom Rachel posted yesterday about Pug Lover's Rescue doing a contest for the banner on their site. And me being the incredibly vain pug I am, I thought-- "Hey, I wanna do that!"

There's just one problem-- I can't pick a good picture for me to use. So, I will ask the spiffy peeps and pugs in the blogosphere for assistance. I have narrowed it down to five options, and I have a poll posted at the top of the right-hand column. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE vote for which one you like the best, or if you remember a better one email me with your idea (click on my profile for the email address). You can follow the link above to get an idea of what kind of pictures the others are submitting. So, without further ado, here are the entries:

A. "Pug with Rawhide"


B. "Pug on Pillows"


C. "Pug in Repose"


D. "Pug in Close-up"


E. "Pug with Happiness"


Thanks for the voting and remember, this is not Chicago: there is only one vote and only living people can vote. I will keep the poll up until next Monday morning (Sept. 22nd). Once the winning picture is selected, I will post with a link detailing where you can go to vote. It's all for a great cause, so for that one you can vote Chicago-style all you want! And also, vote Chicago-style for Winston and Clementine too. Cheerio!