I'm a cat person.
Don't get me wrong, I love dogs. I even own two of them in addition to my two cats it's just that when I have to pick I would say cats.

I like cats because they aren't always in your face, they don't have to be let out constantly, they don't have to go for walks, and they're there when you need them.
 My oldest cat, Henry (14) comes when he's called and gives affection until I or he is ready to stop (usually it's him who decides). I think my younger cat, Miles (6) who was just adopted from the shelter will eventually respond to his name. He was found as a stray but assumed to have been previously owned and dumped somewhere, his loving attitude and willingness to be found quickly by the people who brought him to the shelter leads them to believe as such. His name at the shelter was Memphis but I chose Miles for an easy transition because although they think he was owned before it isn't certain, so who knows if he had a name before.

My dogs are the opposite. I have two dogs, Jac who will be 10 in February and Bailey who just turned 14 on Christmas day. Bailey despite being epic old acts like a puppy by jumping, barking, and chewing. This yellow lab was never trained which is our fault and probably should be walked more. Jac the inbred (parents were siblings, no real effects, his legs are kind of crooked. Vet said it was fine) Shih-Tzu is completely different. He is slightly overwieght (maybe, I can't tell because of the amount of hair he has. A mop I swear) and likes to sleep. He will play in short bursts and goes about his business. He is most like a cat and that's why I like him. The only problem is that he has a skin disease that is common to long haired Chinese breeds that makes him smell.

The thing I do like about dogs is thier pack structure. I knew about this way before Ceaser Milan (although he is brilliant, bless his heart) talked about it on his show. My dogs and I have a very solid pack structre, and based on their behavior I can tell where the rest of my family fits in. I am of course on the top then Bailey, then my dad, mom, Jac, and last my brother. I enforce it by never feeding my dogs before I eat, letting them know that certain things in the house are mine (like the cats, and cat's toys), I enter rooms before them and exit them first. They never enter the room without being invited by me and will never jump on the bed or the couch without being invited.

My dogs have a barking problem. They bark and bark and bark and bark whenever someone comes to the house. They bark at my parents, they bark at Casey, my friends, Grandma whatever. My family reacts to the bark with violent screaming at the dogs. "SHUT UP! BAILY SHUT THE F UP" is the literal scream from my brother everytime.
(also why I like cats, NO BARK!) The intersting thing is that they will  not bark when I enter the drive way, it doesnt even matter what car I'm driving, my car, dad's truck, boyfriends car, whatever they will not bark at me. Actually, they dont even stay at the door when I walk in, they go staight to thier bed and lay down. They stay there until I invite them up. This is because I have claimed the door (same with them not exiting before me) and because it is mine they can't be there when I get it.

So in conclusion there are things I like about both animal and it is very difficult to choose. The type I would get would be situational. I would only get a dog if I absolutly knew I had the time to walk it, and had a fenced in place for them to run. I don't walk my dog Bailey at all because there is just no time, and it has effected her. Jac is terriried of leashes for some reason so we dont walk him at all and he's just fine with that.
If I didnt have the time or the place a cat would suit me perfectly, both would be better still. I have Miles for when I move out and later in my life I want a dog.

 Only time will tell.

   

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I was watching the news today and as usual the main headline was about the scandal involving Illinois Governor and his "appointment" to the United States Senate.
I was surprised to hear that a guest lawyer on the CNN Newsroom said that the law was on the side of Roland Buris if he were to take his case further. As you know Mr. Buris was denied his seat by the Senate today because he "did not have the necessary credentials." Because of this he said that he will consider a lawsuit that would force the Senate Democrats to seat him.
I think that the only reason he's so worked up is because he payed a lot of money for that seat and if he isn't seated that's a pretty big waste. I hope Rod gives him a refund, lol.
Although if this case goes to the Supreme Court he will most likely be seated. I hate to admit it, but when it goes up that far he has the law on is side, but as of now I'm not so sure. I think if he was elected by the people then the law would be on his side at this time, but because of the controversy surrounding him no one will want to seat him. The Illinois legislature better hurry up and impeach thier governor before this gets to out of hand.

I used to be a blogger.
Everyday I would write about something that was happening in the world. In the beginning of my time as a blogger the topics were usually boring and uninteresting, I would usually write about my day and how life wasnt fair and how I was going to kill myself if I "he didn't notice me!" Ha. Funny when I look back on it.
Towards my later years I would write about current events and as days went by my writing got more sophisticated. People started coming from far and near to read what I had to say. I was a hit.
Sadly, the time ended. Blogging just wasnt popular anymore, this specific site wasnt popular anymore. Everyone moved on to MySpace or Facebook or what-have-you. Eventually I went with the shift.

I wanted to start writing again, especially during the election because of my ability to understand the complexity of the situation and write about it at a low enough level that everyone else would understand. I decided not to start again because I thought that no one would read it anyway.
But today it different, I had to start again even with no immediate current events that are complelling enough to talk about in the way I would have talked about the election. I don't give a damn if no one reads (well, maybe I do a little) at least I'll be doing what I'm good at and I can get my points across.

I hope everyone enjoys my critical and authoratiative opinions of the world around us.

Chao,
punditsoup