Who is who on here? the 2010 edition!

[Fran101]

The old thread is well..old. lol and pretty outdated so I figured we needed a new one for the new year!

Nickname/Preferred name:

Occupation:

Age:

about your dog(s):

Interests:

Favorite music:

Favorite book:

Favorite quote:

PICTURE OF YOU

 

[Fran101]

Nickname/Preferred name: Fran is fine

Occupation: College student

Age: 18

about your dog(s): Romeo is a Long haired Chihuahua. hes about 2 years old
and Kenya the german shepherd who lives in my hometown with family

Interests: Reading, Writing, Movies, Shopping, Taking walks, Spinning and Photography

Favorite music: Anything Taylor Swift

Favorite book: Twilight lol its a guilty pleasure!

Favorite quote:
“The Gods envy us. They envy us because we're mortal, because any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed" -Achilles.

or

I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.... People think pleasing God is all God cares about. But any fool living in the world can see hes always trying to please us back. ~Alice Walker, The Color Purple, 1982

PICTURE OF ME

 

[jess2416]

Nickname/Preferred name: Jess, princess, JessMess

Occupation: Retail

Age: OAP

about your dog(s): Chloe - 4 yrs - Carolina Retriever

Interests: None

Favorite music: Rap, Hippity Hop, R & B, (anything but country)

Favorite book: To Kill A Mockingbird

Favorite quote: Karma is a bigger bitch than I will EVER be!

 

[corgipower]

Nickname/Preferred name: corgipower, corgi, cp

Occupation: undecided/slacker/future ex-wife

Age: if you're as old as you feel, 97
as requested by jess and ryan, i'm also OAP.

about your dog(s): one brilliant and crabby corgi, one queen bee corgi, one idiot malinois, one psychotic malinois and temporarily one i'm-trying-to-take-over-here corgi

Interests: none of any interest

Favorite music: country, some folk, occasional bluegrass

Favorite book: anything by carol o'connell

Favorite quote: "A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down." ~Robert Benchley

 

[Brattina88]

Nickname/Preferred name: lol I've been known to respond to brat, or brattina. Dana is fine, too

Occupation: Preschool Teacher

about your dog(s): Maddie, Cocker Spaniel - my heart dog <3
right now I live with 2 roommates, they each have a cocker. Tucker & Mia.
and 1 foster through cherished cockers rescue - Tara. And Tessa's Cocoa, but I reckon I have to give her back, eventually
If you see me posting about Missy, she's my parent's GSD and I'm crazy about her!

Interests: Anything dogs, rescue/fostering, grooming, training, etc.
Early Childhood education

Favorite music: ALL kinds of music. Country, pop, classic rock

Favorite book: yes... another Twilighter!
I LOVE the dog lover's mysteries by Susan Conant

Favorite quote: "Train now or forever hold your leash!" Unknown

I don't have any recent pics of me, sorry

 

[bubbatd]

Same as 2009 !


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[FoxyWench]

Nickname/Preferred name: Gemma, Gem or Foxy

Occupation: Lazy Butt!. Exotics keeper/Animal Care

Age: 25

about your dog(s): Ruby: almost 3 pp chinese crested, quiet, sweet and love of my life, Jasper: a little over a year nekkid crestie, crazy insane, and the love of my life...

then theres vixie and dodger the long haired chihuahuas who while technically mine will likley forever live with my parents due to their attatchment to my mum.

Interests: Renfaire, singing, dogs, animal behaviour, exotic animals, drawing, painting tattoos, pirates.

Favorite music: hmm, little bit of everything.

Favorite book: i dont have a single favorite, the chronicles of narnia hold a dear place though.

Favorite quote: Not all who wander are lost.

 

[darkchild16]

Nickname/Preferred name: Breeze

Occupation: sales support, mother, soon to be wife, dog caretaker

Age: 21

about your dog(s): Senile Greyhound-Scirocco and the love of my life Walker- Treeing Walker Coonhound and Anatolian Shepherd

Interests: dogs, horses, trucks, camping, avoiding thomas the tank enginge and spongebob

Favorite music: country/rock

Favorite book: god to many to list

Favorite quote: Ban the Deed not the Breed, We dont ban humans.

 

[PWCorgi]

Nickname/Preferred name: Lauren, PDub, PW...

Occupation: student at the University of Minnesota, also have a work-study for a library on campus

Age: 20

about your dog(s):

temporarily one i'm-trying-to-take-over-here corgi

..............................^that would me mine.

Interests: Dogs, Sociology, VWs, Dogs...

Favorite music: Anything really, don't particularly care for rap all that much. Listen to a lot of alernative stuff.

Favorite book: The Road, Fight Club, The Outsiders, LOTR Trilogy and anything else by Tolkein

Favorite quote: "On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero."

Meet Hubert, the ginormous frog I almost fell into the lagoon trying to capture. Don't worry, he went home after I was done playing with him. And yes, I realize I look like an idiot.

 

[AGonzalez]

Nickname/Preferred name: Ash or Ashley

Occupation: Student

Age: 25

about your dog(s): 2 year old German Shepherd, Lacey

Interests: Horses, psychology, serial killers, zombies

Favorite music: Country, Slipknot, etc

Favorite book: The Walking Dead

Favorite quote: F-'em if they can't take a joke.

 

[noodlerubyallie]

Nickname/Preferred name: Aryn/NRA/Spidey

Occupation: I process insurance policies for Nationwide Insurance!

Age: 26

about your dog(s): Ruby the controlling Sibe, Allie the sniff happy Lab, Noodle the mini terror Dachshund, and Rocket the crazy Doberpuppy

Interests: Most of my free time is spent training and showing the big dogs, but I also like to read, cross-stitch, and eat. I like to travel too!

Favorite music: I'm pretty country, but I can get down to anything.

Favorite book: Not a book specifically, but I do have a few favorite authors.

Favorite quote: People still have those??

PICTURE OF YOU

 

[k9krazee]

Nickname/Preferred name: k9, Ashley, Jack's mom, whatev

Occupation: Student/Future Mortician

Age: 21 years young

About your dog(s):
Jackie Loo;5 year old Lab/Beagle Mix & the love of my life
3 family dogs; JRTs, Micki, Mini and Kyra
All 4 live with my parents. Hoping to get Jack back in the next year or two.

Interests: Dog training, dog agility, photography, traveling

Favorite music: I'm not picky; Weird Al was my first CD ever, I love him, and I listen to a lot of CAKE when I do homework.

Favorite book: Non-fiction. I'm excited to read for fun someday, right now textbooks consume all reading time

And here's a picture of me...

 

[GipsyQueen]

Nickname/Preferred name: Laura / GQ

Occupation: Student

Age:18

about your dog(s): Gipsy, 10 years old, Chocolate Lab =)

Interests:music, reading, photography, dogs

Favorite music:Alternative / Indie / old school rock

Favorite book: Kite runner / Eat Pray Love

Favorite quote: A squirrel walks up a tree and says "Hey I forgot to store acorns for the winter. Now I am dead." It is funny because the squirrel gets dead.

 

[CaliTerp07]

Nickname/Preferred name: Karen

Occupation: IT consultant, but I'm currently going to school on the weekends to get a masters of education to teach high school math

Age: 23 (24 in March)

About your dog(s): Lucy is my beloved shelter mutt! She's a little black ball of fluff who I love more than anything. Her makeup is a mystery (chow? spaniel? border collie?), but I don't care. She's super smart and drivey, and we're working towards competing in agility. She also does therapy work with me in nursing homes a couple times a month.

Interests: animal rescue, agility, traveling, jigsaw puzzles D), soccer, spending time with my husband

Favorite music: I don't know what you'd classify it as. My favorite artists are Jimmy Eat World and All Time Low...so pop/punk/alternative?

Favorite book: A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving. I've read it a dozen times.

 

[PoodleMommy]

totally random question...Cali... is the guy in the photo your SO? if so what does his shirt say?

 

[elegy]

Nickname/Preferred name: elegy, el

Occupation: vet tech

Age: 31

about your dog(s): Luce is my heart, Mushroom is my bed hog, and Steve is a pain in my behindermost

Interests: dog training, reading, blog-writing, wasting shameful amounts of time playing mindless facebook games

Favorite music: alternative and old-school girl-and-a-piano tori amos

Favorite book: the giver by lois lowry

Favorite quote: "So Rita and I decided that the most subversive, revolutionary thing I could do was to show up for my life and not be ashamed." -- Anne Lamott

PICTURE OF YOU

 

[Beanie]

Nickname/Preferred name: Beanie (believe it or not)

Occupation: I work in the fabulous world of radio

Age: 25

about your dog(s): One bratty-butt sheltie who also happens to be the best thing that ever happened to me - Auggie, four years old

Interests: Drawing, writing, music, playing with my snotbucket Auggie, scrapbooking, photography, baking/cooking

Favorite music: I like something from every single genre out there, and I don't even stick on a "NO COUNTRY OR RAP" disclaimer. Generally I love punk/rock/alternative but I also have a deep love for techno (happy hardcore <3)

Favorite book: I don't think I really have just one. I like a lot of juvie/young adult fiction because I like stuff that is light and quick to read. I love a book I can devour in a couple of days.

Favorite quote: "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in while, you could miss it."

 

[sillysally]

Nickname/Preferred name: Christina

Occupation: Manufacturing

Age: 28

about your dog(s): Sally the bully-breed-of-some-sort-mix, and Jack the chocolate lab

Interests: dogs (obviously), horses, reading, hiking, house plants, aspiring gardener

Favorite music: A WIDE variety--I like a little bit of everything....


Favorite book: If I had to pick one book it would be Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, but as far as a genre I tend to prefer mysteries.

Favorite quote: I have kind of a thing for quotes, but my current favorite is: "History is the fiction we invent to persuade ourselves that events are knowable and that life has order and direction. That's why events are always reinterpreted when values change. We need new versions of history to allow for our current prejudices." Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes

Annnnd i have no pics of myself on this computer....

 

[NicoleLJ]

Nickname/Preferred name: Nicole

Occupation: Homemaker

Age: 33

about your dog(s): Sheena, White German Shepherd, 6yrs old, is a PSD(Psychiatric Service Dog, trained in flyball and agility and many other things

Interests: my kids, dog training, dog breeding, service dogs

Favorite music: Favorite song is Landslide by the Dixie Chicks

Favorite book: Dragon Riders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey

Favorite quote: "Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit the floor each morning the devil says~~ "Oh Crap, She's up!" LOVE it. Want to live it.

 

[Southpaw]

Nickname/Preferred name: Southpaw =P

Occupation: Student

Age: 18

about your dog(s): Lucy is a bratty 4 year old bichon x poodle. Juno is an even brattier 10 month old boxer.

Interests: Baking, scrapbooking, photography, mah dogs

Favorite music: I'm bad with genres but my favorite band is Four Year Strong.

Favorite book: Hmmm... To Kill a Mockingbird

Favorite quote: I don't think I have one.. lol.