PECULATE

/WOTD/ peculate \PEK-yuh-leyt\, verb: to steal money or goods entrusted to one; embezzle

Towards the end of the day during ELM's Black Friday sale, one customer thought that he could go into the changing room and peculate the goods he was trying on.

I woke up waaaaay early today. Mia woke me up by pawing me, notifying me that she'd shaken off the last remnants of her slumber (I was couching it, and she was sleeping at the foot of the couch) and was ready to get the day going. It's too bad that getting the day going involved waking up at approximately 6:57 AM PST and an urgent desire to expel the contents of her puppy bladder. I'm guessing those paws tha woke me up weren't an expression of her affection for me, but rather a warning that she had to go and she had to go now! I groggily sauntered over to where she had already begun to piss, urged her to stop, took her outside, where she was finally able to finish. I guess you can't always win. A half-puddle of urine is better than a full puddle of urine, any day of the week, especially Tuesdays.

Back to the actual purpose of this blog - the denims. While Mia was playing around in the backyard, I had some time to shoot my denims, which just had their 3 month anniversary this past Friday.

SE05BSP 3 months / no soak / no wash

The front.

Details of the front creases.

Details of the ring fade in the coin pocket. I used to wear that ring, but it's made out of titanium, so it didn't really adapt with the weather well and I felt that it was messing with my finger bone.

The Back.

Details of the wallet fade.

Itchy Teeth
Black & White

Itchy Teeth
Color

BESEECH

/WOTD/ beseech \bi-SEECH\, verb; beseech, besought or beseeched, beseeching: to ask earnestly; implore

I intended to beseech for forgiveness, but it slipped my mind and came back to bite me in the worst of ways.

A long tiring Sunday, but things are already different in that Mia seems to be sleeping through the night (at least thus far, knock on wood).

Not the usual stream of photos, but I like these two, probably because I took and framed each, instead of just ripping photos off the camera that aren't my creative property.

Meh. Anyway, I took her to the park today after church, and she was able to just chill, and stomp around to her heart's content. She really is an oversized puppy, and I can't forget that cos she's already close to the full grown size of my old beagle, may she rest in peace. She's leveled up her experience so much in the last two days already.

Convicted
7 weeks old, but she's already spending her nights surrounded by iron bars. We actually had to fortify the structure cos she broke out of jail last night and left a little brown present right by the dining table in protest. Scrum-diddly-umptious!

The Octagon
Much like the deadly octagon fights in mixed martial arts fighting, this octagon is lively and full of flying bodily fluids.

NOCUOUS

/WOTD/ nocuous \NOK-yoo-uhs\, adjective: very hurtful; noxious

My new pup Mia is not very nocuous at all; any pain she causes is inadvertent. She can't really help having oversized paws and needle-point teeth.

First day with the new pup - black lab/question-mark-father mix (most likely german shep). It's 1:57 AM and she's lying down next to me, slipping in and out of sleep. She slept too much during the day, so when we leave her alone, she's not sleeping through the night and causing a whining racket. But she sure is cute! I've already had to clean up her urine 3 times and I haven't really minded at all! I didn't shoot any of these pictures.

Her first experience outside at church. She was pretty scared.

She pissed at @effchu's feet ( I would too). The entire process was documented.

Leaving the scene of the crime. She paws around like a tigress.

Not really liking the leash thing at all. She still doesn't. What a princess.

But I can't really say no to that face.

Artsy Golden Stream. It represents the snaking Yellow River, breaking through the rigid lines of the Iron Curtain. Actually, @effchu was just trying to be artsy, I'll bet.

Me with the pup.

Mr. Wood, firing away. His shots are probably 10x bettarz.

Constance wanted one. This little mongrel steals hearts and takes names.

We were trying to go to lunch, but homegirl wasn't moving at all. If only she were that sleepy now. Nice jawnz.

New addition to the family! @daving con mi.