Hunger Games Beauty Contest

Get ready for The Hunger Games. Now that the Lord has returned his Rings, Harry Potter has grown up and become an amusement park ride, and Twilight has gotten old and married to one another, the stage is set for the next franchise film addiction.

The books are popular, and early reviews of the film hold a lot of promise. Early reviews, you know, by the people who have seen a movie that’s not out yet. People like the actors who acted in it, and the producers who stand to lose one hell of a lot of drug money if this thing doesn’t perform.

 

At least those people think the movie is great. Superb, if you will. So let’s hope against hope that this 100 million dollar roll of celluloid will Star Wars-like suck in throngs of the movie going public, enough to spawn at least 2 sequels. Because if we don’t see the same thing at least twice more, it’s not a success. Barring the notion that we have indeed experienced this same idea many times before, such as in Connell’s The Most Dangerous Game, or even, The Running Man.

Anyway since I’m unable to watch a movie that won’t be out for another 10 days or so, I figured I’ll just list some of the actresses and see if I like them. So here goes:

 

Jennifer Lawrence: “Katniss Everdeen”

 

Like.

 

Elizabeth Banks: “Effie Trinket”

 Okay, most of the ones I found of Elizabeth were a little see-thru. Not overtly, so don’t get excited. Just go ahead and view them here with the password of, oh, trinket. 

 Like.

 

Jacqueline Emerson: Foxface

 Huh???

 And, Leven Rambin: Glimmer

 

Like.

So movie unseen, I will go ahead and act as liason for the studio and say that this film may be watchable based on the likability of the actresses. At least those over 18. I’ll go out on a limb here and guess the girls younger than that will prove to be damn annoying, but then, not so far removed from the general movie going public then, are they. So enjoy. Enjoy the damn film.

Hunger Games

Dogs. End of Story.

Deformed puppy, rescued

from trash, learns to walk

Outside the dollar store was a man selling pit bull pups for 50 bucks each.  A woman noticed a garbage bag he was holding that had noise coming from it, and she insisted on seeing what was in the bag. Inside, as veterinarians later discovered, was a puppy so deformed the only logical thing would be to put it to sleep.

Word to the wise: get a 

second opinion

However, one regular at the local animal shelter decided to bring the pup home for one final day, so that it may feel one day of pure love and affection. She massaged the dog’s legs, and within a few hours it was trying to pull itself around. The date with the executioner was canceled, and this determined dog went instead to a veterinarian at the University of Florida.

Dogs don’t quit. People do. But not all...

Angels at HipDog Canine Hydrotherapy & Fitness donated therapy to the committed pup to bring him back to the world of the living. Today, weeks after being tossed into a trash bag by a heartless, evil, soulless punk, this champ runs and plays with other dogs and maybe- will be up for adoption soon. If, that is, her rescuer can bear to part with her.

Full story here, until of course, the link is lost…

Warning: link contains graphic images.

 If you don't speak Portuguese, the captions are of a best friend loyal to the end. At the end of the video is a plea to adopt stray animals. The story furnished at the site by the police journalist is that the murder victim got into an argument at an Internet Café over drugs and was killed in the street. The murderer was 10 years old. The dog returned to the family and so was not homeless, however, he did lose his best friend.

 A Dog’s Last 

Will and Testament

On a brighter note: 

The Bark Side. 

Ok Go, with Friends. 

Ok Go's friends, it should be noted, are rescue dogs.

The Animal Rescue Site.

Free Kibble for homeless dogs and cats.

 Adopt an orphaned pet. It'll make your heart glad.