Monday, September 15, 2008

Wish You Were Here

Today the world lost Richard Wright to cancer. I've written often of my love of Pink Floyd and I'm quite sad about this.

But I've decided to become despair's greatest foe. On Saturday we invited a puppy to come live with us and here she is:



She's a ten week old beagle and her name, which we didn't change, is Star. My wife and daughter call her
"Stargirl" (Kim read and loved the Jerry Spinelli book of the same name) and my son calls her "Star". I call her, alternately, Deathstar, Superstar (a la Mary Catherine Gallagher) Ishtar, Starro the Conqueror, Dog Star, Meatloaf, or some other incredibly clever nickname I haven't thought of yet. Actually my favorite thing with her right now is to call "Starchild!" with the weird echo-ey voice Gene Simmons uses to tell Paul Stanley (Starchild) to use his mystic power of super-eavesdropping in the classic film KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park, which you can (and should) watch in it's entirety on Disc One of the second KISS Anthology DVD set.

Ole Starro is a good dog, she didn't come housebroken but seemed to know instinctively that outside is where the deed is done, and she hasn't whined or howled at night at all. The kids are pretty smitten, and she seems to be smitten with them as well.

Tonight I plan to sit Star on my lap, program Wish You Were Here, DSOTM, Meddle, and key selections from my extensive Pink Floyd bootleg collection onto the iPod, and start reading Infinite Jest for the fourth time.

7 comments:

Minx said...

AWE!!!! How cute!!! I love beagles, they're so adorable! Star sure is a cutie!

~Meg

sandi said...

pretty dog.

It's good to know there are others out there that change their pets names around. My dog, Lulu, gets called lupers, lu-weeze,loopertail, louie.....

Watching said...

Heh yes *nods head* Star is very cute, it makes me want to give her a hug. :D

Anonymous said...

Aww! Star is adorable! And I love that name...

Watching said...

This might seem random to you, but I was wondering what the colors are for Phoebe's school I'm working on a project ;D I'll show you when I'm done.

Daniel Waters said...

Hi Meg! Hi Sandi! Hi Watching! Hi KG's Babygirl!

She's a good dog. One funny thing right now is she starts barking when she sees her reflection in the stove or the dishwasher--I think she thinks she's being surrounded by other beagles who for some reason stop short of playing with her...

Take care,
Dan

Daniel Waters said...

Hi again, Watching!

I would go with res and white, like the cheerleader on the cover of Generation Dead.

But hey--it's your project. Run with whatever works for you!

Take care,
Dan