Botcon '09

So we just stepped out of the paramont movie theater where Michael Bay presented us with a 5 minute clip of the new transformer movie!!!!! All I'm going to say is that come June 24th, I will be at the theater!!! :)

Other visitors were Weird Al, Stan Bush, Peter Cullin (voice of optimus) and Tyrese (left cheek, left cheek)!!! We got our pictures with Ratchet and Ironhide...we are havin a blast!!
  • mropolo
    Weird Al is a hero of mine. He's great!
    by mropolo at 05/31/09 9:20AM
  • tylerhairston
    sweet! Where are ya'll at?
    by tylerhairston at 06/05/09 4:43PM
  • laughing_eyes
    Cool!
    by laughing_eyes at 06/08/09 10:14PM

Oh I give up...

Fear not for those of you worried about the baby possum...It pulled a Houdini and escaped before animal control could come pick it up. We called animal control or as they are better known, a waste of city funds, and they never came to pick it up. So I felt bad and decided to take some water and a carrot out to the little fella only to find it was gone. Didn't tip over the bucket, just gone...WEIRD!!!!
  • tortilla
    Hope you get that nasty thing!! My kids see pics in books of baby possums and they say "oh, look how cute" and I say NO!!!! Nasty!!! If I wake up early in the mornng right before the sun comes up I can see a couple scrounging around in our backyard for bugs in the grass--- GROSS!!!!
    by tortilla at 05/16/09 12:22AM
  • mropolo
    lol@ "waste of city funds"
    by mropolo at 05/16/09 8:35AM
  • laughing_eyes
    it knew. it listened. it's waiting.
    by laughing_eyes at 05/16/09 11:44PM
  • beckyd
    Argghh- what a mess! Hope you get rid of them soon!
    by beckyd at 05/18/09 9:17AM
  • snowwis
    I find it hard to believe that you are giving up already.....has married life softened you up that much??
    by snowwis at 05/18/09 11:50AM
  • tylerhairston
    Oh yeah, sure, it just "dissappeared", sounds like somebody had possum for dinner! :)
    by tylerhairston at 05/18/09 1:22PM
  • nik
    lol did he disappear or was he rescued???
    by nik at 05/19/09 9:40AM
  • meggies
    LOL...you took it a carrot! LOL
    by meggies at 05/20/09 9:28AM

Round 3...

Ok, thanks so much to those who decided to joke about baby possums cause low and behold we hear Zoe barking away only to find a baby devil rodent outside in our back yard!!! Well, for those of you that are curious, they really do play dead cause Rich tapped it with a bucket and it fell over! :) It is now trapped under a bucket and we are calling animal control to come pick it up tomorrow. Unless there is a rescue effort by the mom, little possum is going for a ride tomorrow!!!
  • ellwoodwd
    one down and how many more to go?
    by ellwoodwd at 05/14/09 8:28AM
  • jimmythek
    ^true that. I have heard they breed like dogs. :)
    by jimmythek at 05/14/09 9:57AM
  • mapgray
    Icky. Yes, the other joys of home ownership.
    by mapgray at 05/14/09 9:32PM
  • nik
    lol that is kinda sad. you may have a baby possum rescue attempt from me!
    by nik at 05/14/09 9:36PM

Round 2

Ok so our brilliant idea worked in that area but the devil rodent dug a hole in a different area and got back under the patio....where's the chicken wire when you need it???
  • jimmythek
    4get chicken wire...electrical fence...won't hurt if you don't turn it up all the way.
    by jimmythek at 05/08/09 2:44PM
  • ellwoodwd
    I really don't see why you are having such a problem. you own a gun don't you.
    by ellwoodwd at 05/08/09 10:09PM
  • laughing_eyes
    get one of those zapping fences :)
    by laughing_eyes at 05/09/09 10:48AM
  • snowwis
    "she" is desperate to return and feed the many, many, little ones nesting under your patio. But not to fret, you'll be meeting all of them as time goes by.
    by snowwis at 05/09/09 11:23AM
  • tylerhairston
    possum,"the other, other white meat!" mmmm...get ya some! :)
    by tylerhairston at 05/09/09 10:05PM
  • ellwoodwd
    if the possum is under the porch than where does the skunk live?
    by ellwoodwd at 05/13/09 9:45AM

We are the champions....

So last evening what do I hear but our little Zoe barking her head off...this can only mean one thing, the oversized rat they call a possum is back under our patio. So I run outside in time to snatch Zoe from biting it's face off or visversa. We then run back inside while the disgusting creature now wanders our back yard... Armed only with a rake an hammer, Rich and I makeshift a barrier to keep the booger from getting back under the patio... The End
  • ellwoodwd
    what!! i know you own a gun.
    by ellwoodwd at 05/06/09 8:54AM
  • beckyd
    Critters make home ownership interesting, don't they?
    by beckyd at 05/06/09 10:34AM
  • mapgray
    I hate those things. I had one chase me one night. Scary little things!
    by mapgray at 05/06/09 11:54AM
  • nik
    lol
    by nik at 05/06/09 4:47PM
  • mropolo
    lol it's true!
    by mropolo at 05/06/09 8:08PM
  • kreg
    What did you think of the concert?
    by kreg at 05/07/09 11:28AM
  • windham4life
    crazy! Those things are so creepy and ugly!
    by windham4life at 05/07/09 10:58PM