Is Sammy an Einstein?

In Pre-Samerson time (I can't imagine that time anymore), there was a struggle over the breed. As you all may recall, Erik was very corgi all because of the show.... Cowboy Bebop. Don't feel bad if you don't know this show, it is not among the popular sitcoms. Rather it is an anime. And if you don't know what an anime is (I didn't until Erik entered my world a couple years ago), essentially it is an adult cartoon originally deriving from Japan, that has begun a subculture here in America. To my surprise, alot of people actually know about anime and even this show, Cowboy Bebop. Even more surprising, sometimes when I just mess around on the internet typing in 'corgi,' 'pembroke corgi,' etc, I find many dogs named Ein!
Sammy and I have been priveldged enough to begin watching this show before bed.
Cowboy Bebop aired in 1998-1999 and has been classified as a "space opera, planetary romance, action adventure, crime fiction, tech-noir, tragedy" on wikipedia.com. That is probably a better jumbled word explanation than I could have given myself! It is futuristic where the main characters, who are bounty hunters, travel through space from planet to moon to planet...etc (often times through what looks like worm holes) attempted to make their bank, but always run into many mishaps along the way. If anyone has seen Firefly, a WB show from many years ago that was cancelled after one season, it is alot like that, but cartoon-y. Anyway, in episode two(ish) when everything seems to start going awry trying to get a briefcase and whatnot, they finally open the briefcase and out pops a PEMBROKE WELSH CORGI!!
Later, as the episodes continue, they keep this cute little corgi and name him, Ein (for Einstein). Ein continues through the series (I think, we are still on disc 1), even as a main character. Ein barks like a corgi, has the smile and nub like a corgi, and has the floppy tounge alot, like at least Sammy. However, as the story contines, we find out that Ein isn't just a regular dog. Rather he is a "data dog" to which I do not understand fully, just that he had been expiermented on. (Very upsetting!)

I am sharing all of this for a couple reasons. Number 1, that is a part of how Sammy came to be part of my life. Numero 2, Sammy's reaction is quite funny. Sammy will sit at the end of the bed and watch the screen. He seems so engulfed by what is happening (much more than me!). When Ein barks, Sammy cocks his head back and forth as to understand what Ein is saying to him. And finally, Number 3, many have said that Sammy and Ein look alike. Personally I can't imagine any cartoon dog to be even a quarter as cute as my little Samster! Well, I will leave it up to the pictures:

Yep, Sammy is much cuter! Haha. Plus I think Ein is a little chunkier than my lean mean Corgi machine, Sammy!! I will admit that Ein is very cute and that I am quite estatic that they chose a corgi for their dog. It's nice to have lots of corgi-love!

In other news, Sammy is very excited because he is getting to go to doggie daycare agian on Friday! It has just been so cold that I just am unable to play outside with him the way I should and he is just getting bored inside. I don't blame him for his cabin fever, I have it, too. Anyway, he loves doggie daycare, and he can't wait to play for 12 hours (with 2 nap breaks!) with lots of other dogs inside and outside! I am very excited for him, and also very excited for Friday night when he is oh so tired! Yay!

Ein Pictures I googled:

http://collateraldamage.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/ein03.jpg

http://gatewayshuffle.com/images/cowboy-ein1.jpg

http://img.listal.com/image/898090/500full-cowboy-bebop-(international:-english-title)-screenshot.jpg

http://astarle.com/anime-icons/avatars/100x100/cowboy-bebop/astarle-ein2.png

6 Months=A Lifetime

Today was a very special day for Sammy. Actually all of us. Today was the 6 month anniversary of his homecoming! It was amazing to think of. I can't believe he came home half a year ago! In this time he has nearly tripled his weight and has filled out his short and stout corgi figure! He doesn't seem quite puppy anymore. We didn't do much to celebrate. Originally we had planned to play in the snow, but it was a really wet snow, it wasn't much fun. It was too sloppy! Instead we played some inside. Played fetch and such. To finish off the day Sammy had doggy ice cream while Erik and I had red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting. Otherwise, we just had a lazy day. Sammy might prefer that, so it seemed fitting. He didn't have to sit bored wondering what he was missing or just stare out the window. It wasn't a big hoopla, but hopefully he had a wonderful day. I know I did. Can't remember life without my little baby!

Photo Day!

Today Sammy was just being so cute that I just started taking pictures of him. For some reason the camera was making photos very grainy, lots of digital noise. I'm not sure why, but it's disappointing. Anyway, I tried some editing to make it a little better, but unfortunately it didn't do much. I put a couple in black and white, to help with a couple that I really liked. The problem might have occured last night when the camera was dropped in the snow in our midnight adventure in the snow. It started acting funny then. Hmm...sad. Hope you enjoy these pictures of Sammy!

"Momma, Momma....it's snowing! Can we go play?!"

"Wow, normally I can't even see this high!"

Shake, Shake, Shake!

(I have no idea if that extra white stuff is an snow ghost or what?)

"I hereby declare myself King of this here snowpile!"

"It's still snowing...lets go back out!"

"Yes, yes I am very cute."

"Stop it! Let me sleep!"

"Actually this is quite comfortable, if you must know."

Mr. Big Ears! ...it's better to hear you with!

Sammy is getting quite long!

"Huh? I don't understand."

SMILE!

"I love my mom!"

"What is that you say?"

"Oh, I know. I am the cutest dog in the whole world. ...You tell me this every day, Mom."

"Mom, Is School Really Necessary?"

Today I had my first geochemistry test of the semester. This semester has not started the best, with the not getting in the right class, car trouble making me miss class then not be able to afford books, etc etc. Just this past weekend I was able to obtain my very own textbook. That only left me about 150 pages behind with the first test this week. That meant last night was a study night. Sammy has always been there to help me study and pull all nighters. He usually camps out with me til the bitter end, no matter what! Last night was no exception. Yesterday and yesterday evening he was more than happy to lay next to me (or on my book/notebook/notecards/other study items) and lend some support. He stayed up with me until 2am while I read the book, made notecards, read my class notes, looked other stuff up in my mineral books and mineralogy and petrology textbooks. And by stay up with me, I mean lay half on my lap or on my things. Anytime I got up for a mountain dew or new pencil he walked towards the bedroom hoping it was bedtime. What a cutie pie!
This morning was an early morning. My test was at 10am and we are in more snow and freezing rain here in Omaha. Sammy was reluctant to awaken. He was more reluctant to get up and off the bed, but didn't want to hang in there while I was up and studying. What a sweet boy! He came out, went outside and got some breakfast. Then he just laid back down. After a few minutes, Erik emerged from the bedroom to help me with Sammy in case he was any trouble while I was trying to study. Erik was very nice and made waffles. After that he sat on the floor with Sammy. Sammy looked half asleep. He was not happy to be awake. Currently he is completely passed out on the couch. If something wakes him up, he gets very exasperated and sighs as he repositions himself, just to say, "really? must you move? I'm trying to sleep here." It's quite amazing how much he can communicate with us without so much as a word! Dogs (especially mine) are incredible.
Anyway, I snapped this photo of Erik and Sammy trying to help me memorize my nucleosynthesis equations, Goldschmidt's Rules of Substitution and the Aufbau Principle just before leaving for my test. Look how sleepy Sammy's eyes are. Really, a picture is worth a thousand words!