The Birth of the Daj-maholic

Apparently, I started this blog in October 2009 with zero posts. Fast-forward to November 2010 and here is post numero uno. Why break the impressive inertia I had built up? Well, like a little kid, I want the toy that someone else is playing with. In this case, the someone else is actually my boyfriend, who blogs from time-to-time about our dog. Not to be outdone, La Princesa (that's me) has been thinking that I needed a creative outlet to share in this little habit. Plus, I read a fantabulous blog today that made me laugh so hard I cried and I was inspired to try to make my random observations about life funny, too. Sadly, I have never been all that funny so I'm looking forward to near-utter failure on that goal (see? attempt 1... crash... burn).

Anyway, since my blog is entitled "Thoughts from a Daj-maholic" so perhaps I should start with that for some background? Daji is our Rhodesian Ridgeback, currently 7.5 months old. Here are some quite random, but nonetheless informative, bullet points about this amazing beast!

1. RR's were used to hunt lions in Africa. We like to tell people this to make it seem like our dog is the ultimate badass... but we're basically operating on the "wizard of oz" principle in that it all seems impressive until you actually pull back the curtain... because if you meet our dog, you would realize he would clearly get mauled in a second if he were to ever encounter a lion. I suggested taking him to the zoo for some training runs, but apparently this kind of thing would be frowned upon.
2. Daji loves to stick his whole entire foot up to his elbow into his mouth on a regular basis. We are still trying to figure out how to monetize this amazing feat.
3. I am slightly obsessed with our dog. I try to keep it under control, but you are most likely going to have to listen to me talk about him for at least 5 minutes. Ok, 15. The time increases linearly based on glasses of wine consumed, and no social cues of boredom will save you. I'm sorry, I really am. But on the other hand, he's really so cute that you should just appreciate you get to be a part of it. ;)
4. Despite being 70 lbs, the dog is a stealthy ninja in the night and somehow makes his way onto the bed, wiggles into position directly in between us, and then proceeds to lock his legs straight out, effectively pushing two fully grown humans to opposite ends of the bed and taking all the covers in the process (This has resulted in me waking up at various times to see the silhouette of a dog being launched across the air... turns out my boyfriend isn't very lenient toward cover thieves. Hmmm... note to self.)
5. Daji sometimes likes to drink, as evidenced in his picture above. He is remarkably good about not begging for food but he has used the above-mentioned ninja skills to procure beer and wine from time-to-time. His parents do not approve.

So, that's a little taste of the lovely morsel that we call Dajilicious to get us started. I really just needed to stretch out the writing muscles... don't want to strain anything on the first try, ya know? But I'm not going to lie, this first post may also be the last. I'm fairly uninitiated unless I have something specific to write about. Well, fingers crossed... ;)