Dog Names and Oprah Degrees

[dreiser]

Today was my last long suffering night of the Oprah/Dr. Phil class. Next week I start two of my legal classes along with my Excel and typing class. Though I wince at taking a typing class I've talked to Jaymi and some other teachers I trust and they say the class usually increases your typing speed up to 15-20 words. Right now I type at 50 wpm so if this class can put me up to 65-70 wpm I think it's worth it. So I'll be staying in that class despite the fact that being in a typing class almost embarrasses me. But whatever. It can't be worse than what I had to go through tonight.

The Oprah class nearly killed me with embarrassment as it ended with the teacher getting one of the students to read our names off then we had to go up in front of the class and get our "diplomas" for passing the class and shake the teacher's hand. Now I have nothing against the teacher but I was just so irritated and mortified by the sheer useless pompous nature of this faux ceremony that when the kid said my name I just took the "diploma" and sat down, ignoring the teacher's open hand. My fellow students chortled and a few called out, "Ohhh, burn!"

Ech. Much like my outburst regarding the Bush brainwashed soldier I felt badly about my behavior after it was all over but honestly, I was just embarrassed by this whole thing. It was so stupid and pointless. I don't like... I don't know... false compliments? It's just a class. Why make a big deal out of it being over? And give us cutesy fake diplomas? It's stupid to me.

If anyone wants to see the Oprah degree go here:

http://www.dreiser.net/etc/oprah-degree.jpg

Moving onto happy and definitely not irritating events, Suzanna and I have decided to get a Pug because after much research on my part they have the perfect personality for both of us. They get along well with people and other animals something that is very important to me regarding Muffy and Moo who are my trained lovebirds that are almost 30 years old now. Pugs also have mellow personalities making them easy to train. I've trained birds, obviously, but I've never had a dog before so owning a dog that isn't very aggressive/stubborn was a big issue for me.

Now we just need a name! lol. We're getting the dog probably after January just because the spring would be the best time to train a new dog with the nice weather and our schedules would slow down a lot once Christmas season was over. With me working retail and her at the airport the holidays will be really busy and just plain crazy in regards to our work schedules. Not a lot of time to devote to training a new puppy there. Ahhh, I impress myself with my logic. Hehe.

But names! Everyone I know has been giving their suggestions. My brother, being the oddball that he is suggested the following: Catherine de Medici or Sulayman the Magnificent.

Don't ask me who those people are and why he suggested them. He has yet to inform me. lol. I do love him to pieces but my baby brother does baffle me at times. Suzanna came up with the idea of naming a girl dog Baby Jane which is freaky but somehow likable. I myself thought of Molly Brown (as in the Unsinkable not the fireworks selling chick here in Missouri), Calamity Jane, or Annie Oakley for a girl. For a boy I like the name of Faust just because I like that name.

We're not particular on a boy or a girl as we plan on simply picking the best puppy out of the litter we see so if anyone who reads this LJ has any suggestions for dog names please make them. I could use the help! lol. Plus a lot of people do come up with good names. I personally still like Pat's suggestion of calling a girl dog The Baroness after the G.I. Joe character.

The Baroness was so damn cool.

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[desukyata.livejournal.com]

So, looking at the picture of the 'diploma' it has absolutely nothing proving anything. No notary seal, no signature from the president, much less Oprah herself. So, the teacher obviously did nothing more than a half-ass job at making it seem real, and he got angry at being called on it.