a group of cyclists in china threw a stray dog some chicken and wouldn't you know it? she followed them over 1800 kilometers!
what's that saying: you give a dog a bone, and she'll be by your side forreverrrr.
my friends at google told me that's 1100+ miles she trailed them, and by friends i mean i just googled that shit (for you americans who think the metric system is the bigfoot of numbers).
over the course of 20+ days, the little pup hiked more than 10 mountains and, according to the video snippet above, galloped along side automobile traffic too. couldn't anyone scoop her up when there were cars present? how about a nice basket and some streamers for your bikes, fellow cyclists? that's how i blinged out my roadster.
streamers add horsepower, google it.
i told charlie about the story, but he was too busy to pay me any attention:
it combines 3 of my favorite things: asians, bikes, and dogs
sometimes people forget how intelligent animals are, that they understand what's going on around them. i'm glad moments like this are captured on camera and shared around the world.
i've written before how much my family loves american idol and how we miss simon cowell's tight v-necks and pissy face; this entire season, i've been rooting for heejun han and jessica sanchez. one, because they both sound the way warm chocolate chip cookies taste and two, because i was hoping this would be the year we would have an asian american american idol.
alas, it was not meant to be. georgia crooner, philip phillips, has taken the title and i'm ok with it. he's talented, sultry, doesn't give a fuck about tommy hilfiger, and his eyebrow does funny things while he sings.
i'm confident jessica will go far and that this is just the beginning for the young san diego native. it's probably a good thing she didn't win. hollywood will have to wait a few more years before draping the child in drug habits and eating disorders.
here's philip singing his final song, and my favorite: home
and as always, here's my girl jessica sanchez with the prayer at the finale:
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here's the video of philip being announced as the winner. he makes it halfway through his celebratory performance before letting it all out. it's quite touching and i'll admit even my blackened ice heart got emotional watching:
but i'll tell you what was really touching, i wasn't able to watch the finale live last night and so my family agreed to all wait to watch the recording tonight instead. i stayed off facebook, twitter, yahoo, and gmail all day for fear of seeing an announcement of the winner. i told everyone i came into contact with, "i haven't seen the american idol results yet. please don't tell me who won."
after we all finished watching the recording, my mother turns to me and says: i have a confession, me and dad watched it last night. we're so bad.
yes, yes you are mother. but i appreciate all the effort that went into pretending you didn't know philip phillips won this year's american idol. <3
