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January 03, 2007

1017: Still among the living in 2007.

I apologize for the lack of blogging lately -- things have been hectic, I've been lazy, blah blah blah.* Oh, also, my rabbit nearly died.

I thought that 2007 would get off to a really terrible start when Pete woke me on New Year's Eve morning to ask me to check on Dewey. Shaken out of my coma-like sleep, I leapt out of bed to look at Dewey, not having any sense of why Pete had asked me to do so. Given that Pete wouldn't have disturbed my vampiric slumber unless he were genuinely concerned about Dewey, I ran into the living room to see what the problem was.

My normally high-strung little man was flopped awkwardly on the floor and unresponsive to touch. If we petted him, he seemed to sink down rather than beg for more affection. He's completely toilet trained and never had an accident in the apartment before, but he went in two unusual spots as if unable to help himself. He couldn't be convinced to eat or drink, which given the nature of a rabbit's digestion system is a bad sign.

I flipped out like Natalie Portman in Heat and Pete (figuratively) slapped me around until I got a grip. We got ourselves together and located a 24-hour animal hospital with rabbit-treating capabilities and prepared to take Dewey in for examination.

As I mentioned before, Dewey is pretty high-strung and if he doesn't want to be caught, he won't be. He's his own man and he does what he wants, but given his sickly state, we were amazed to see how he sprung to life as soon as we attempted to pack him up for a trip to the vet. We attempted to trick him into jumping into his carrying box but he outsmarted us and proceeded to buck like a little bunny-bull just outside the box's opening as some sort of rabbit taunt. After a little coaxing, he ate some hay, eventually used his litter box, and transformed back into the tough little bunny we know and love. He came back from the edge of death just like he was Nikki Sixx, except, you know, covered in bunny fur and roughly the size of a sneaker. Rock on, bunny!

I thought I'd enter 2007 without my little sidekick but I was wrong.
Praise be! Let's speak in tongues!

Happy New Year, everyone!

* Oh, and, I saw Casino Royale for the 4th time on Friday. I don't know how I'm supposed to survive until it comes out on DVD in March but I'll find a way.

Posted by ashley at January 3, 2007 01:05 AM

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