Ah, unsuspecting owners. Makes me facepalm every time someone thinks CUTE PUPPY! MUST BUY! without knowing a think about training and raising a pup of any breed.

Anyway, walking works just as well as biking. In fact, it's better than biking or even jogging. Walking is the most natural of movements in the body, so try walking for exercise. Biking can overstretch the muscles in the legs and jogging is really bad on the ankles, especially for those with more weight to carry. There's this sort of "plan" I use (well not now, I'm sick) that helped me get into walking and even started to like doing it.

One thing me and my father do when walking is to power-walk at max energy for intervals of 30 seconds, with 10 second slowdowns between. Really works for burning fat and strengthening the legs!

For beginners, I'd say try power-walk for 30 seconds, relax for ten minutes. Walking can be painful if a beginner pushes too hard.

Even more HURR DURR when the dog is five years old and a breed you like so you automatically assume it's going to be a good dog. B(

And y'know? I already take care of the two cats. I feed them, change the litterbox, clean the litterbox, etc. And only one is even mine.

ALSO. I only prefer biking because that kills two bird with one stone. Exercise and cutting gas costs. Which then doubles my exercising at least, since I don't much have to take time out of my otherwise busy schedule to start a walk. And if I lived in Savannah still, or anywhere that it was viable to stay outside for more than five minutes, I might even enjoy walking. Not that there is jack shit to see around here.

Really, I miss Savannah. The land was flat, it was a historical city, covered in flowers and vines, with parks at almost every other block, a large fountain in the biggest park, which spanned over ten blocks long and I think three or four blocks wide. It was really gorgeous. I could smell flowers as I passed or maybe a barbecue at one of the family restaurants, and pass all of the antique stores and the art stores and the nifty little hole-in-the-wall coffee shops... Ugh. I miss Savannah so much v.v

Thank you for being a good pet owner, even if one isn't your own. ;; Too many people I see come in the clinic, where one person says "It's their pet, they should take care of it!"

I can't bike. :C I have zero balance. ZERO. I can't even walk straight without threatening to topple sideways.

Why'd you move away? I forget if you mentioned it.

A life is a life. Shit, that's like ignoring a kid as far as I'm concerned, except worse cuz kids talk back and can be snotty little things. I don't have it in me to just ignore an animal. And letting it go fucks with me too. Like not cleaning the litterbox would make me have to suffer the smell too. *shrugs* I used to take care of my roomate's animals when they didn't too, even though, again, I didn't like the dog BI But there is a big difference in 'not liking' and 'abusing'. And while I probs wouldn't pay to take them to the vet, I'd do whatever else needs to be done.

And I got fired. Then evicted. So I had no money and no home 8D So I moved with my parents, then they evicted me too.

Oh god, same here. Even if I don't like my aunt's dog, I still take care of her when she needs me to. Even if she DOES like to piss on my furniture and bite me.

If I didn't have a shitty house and no room (and if I knew you better) I would offer you a better place. :| Seriously.

*Hugs you tightly* Hopefully things will be better this year.

I'm sure it will :> And I hope to get to see you again one day! Me n' Stell should come visit sometime.

I'm sure we'll all get to hang out again sometime. ^^ Hopefully I'll have a lizard with me then too.

If it's worth anything your intro made me laugh. That sounded nicer before I typed it out...
I would things are gonna get better, you seem the kind of person that when life gives you shit you put it in a bag, set it on a porch, light it up and ring the doorbell.
All the best for 2012 and beyond!

lol my life is full of moments that are hilarious when I reflect upon them in writing. Sometimes I like to narrate my life in my head like a novel...

That also sounded better before typing it out, but IT'S TRUE. I wish I were a writer, but I know I lack any and all form when it comes to writing. Comes out like tossed salad.

And man, I really do put myself out there up on the webs. Sometimes I forget. XD But yeah, fuck all dat shit. I'm gonna do some REAL stuff this year. I got my car insured and I'm gonna get it registered soon, then start saving up for the big move. I want to have a few month's rent ready, just so that I can work on both getting a part-time job for rent and getting an apprenticeship at a tattoo parlor. ;3