Now, THIS is a vampire movie...

Until recently vampires were second to my love of zombies, unfortunately the recent hype for the emo-teenage-vegetarian-vampire-like "vampires" had dropped the nasty blood suckers down a couple of notches on my "cool" scale.   

That is, until now.

Check out this trailer for Daybreakers.

(rss readers, click here.)

Yes, I AM excited. It also helps having Isabel Lucas in the cast... va va voom. Oh, and Ethan Hawke... he's hot too.

And Yes... I know about True Blood and all the Sookie goodness... but, I'm talking movies, not long drawn out series that keeps you craving more every week like a dog begging by the dinner table. (Which is exactly how I feel every Sunday evening.)

Yeah, it's been awhile.

So, I haven't blogged in a long time. But here's some insight on my dark mind. Every once in awhile, I have dreams similar to this movie trailer

(pop-up for you rss readers.)

I know I'm crazy. Either way, follow 'em on twitter @zombieland. (b/c everyone has a twitter account)

Cost per Year of dog ownership == EXPENSIVE

So, it's been about a year since we've adopted Snowball. And after having to do taxes, I've had a chance to review Snowball's yearly cost.

According to Quicken, this is the breakdown that I have for Snowball and this is what I expect to pay in 2009.

Yearly
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County License: $13.00 ($25 if your, ahem, late)
     (https://doglicense.franklincountyohio.gov/dogs/dogsmenu)
Yearly Vaccination: $64.00
     (http://www.spayaz.com)
12-Month Supply of Flea/Tick Control (Interceptor): $152.98
12-Month Supply of Worm Control (Frontline Plus): $48.99
     (http://www.1800petmeds.com/)

Food
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Eukanuba - Medium Breed 40# Dog Food: $43.99 x 4 = $175.96
Eukanuba - Dog Treats = $14.99 x 4 = $59.96
Misc Treats - $60.00
     (http://www.petsmart.com/)

Toys
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Misc throughout 2008: $150

Lodging:
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Lodging throughout 2008: $480

So ~$1200 is what I expect to pay in 2009. I'm sure there's more that I haven't accounted for, but at least I have an idea.

To be honest, we paid about twice that in 2008, since there were a lot of one time / initial costs involved (i.e. money to adopt, training, initial check-up, neutering, home crate / travel crate, etc...)

Is it worth it? most definitely.

Here's your fun fact for today: Did you know pet owners live (on the average) three years longer than those without?

Inside all of us is a Wild Thing.

Can't see it, click here.

An adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's story, "Where the Wild Things Are".

Establishing indie movies' street cred one Smiths song at a time.

The trailer to "500 Days of Summer".

Can't see it, click here.

This is a story of boy meets girl, begins the wry, probing narrator of 500 Days of Summer, and with that the film takes off at breakneck speed into a funny, true to life and unique dissection of the unruly and unpredictable year-and-a-half of one young man's no-holds-barred love affair.