Ignorance is Bliss…
Hey, everybody. Jenn here.
As Brian mentioned on Friday, we sat down with Sid for some peace talks and as a result we’ve regained partial control of Pug Slope. Sid gets to keep his crop of carrots, and his spooky handsome giant visage will continue to leer stare lovingly at you from the masthead, but the Pug Slope name flies high once again. But that doesn’t mean this is the end of Planet Cool Sid. As part of our negotiations, we’ve given Sid a weekly “Planet Cool Sid” column in exchange for all of his online shopping passwords.
So, in light of our recent success, Brian and I decided we deserved a night out on the town to celebrate. We got all dolled up and headed out to attend a celebration of Gertrude Stein’s Paris at the SymphonySpace way way way up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
We got great seats, and after enjoying Stravinsky’s music for the Ballet Russes and some readings of short works by Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Langston Hughes, it was finally time for some jazz – the main attraction, for us.
And just as the jazz band started playing, I stupidly decided to check the Sid Cam, just to see what ol’ Sid was up to.
Now, we check on Sid using our web cam all the time while we’re out. Occasionally we’ll see him sleeping in his bed, but most of the time he’s not even on screen because he’s cuddled up in our bed in the other room.
Yet, this is what he was doing when I checked in on him while we were out on Saturday night (I think the images – screenshots from my iPhone – will speak for themselves):
At this point I’m remembering that there’s a GIANT naval orange on that shelf…
Yup.
And then, around 9:57PM, he rolled the orange off camera towards our bedroom and never came back…
So, needless to say, our night was ruined. True, dogs can conceivably eat oranges in moderation, but this orange was HUGE and for all we knew he was chomping it into a pulpy mess on our bed. Since we were no longer able to enjoy the music without worrying about the mayhem that was happening back at our place, we called it a night and got on the train back to Park Slope.
Here’s what we found when we got home:
Tags: mayhem, mischief, oranges, PLANET COOL SID, Sid, sid-cam
May 7th, 2012 at 3:32 pm
This is why we don’t have a pug cam…
♥♥♥
Meredith & Scarlet-may-be-tearing-up-the-house-right-now-and-I’m-blissfully-unaware
May 7th, 2012 at 5:41 pm
First off, the masthead is pretty awesome. I love that you kept the carrots and that photo. Second, I love how you kept saying “you are such a good boy” and Brian said “no he isn’t.” My human was laughing and I like that you stood up for Sid. I mean in the end, it is pretty impressive that he got the orange down so successfully!
Kudos Sid, Kudos
May 7th, 2012 at 6:16 pm
Sid,
I love the way you not only LOOKED like “Hey! How’d that ORANGE get in my bed?” but also had the audacity to “prove” you couldn’t reach the shelf the orange was on! True mastery.
Love Noodles
May 7th, 2012 at 7:01 pm
Oh my, I am now so glad I dont have a dog cam. Poor Sid though, all that effort and not even tasty!
urban hounds
May 7th, 2012 at 7:19 pm
Wow, Sid has been busy.
Hugs,
Suki
May 7th, 2012 at 8:41 pm
OMP. We need a pug cam! Where do we get one? It would make mom’s day at work go so fast!
Bet Sid would LOVE that orange without the peel. It was just too much work to get to it. And rind tastes ick.
May 7th, 2012 at 10:45 pm
Orange you glad you didn’t leave out a banana?
May 8th, 2012 at 2:19 am
LOL @ Punchbugpug’s comment.
Sid, you’re such a clever lil’ pug! Love your shenanigans!
May 9th, 2012 at 12:55 pm
I think Sid was good…and terrible 🙂
May 9th, 2012 at 5:20 pm
Hey Sid, we just wanted to let your ‘rents know that we have never used DAP before we will tell you how it works