It’s been a long night, people.  Brian and I spent the night turning the Pug Slope Headquarters upside down in search for a clue on the sender of Sid’s mystery box, while Sid patiently waited for us to open said box tried out a number of methods for opening the box with little success.

Watch as Sid…

deploys the Standing-Jimmy Jedi Mind Trick…

harnesses the power of thought to convert himself into a solvent which will be passed through the semi-permeable membrane of the cardboard box, aka psychokinetic pugmosis…

and finally resorts to brute force, squeezing and squeezing with all his might in an attempt to burst the box open at its seams with his bare paws.

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While Sid was busy giving himself a hernia, we found three clues on my computer that confirmed our biggest fear.

1.  An email addressed to Sid, sent from one Mr. Chewy, proprietor of an online pet supply store, offering free goodies to the canine resident of Pug Slope in exchange for a review of their service.

2.  A bookmarked blog post written by one NOODLES LADY LIBERTY of A Bowl of Noodles fame, in which the process for ordering TREATS and FOOD from Mr. Chewy is outlined IN DETAIL including illustrative PHOTOS for various steps and a glowing review of the online shopping experience.

3.  A PDF receipt of a Mr. Chewy’s order placed just TWO DAYS before the mystery box arrived.

Sigh.

It looks like our days in power are over, people.  The pug is rising.  Behold, our new ruler:

“THIS IS ONE SMALL STEP FOR A PUG, ONE GIANT LEAP FOR PUGKIND” – Siddhartha Lamont, April 23rd 2012

Tune in tomorrow to see Sid unpack the contents of the box that changed the world.

A giant box arrived at the Pug Slope Headquarters.  It was addressed to Sid.  Brian claims he didn’t order anything for Sid.  I know that I didn’t order anything for Sid.  It’s not Sid’s birthday, and Christmas has come and gone, so we’re not expecting any packages from friends and family.  There’s no way that… Sid… ordered something for Sid…right?  RIGHT?!  No, no, it’s not possible.  I mean, the ramifications of Sid mastering the ins and outs of online shopping are too vast to contemplate and, sure, he’s figured out how to create jaunty photo slideshows in iPhoto and post videos to YouTube, but… No, no.  It can’t be.

Sid has been waiting patiently on top of the box (he’s not allowed to use scissors) while Brian and I continue to search the Pug Slope Headquarters for clues…

Okay, so remember how Sid now has to eat this nasty methigel goop every day for the health of his urinary tract? Well, we’ve started serving it to him in his awesome pink treat ball.  This method of methigel delivery has proven to be incredibly successful at keeping Sid occupied while we eat our lunch.  However, Sid’s intense, er, suckling on the treat ball at times becomes so SLURPY and grody that we lose our appetites.

At the time this video was taken, the pink treat ball had been licked clean of methigel for about 30 minutes, but that didn’t stop our Sid from continuing to suck that treat ball dry.  SHUDDER.

Turn up your volume for the full effect. Fair warning, things are about to get nasty!

The Master of Suspense

The Master of Pug Slope

Hey, girl.  My dad planted some flowers.  I named the pretty ones after you.

Sid’s all about body pillows. And I don’t mean those oversized pillows you can buy at Target. I mean USING bodies AS pillows. Specifically OUR bodies.

Sid plays no favorites. He uses his mom’s body as often as he does my own.

In this photo, our pug-genius demonstrates his solution to the age-old problem of side-sleepers: how to prevent that bottom arm from going numb. Way to go, Sid!

Have a great weekend everyone!

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Pug Portraits update: Thank you to those of you that ordered pug portraits. I just want to let you know I have a few of them done and will be shipping them out this weekend. I’m sorry for the delay – I was waiting on the mats to arrive and also had to make an impromptu trip back to Chicago for a week due to some family stuff. The mats just came in this week and they look really nice! If you did place an order, I will email you when your order ships. I’d like to post the portraits on the blog so if you’ve ordered a portrait already and would be ok with me posting it on the blog, please let me know (you can just send an email to pugportraits (at) pugslope.com). I will hold off posting any photos of your portrait until I hear from you. –Brian

Sorry for the lack of blog posts.  Brian had to go to Chicago for a week, leaving Sid and I to fend to for ourselves.

PAAARTAY!!

Unfortunately, Brian is the glue that keeps the S.S. PugSlope afloat (are ships kept afloat by glue?).  I’m a gigantic slob with no concept of space or time a bit messy and disorganized when left own my own – apparently Brian spends most of his time following me around the apartment and putting things back where they belong and keeping me on schedule.  So, by the time Brian returned yesterday, Sid and I were barely hanging on – I misplaced his food cup at some point over the weekend and was just estimating handfulls of nuggets for his meals, I was refilling his water bowl in the bathroom because the kitchen faucet was lost in a mountain of dishes, and Sid had somehow compiled a collection of kitchen towels in his bed that he seemed to like even more than he likes Derpy.

But, hey, none of that mattered because Carl was nowhere to be found!  He was right there on Sid’s face when Brian left, and when Brian got back, Carl was but a distant, grotesque memory.  Hooray, me and Sid!

Here’s a video to celebrate Sid’s wart-free muzzle: