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austingirl

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  1. Has anyone used a holistic vet that they would recommend in the Austin area? Or a vet that supports integrated treatments, with normal medical processes along with stuff like acupuncture? If you're thinking of making fun of me for asking, keep moving because I'm at my wit's end here. The background, which is long and I'll try to abbreviate, is that our 5-yo lab mix, Rocket, has a couple of chronic conditions that the vet is struggling to resolve. I'll spoiler the bulk of it here. Yada yada yada, he has to stay on pee pads or wear a diaper constantly. About half the time I have to help him stand up. He can get down the deck stairs to the back yard, but it takes him a while and even longer to get back up. He generally just seems sad. The only time he wags his tail anymore is when I see him first thing in the morning. The regular vet, who I generally like a lot, has basically given up. She referred us to A&M, so we are supposed to go there Aug 13 and meet with internal medicine. Last week, my husband took him in to check on the pneumonia and his bladder and they started dancing around the topic of end-of-life care. I'm not a vet, and maybe I'm just in denial, but I think it's crazy to go from "everything will resolve as we wean steroids" to end of life discussions in 3 weeks for a 5-yo dog. I've heard good things about acupuncture for dogs with incontinence and back leg weakness, and I've personally had good experiences with it (for other conditions, lol), hence my question above. I would do anything for this sad baby.
  2. Lots of good stuff in that segment. "Aging is not a conspiracy."
  3. "Tryna hit a chord and it's probably A minor" Holy shit 😂😂😂😂😂
  4. I'm one of the most cynical people on this board when it comes to Trump, but if Taylor Swift wears this t-shirt while endorsing Harris I think that's a close to a lock as we can get.
  5. I watch this whenever I'm feeling shitty and need a pick-me-up. Truly the feel-good movie we needed during COVID times. I remember this one kept getting talked about as "horror" and when I watched it was confused as to why. Till...you know. Same with Hunter/Hunter.
  6. We (me and my partner in crime, my 16-yo horror-fan son) really liked it. He hated The Blackcoat's Daughter so I was worried, but I feel like Oz Perkins has really hit his stride and I'm excited to see what he does in the future. One surprising thing I learned from the pre-show is that Oz Perkins was a side character in Legally Blonde! I mean, he looks just like his dad but I wouldn't have put it together if not for this movie.
  7. Someone should put this on a t-shirt because it's the goddamn truth.
  8. Is Maxxine a letdown because it's really not great, or because of all the high expectations after X and Pearl? Sick and Cobweb were so dumb. Huge letdowns, IMO. I loooved When Evil Lurks and Talk to Me, too. So In a Violent Nature was good? I've avoided it because it looks like the Terrifier movies, which I absolutely hate, where the entire point is the gore.
  9. That's when we're going. I didn't see the Alamo email about Tuesday's advance screening in time to grab tickets.
  10. With Oz Perkins it's usually a little of both.
  11. Pretty excited about this one. The marketing's been great so hopefully the trailer isn't better than the movie itself, but I've loved Oz Perkins since The Blackcoat's Daughter so I'm looking forward to seeing another of his movies. My son and I are going to see it this weekend.
  12. Stop thinking about pussy I wasn't thinking about- You were thinking about pussy
  13. Stop it, I remember when you got her. Can't believe it's been that long.
  14. The house still has a whiff of skunk and it's been two days.
  15. I'm not excited about the Sony acquisition but I'm still ride or die Alamo for the time being. I'm there at least twice a month, at either Village, South Lamar, or Lakeline, and never have any problems with loud patrons. Last time I was at a Cinemark there was a group of loud high-schoolers being obnoxious, which just reinforced my Alamo or nothing policy. The pre-shows are awesome, there are no commercials besides movie trailers, and I've never had trouble with people being loud because they enforce their no talking/texting policy. We go to the Elf movie party every year as a family. Their special screenings are great, like the Time Capsule feature they're doing this year, and you can usually count on them to screen smaller limited-release films for at least a short time. It used to be that I had to go to the Regal Arbor Cinema to see indie stuff in the theater (after Dobie shut down). The food isn't great, but the beer selection is good and I can usually find something I like on the themed menu. And if not, bottomless popcorn. Anyway, there's still a lot that makes the Alamo special, IMO. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Sony doesn't fuck it all up.
  16. They did a pretty passable job of making Glen Powell unattractive in the beginning, with the awful haircut, jorts, and glasses. But then I saw that he named his cats Id and Ego and he shot right back up the hotness scale.
  17. Just finished the S3 finale and wow. Their confrontation scene gave me chills - I've never thought Hannah Einbender was an amazing actress but she really brought it then. And the final scene was great, but I almost think it was too dark for the show. They usually do a good job of walking the line between humor and drama but I think it's going to be hard to get back to hilarity after that. I did love the plane scene. Jimmy's escalating frustration with the lady filming was great. I'm glad they found a way to give Kayla more depth in this episode - she's always been kind of one note until now.
  18. Like Eddie Rabbit, I love a rainy night, but I do remember how much it sucked when my kids were little and storms kept them up to the point it kept me up. Hope you all get some sleep tonight.
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