#smallblueandloud

Hi! Yes, I have covered that a bit! Some facts covering her pre-Muppet Show life include:

Muppet Fact 25, 181, 183, 295, 344, 384, and 462.

You get: canon-typical egotism

Ohhh YES this is such a good episode for her! For one, it’s the debut of the blue armani dress and what a look that was. But really it’s just such a nice episode for CJ as a character and oh I’m so excited to get there in my rewatch.

My main thoughts from the top of my head are that I love the little father daughter moments between Jed and CJ in this episode, the way he’s teasing her about not saying Galileo correctly, their moment at the end of the episode where she talks to him about the school class and she finally does say it correctly in his opinion. There is just something so special about their relationship always and I think this is a nice episode to showcase that.

I love Charlie’s honesty about the green bean thing, and specifically how he’s being very clear about that with CJ and she’s being corrected on this without being talked down to the way some of the other guys have a tendency to? Charlie and CJ talk, he explains his view, and she takes that and corrects herself and brings it to the President and it’s a really good moment for their relationship.

And then I mean. CJ’s great in bed. I find the moment in the Oval Office where she tells the President and the guys that she is, in fact, good in bed, hilarious, and that takes some serious guts to say like that and so casually. I like their raised eyebrows and moving on. But also god I hate that she was put in that position. The fact that she’s at the Kennedy Center and already didn’t want to go because there’d be men she rejected for a job there and didn’t want trouble, and one of them approached her anyway and accused her of not giving him the job because of a six week relationship and her perceived insecurity about how good in bed she is? The simple fact that that’s a conversation she had to have and as a result had to tell the President himself and her colleagues that there might genuinely be a story in the press about her sex life is awful. And it has a very funny conclusion and it’s all good, I love the scenes itself, but I also feel bad for her and kinda wish that had been given just a tiny bit more of a serious tone of.. that’s just not right. Without making it too serious a thing, either, cause the humor works really well of course.

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I think this is the first point for any pet, that you're going to screw it up somehow, and if you can accept that and be okay with that, everything is much less stressful.

Would you enjoy having a dog?

There's a huge range in dog lifestyles.

I live with dogs where I do special feedings, take (one of) them for two 30+ minute walks a day, do daily training, prep food in advance, go to sports, go to group classes, plan weekly outings to take them new places, etc. Hazard in particular had me completely adjusting my work schedule to accommodate his needs.

I also have clients who--and their dogs' welfare needs are met--walk their dogs once or twice a week, if that, and the dog exists in the house and yard. Their time investment in the dog is about as extensive as owning a cat.

And if you get the right personality, they're not more needy than cats either--depends on the neediness of your cat.

There's a reason why toy/companion breeds are popular (or should be! should be very popular!!!!), and it's because they should be easy to live with. They want to hang out with you, they want to spend time with you, but (as adults) they're not naturally destructive, aggressive, high energy, etc. They may be higher maintenance because many of them have long or curly coats, but otherwise...they should be comparable to a spunky cat.

Similarly, depending on your region, a retired racing greyhound would be an excellent first dog. They tend to be neurotic in their own special ways, but they're also low maintenance, low energy (as long as you can provide a space for running once a day for 10 minutes or so), and a low need for stimulation/training.

How to trial it? Many shelters do fostering, but--at least in my experience--the dogs they are most desperate to get into foster homes are the ones least suitable to first time owners.

I would find a good friend with dogs and ask to hang with them for a day. Or dogsit for a weekend. Some dogs this is a huge imposition (Hazard has multiple pages of 12 pt font instructions), some dogs this is "feed him twice a day and let him into the backyard and try not to let him get eaten by eagles".

A thought experiment would be "how would you feel about owning a bengal cat?" Dogs aren't terribly extrinsically different from cats, except that they tend to be higher energy and need more novelty/stimulation on a regular basis.

In general biggest differences tend to be that we expect to walk dogs and do deliberate training with dogs. Not that cats don't benefit or need such things, and I've met cats where both were an absolute need. But we expect to walk our dog (and get upset if the dog, for various reasons, cannot be walked) and we expect to invest time/money/effort into training.

THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT AND ALSO FOR GIVING ME AN EXCUSE TO TALK ABOUT MY STORY

I am actually obsessed with Mirabelle, like I know she is my own OC but also I think she's amazing and I hope I'll actually end up doing her justice.

She's dead, she always has been dead, she always will be dead but also she's gonna be the only one present for pretty much the entire series.