Date Posted:16:03:55 10/31/09 Sat Author:Debi Subject: LOL, thanks Page! In reply to:
Page
's message, "Absofreakinlutely BRILLIANT!!! >>>>" on 15:26:09 10/31/09 Sat
>I don't know if you're planning to incorporate this
>into Old Dogs or not, but it's bloody
>wonderful! My first (and unedited) impressions:
>>
I'm considering it. The time frame between Daniel leaving before the holidays, with Valerie not knowing if he's coming back to her ever, is a little morose. This would inject a little well-needed humor to lighten it a bit. Otherwise, it's mostly her feeling sorry for herself and fending off her family.
I couldn't quite figure out how to set this any other way. At first, it was the owner of the store going to confront her, or hand over the Valium script with an admonition to keep better watch on her stuff, then the catnip thing just hit me.
I once had a bunch of it dried and was going to give it to a friend who had a lot of cats. My husband found the gallon zippy bag in the trunk that evening and wanted to know what I was thinking, if I were to get pulled over with it, the cops would arrest me, blah, blah blah. I told him they were free to do so and analyze it, only to have it come up as catnip and therefore have wasted their time, mine and face a potential lawsuit. Nevertheless, I did hand it over to my friend with some haste and the story to tell. It all just fell into place...
