"Best Doggone Dog In The West..."

Happy New Year everyone!!

Alright, the first story of the new year. I went to Kroger to get some snacks to eat while watching the ball drop. Gotta have something to munch on while watching tv! So, I'm searching for food when something catches the corner of my eye... dog food. No, I didn't grab a bag to snack on, it was the name of it that caught my attention. Disney's Old Yeller Chunk Style Dog Food!

What the crap is that!!! First of all, disney is now marketing dog food? That's a little weird. But, more importantly, of all names they chose Old Yeller? Ok, I don't know about you, but when I think of the film, I think of.. ***spoiler alert***.... Rabies. Yeah, what a great thought to put into your head when feeding your dog. You would think that they would have chosen something like "Lady and the Tramp's Italian Treats" (fun pasta shaped dog biskits) or "The Shaggy Dog Chow" to help promote the upcomming remake, but no, plaster the image of a big yellow dog onto the bag so that many of us can look at it and reflect on the fate of the poor fella!

I remember reading Old Yeller in Middle School and was all excited cause the main character's name was Travis! I know. I'm a dork, but then again you didn't see that many Travis' (or is it Travises? Travies? Travi as in octopi?) around in books.. movies.. media.. I also remember that we had to act out scenes from the book and in my group, I played the part of Travis (of course) where he is trying to catch and mark wild pigs. He falls out of a tree to wind up getting cut by the tusks of the hogs. It was great! I got to fall off of a desk and try to fend off a group of classmates pretending to be pigs. It was this moment that I had discovered my love for acting. :) Ah, the memories... *sigh*