As I've discussed many times here before, I get obsessed with things fairly easily and find myself going down various rabbit holes in pursuit of said obsession, which is why I'm watching Nurse Jackie right now, because after Godless and Unbelievable, I've become obsessed with Merritt Wever.
BTW, if anyone knows of a supercut of Merritt Wever's Godless scenes set to Sarah McLachlan music, please send it my way; otherwise I might have to make it myself and I'm terrible at editing.
Also, BTW, Godless is very violent and upsetting and Unbelievable was EXCELLENT but very hard to watch, so I'm advising my parents not to watch them.
Anyway, back to dogs. I became interested in sled dogs watching the documentary Ice Town: Life on the Edge, which you may remember from the time I got obsessed with Svalbard. And when I say "interested" I mean "that seems like an interesting thing to do that I will never do, one dog is plenty for me".
But I got full on obsessed earlier this year when musher Blair Braverman posted the cutest Twitter thread of all time about which of her dogs might be taking on the Iditarod this year. Click on the tweet and real the WHOLE THREAD and look at ALL THE PICTURES, I WILL WAIT.
Right now, we have 20 dogs in training for the Iditarod—and 14 pups will enter the actual race. Allow me to introduce you to the BraverMountain Varsity Team.
— Blair Braverman (@BlairBraverman) January 2, 2019
I'm not going to lie. I am INTO these #UglyDogs and whenever Blair (or "Bler", as the dogs call her) posts about them, I am rapt. My favourites are Helli and Grinch, who can only run south.
I want to tell you a story about Grinch.
— Blair Braverman (@BlairBraverman) October 11, 2018
And I am still laughing about the thread entitled Surprise Bitch! It's Boudica!
On our long run the other day, Boudica got tired after 30 miles and rode in the barkbox the rest of the way. The next morning, when I went out to the dog yard, she wouldn’t come out of her house. What’s up? I asked her. pic.twitter.com/JwEwV0TalQ
— Blair Braverman (@BlairBraverman) December 12, 2018
That's all for now, if you like dogs and progressive politics, you would do well to give Ms. Braverman a follow. And if you're looking for a quick start to your own obsession, someone more obsessed than I has created a page with links to all of Blair Braverman and her husband Quince Mountain's best Twitter threads, YOU'RE WELCOME.
