House Elves

On the topic of things happening in your house without your directly causing them to happen (the music box going off on its own).... on the topic of Harry Potter (actual house elves).... on the topic of set dressing elves (where is emily's blue blazer?)...

comes the most exciting "House Elves" related event of the evening -- coming home to discover that the thunder storm (or the house elves) made Bean do this:

Yeah.

that is actually blood on the door.
reminds me of when she was a puppy and i tried to keep her in a crate when i went out and she ended up scratching until her paws bled all over... ditto when i tried to make her stay in the bathroom. poor, poor neurotic dog. i have tried to so hard to let her know that rain is ok and doesn't signify the apocalypse but she DOESN'T LISTEN

also reminds me of our old family dog max, who, during a thunderstorm, managed to pull a printer out the window into the back yard. we thought we had been robbed; the police came and dusted for prints, but found only paw prints.

anyway. bean is ok. the door will be fixed. life goes on. maybe next time i go out on a rainy day i'll make her wear gloves.

in other news, HP 7 (part 1) was awesome. i didn't want it to end, and am so frustrated at having to wait several months to a year for the finale.