My Fictional Calling

I've decided that of all the fictional callings I would like to pursue, perhaps the one with the strongest and most persistent pull is the desire to become a Pokemon trainer. And I feel this gopher, with his apathy toward rockets, investigative skills, talents for camouflage and capacity to entertain me for hours on end, would be the perfect starter Pokemon. We'd be fast friends and of course I'd go on traveling the world catchin' them all, but none would match Gophery, who'd have filled a deep void in my heart.

What we share with our dogs ... compressed in one little ad.

This certified tearjerker, by Leo Burnett for Purina, talks to dog owners the same way Blédina first did moms. It acknowledges that love -- and that being responsible for something besides yourself -- is complicated. But that's part of what makes it worth experiencing.