Daniel Kells

Yesterday my dog Tessie had a cancerous mast cell tumor removed from her back.  She handled the surgery just fine, though today she seems to be sad and/or in pain, as she’s been quietly crying pretty regularly throughout the afternoon.  A couple of friends have asked what the surgery scar looks like, so I’ve decided to post a pictue here (well, after the jump actually).  Hopefully she’ll recover from the surgery and we won’t have any more recurrances of this.

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…but the rest of you can watch, too.

My great friends Audrey and David have a young son named Noah.  I got to hang out with Noah when I was in northern Virginia for a wedding this fall, and I promised him I’d make a video of my dog Tessie.

Well, better late than never, right?  Enjoy!

A couple of notes:  Thanks Mom and Keith for the camera (a JVC Everio MG155 — great Christmas present!!).  The music is by Madeleine Peyroux, called “Don’t Wait Too Long.”  Maybe you’ll recognize it from this Dockers commercial that aired a few years ago.

The fabulous company manager from the American Conservatory Theatre (where “Kiki and Herb” is playing in San Francisco) took me and the pup to the beach today.  I forget the name of the beach, but it was just beautiful, dark sand and pebble, huge dramatical rocks, crashing waves.  Tessie had a blast and is now totally pooped out.

Greetings, world.  My name is Daniel, and this is my blog.

I watch too much TV, love playing poker, am attempting to become a screenwriter, and work as a theatrical stage manager and a personal assistant.  I have a dog, her name is Tessie, and I live in Hollywood (though right now I’m on tour, in San Francisco).

I recently drove cross-country in a truck with the set from the show I’m working on.  Here’s a picture of me and the pup in the cab of the truck.  Perhaps I shouldn’t have been taking pictures while driving, but I survived…