It’s 2:30 am. I’m tired, my sister is keeping up with her inability to follow simple instructions, and something just bit my face.
Sweet blood
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Monthly Archives: April 2006
The Birds
Every other day I sit at another desk at work. This has to do with the fact that both the part-timer and I don’t enjoy sitting facing the window due to the glare of the outside world. Well, today the blinds were slightly drawn and I’m turned around asking about lunch when I see something out of the corner of my eye, followed by a thud.
“Oh my god, did you just see that?” I asked.
One of my coworkers was on the phone, the other had headphones on.
“No did you just see it?” I repeated.
“The bird?” my coworker responded as she hung up the phone.
“A bird just flew into the window and dropped straight down!”
Then right after that, the motherfucker went and did it again. Once, you kind of feel bad. Twice, that’s just asking for it. Well, not really. I was actually quite worried that it would turn into a flock of birds that would come flying in one after the other because that would trigger a repulsed screamfest from me for sure. And then the stupid animal sympathizer in me would probably immediately rush down to the puddled lawn (I checked out the window to see if I could see anything below) to make sure there weren’t any muddied, decrepit birds rolling around in agony unable to fly.
At least that didn’t happen because frankly, today’s just not a Lenny kind of day.
Sinister Drive
Last night I slept at 5am and then churned through a grueling 11 hours of work. By the time I got into my car for the drive home I was pretty knackered. Now, when I’m tired, I do my best not to zone out on the freeway, because freeway zoning out equals Grace getting decapitated by her awkward seatbelt.
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Selective Memory
This weekend my brother was in town and we were playing with Shamster, my adorable Syrian hamster. My brother brought up the death of a previous hamster many years ago that I had completely removed from my consciousness. The pet (a dwarf hamster named Cucumber), was taken out of his cage, and while crawling along my brother’s arm, slipped and fell to his death, presumably from a broken neck.
I almost died today
I was at the gym tonight, minding my own business running on the treadmill. The new cardio machines are equipped with little TVs, so now I can sweat like a pig while watching Family Guy (sweet!). The good thing about this feature is that you get so engrossed in TV that you forget about what you’re doing and your surroundings. The bad thing about this feature is that you get so engrossed in TV that you forget about what you’re doing and your surroundings.
Anyway, I was running along, with the earphones in, watching the episode where Peter wishes for no bones when this cute guy from my building pops up from behind me and says, “Hi!” with a disarming grin. Naturally, I almost fall over because a) I was truly startled, b) I’m clumsy in general, and c) hello, disarming grin!