jailbreak

I cleaned my apt yesterday in preparation for Jonathan coming to visit and opened up all my windows for the first time to air the place out.  At first I encouraged that nice guy to sit on the window sill because I feel bad that he doesn't get any outside time anymore.

At first he stuck with his usual antics of peeping around at anything and everything while swishing his tail like one of those old cat clocks.  I thought he was going to behave himself and stay in the window like he used to at my apt in NYC so I went about my cleaning.

Then I looked out the window and saw this:

He realized I had discovered his attempt to run away and he was not happy about it.  I think he figured it was now or never because the next picture I took was this:

At which point I had to go out and get him before he ran away forever.  I think we both learned a lesson from this little adventure.  Mine was that he still needs to be constantly monitored, his was that escape is just an open window away.

But once I told him that Jonathan was coming he was like, "oh I don't want to go anywhere, I'll stay right here and wait for him because he's my best best friend"

And so he has remained curled up on my bed since.  I'm happy to make his dreams come true by going to get Jon in a few minutes.  They love each other.

hopefully back to this

I had a job interview yesterday that I think went well.  I don't want to jinx myself but I think I will be back to the working life by next week.

It was weird to talk about my past work experience as if it is any way relevant to my life anymore.  I mean, I had to go all the way back to my days at Yogaworks.  The best part was that they asked for a reference with job title.  Thanks Meghan, your job title took up the entire reference section, I hope it impresses them as much as it impresses me.

They asked me to fax them two forms of ID, I think that's a good sign don't you?

it's about time

I was just discussing the amazingness of Mariah with my new Florida friend Joel and I brought up how my favorite is when Mariah collaborates with vocalists who have a very different style to her.  I mentioned Crybaby as an example and Joel didn't know what I was talking about.  I then looked to see if I had posted about Crybaby before and realized that I haven't.

Sacrilege!

I might be confident in saying that this is my favorite Mariah music video of all time.  I feel like it has the irreverent attitude that I love in "Touch My Body" but at a time when she didn't know she could get away with shit like that.  I mean really, fruity pebbles?  Brilliant.

If you've never seen this video do yourself a favor and watch it.  Then download the song and listen to it until you've got it memorized.  You won't regret it.

why don't I have this?!

I did the best I could to get a clear shot.  Please look at the bumper sticker he has in the lower left hand corner of his back window.

It's an important message that I would like to support by getting this bumper sticker for my car as well.  I just wonder where he got it and how I didn't know such a thing existed.

Clearly I'm not the super fan this guy is but I at least think we could be friends.  Best friends.

angry

I still don't have much furnishings in my apt so when I watch tv I will sometimes just sit on the floor with my back against my bed.  That funny guy will lay on the bed so that he is right over my shoulder and apparently he just stares at me angrily the whole time.  It's really unnerving to turn your head and find yourself inches away from this.

And even when he's sleeping he's still glaring at me.  I don't even understand how this works:

How is that comfortable?!  And why?!  It's no wonder I live in a constant state of paranoid fear.  He's like the devil on my shoulder driving me to do terrible things.

I love him.

I couldn't decide if it was too soon

I wanted to listen to christmas music but I felt like it was still too early.  That was until yesterday when I was looking at old posts on my blog and realized that a year ago today I posted this.

So now I'm opening the floodgates.  I'm going through my itunes and checking all the christmas music so it will play on random again.  If it weren't 80 degrees outside I'd be picking up eggnog and decorations as well.

It's supposed to cool down this weekend, maybe I'll wait until then.  In the meantime I'll be listening to her cds on repeat.

rabbit rabbit rabbit

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Wow, november.  Wild.

It's almost been a year since I left new york.  That's overwhelming to think about.  I feel bad that I still have junk sitting in my closet at my old apt.  Sorry Nathanael.

The good news is that I see blue sky out my window and the forecast is still in the 80s.  I was just marveling at how much less money it takes to live in the warmth.  I'm still wearing shorts and t-shirts, socks are a luxury for when I go running.  No layering of thermal shirts, no jackets, no boots, no lugging my laundry sack to the cleaners in the howling winds.  Filling my tank with premium gas isn't always fun but I will accept that as a downside.

Now if I could just find a job I'll be all set.  Unfortunately there is no time for that as I think I'll be heading back to Sarasota shortly.  Maybe I can become a courrier!

I just don't know, but so far today has been a good day, setting a good tone for the month.  Meghan surprised me this morning by calling while she was on her way to work.  I was pleasantly surprised while I was talking to her when I turned to the new Barbie and saw that it was Meghan.  I mean, I imagine this is the exact outfit Meghan is wearing to work today.  Am I wrong?

Anna will scratch her eyes out for being skinnier than her but that's a risk Meghan takes at work every day.