Monday, January 02, 2006

Avoid contact with face

I'm feeling closer to crappy than anything else. I think it's because I slept all day. When I sleep all day I tend to have long, frustrating dreams and wake up covered in sweat, so I should probably stop making it a habit.

And now I've got a long, wakeful night to look forward to. I might go to the Naam and drink carrot juice while I read a book meant for children, but it's more likely that I'll stay in my pajamas and fight with my dog for space on the bed.

My dog. I was talking on the phone today and watched her catch and eat a fly with gecko-like dexterity. I don't know what it is with the flies in this house. It's winter, all the bugs should be dead, but here I am with insects the size of Jeff Goldblum landing on my bagel just as I go to bite it, and that could be enough to keep me not eating bagels for the rest of my life. Plus, a week ago I killed one of the Brundel-Flies myself, and it splattered into something very like oatmeal. Conclusion: They are targeting my appetite.

This isn't really going anywhere. I feel like my posts should probably be more self-contained and less mad, like little stories that stand alone and manage in a subtle way to cast me in a very positive light. But that would involve effort and lying.

Now I want another bagel.

7 comments:

sd said...

I like your posts as they are. No effort required. I'll like stories, too, if you're ever inclined.

S said...

You are a Poornsie. A poornie sea. A sea of poorness.

I am impressed by Happy's skills. Juniper, when she goes for flies, usually ends up taking flying leaps at them, mouth open, and ends up bashing into windows.

Marian said...

Best poornie ever. I sympathise mightily, although you do manage to make me really really want bagels.

Moss is afraid of flies. Or rather, afraid of how they tend to make whatever they land on - curtains and windowpanes and lampshades - tremble somewhat.

Claire said...

If one of our household flies lands on a lampshade it fucking knocks the lamp over and breaks the light bulb. Foreals.

I'm feeling like less of a poornest today thanks to Starbucks (evil, bad), and to the generous contributions of viewers like you.

kimikimikimi said...

I WENT TO STARBUCKS MYSELF AND HAD A GIGANTIC MOCHA.

NOW I'M GOING TO REORGANISE MY HOME AND SING SONGS TO GEORGE.

Anonymous said...

i woke up in the middle of the night last night to the sound of some guy upstairs puking off his balcony and hitting the bushes outside my window.



tasty.

Claire said...

I think I'd prefer the sound of mating cats.