Sunday, March 13 2005
\n10:00 a.m. – Wake up and eat a croissant. Knit while watching college basketball
\n11:00 a.m. – Jason wakes up and looks at me confusedly as I am watching college basketball
\n12:00 p.m. – Jake, Jason, and I watch Freaks and Geeks episode that begins with drumalong to Rush song.
\n2:00 p.m. – Leave Jason’s, drive up to Kenosha.
\n3:30 p.m. – Meet woman who is offering up her cat. Sit around for an hour and a half as she tells stories about cat. Daughter is at the age where she’s experimenting with humor. She refers to their basement as three things: dirty, dirty, and dirty. Watch 1 year old wrench cat’s tail around and pull lots of hair out. Become convinced that I must take cat with me. Woman refers to cat as Katrina, Trina, Treeny, and Mon Chi Chi. Contemplate changing a 13-year-old cat’s name.
\n5:00 p.m. – Thank God. Finally leave with cat in carrier, water and food dispensers, litter box, and rabies papers. Even if the cat kicks it tomorrow, will have saved $100 in pet accoutrement
\n5:40 p.m. – After mewing in a 4\/4 rhythm for the duration car ride, cat and I return to Casa Waukegan. I put out food, water, and litter box, and orient cat to new setup.
\n7:00 p.m. – Having called Allison and Alena to brag about fluffy kitty, I settled down to watch Simpsons and Arrested Development and knit.
\n8:30 p.m. – Switch over to crap detective program, and become enthralled with knitting.
\n8:40 p.m. – The cat is watching TV. Hm.
\n10:30 p.m. – Cat begins mewing in 4\/4 time again, and decide that cat is telling me to shut off lights and go to bed.
\n11:00 p.m. – Shut off lights and read "The Tipping Point" in bed.
\n11:03 p.m. – Cat begins meowing in 6\/8 time.
\nMonday,
\n March 14 2005
\n7:50 a.m. – Decide that I should get up,
\n and perhaps it will stop the meowing.
\n8:00 a.m. – Can hear cat mewing through door while showering.
\n8:15 a.m. – Eat oatmeal next to deck window,
\n cat sits quietly next to me.
\n8:20 a.m. – Leave for work. Can hear cat meowing, perhaps in 2\/4, as I leave building.<\/p>\n
Oh, by the by, the reason I was reminded that I really wanted a cat was because I was watching a TV show, and there were some awesome cat on it. Oddly, I found a mention of the show <a href=http:\/\/www.nerve.com\/regulars\/scanner\/03_08_05\/>here, on Nerve's Scanner<\/a>. The "Crush of the Week" is the host of the show that is responsible for the past twenty four hours of my life.
\nLast night I did finally do my laundry. In fact, I also hand washed stuff too. Amazing.<\/p>\n
Anyway, I seem to always do laundry at the same time as another couple in the building. I know it's the same people because it's men and women's clothing, and her jeans are the same size as mine.<\/p>\n
Last night I went down to start the ol' process, and someone was in laundry room ('nook' would be more appropriate). It was DownstairsNeighbor. We introduced ourselves, and I observed that they must have friends over a lot on the weekends. (Jason and I actually held glasses to the floor to hear better one Friday night. It sounded like a combination video game party\/orgy.) She said that I should come down some time. Sweet. Her name is Jamie and her husband's name is Bobby. I wonder, judging by the amount of Sublime that's played, if they'll be anything like that one crowd I hung around in collge sometimes.<\/p>\n
Later that night, when I was sleepy and cursing myself for forgetting about the wash, I went to transfer wet clothes to the dryer. I was surprised to find my clothes already in the dryer, with five minutes left to go. Jamie must have paid the $1.30 to dry my clothes.<\/p>\n
Totally awesome. I always think about doing stuff like that, but then I think my neighbors will think I'm creepy. Now I have a really good excuse to bring some beer bread down to them on a Friday night when I happen to be around.<\/p>\n
If we were all as cute and endearing as Amelie, it would be easier, but it's nice to know that there are other people who are willing to forgo the 'creepy' factor and perform random acts of kindness anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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