4.19.01

no, i didn’t fall down a well or get kidnapped by aliens or anything exciting, i’ve just been a very boring person these past few days, busy doing boring grown-up things like figuring out my new job, where i’m going to live, what to do with my furniture, doing battle (and losing) with the health insurance demons, etc. i made one trip each to the dentist, chiropractor and acupuncturist in the past two days, so i sort of feel like a car that’s just been detailed. only i didn’t get the lemon scent or the protective wax coating.

the only noteworthy thing that’s happened to me recently was at the bus stop this morning. i was sort of checking out this cute alterna girl who was walking by, and above my head was one of those little thought bubbles that said, “i wonder if my hair could do that?” and suddenly she veered toward me and spit her gum on me. what? afterwards, she was terribly embarrassed, particularly when it took us five minutes to locate the gum wad, which had actually flown directly into my jacket pocket. it seems she was aiming for the garbage can, but when she blew the gum out, it few right under that little stand-up cover, out the other side, and into my coat. she thanked me for being so good natured about having gum spat on me. i really should have asked her for some hair tips while i had the upper hand, but just then the bus came along and i was late for work anyway.