muted

a furry, beady welcome to the neighborhood

last night as i pulled kim's car down the driveway, her headlights caught an animal under the car parked next to mine. the animal froze as i jammed on the brakes. unfortunately, all i could see was its eyes, nose and a tail that poked out from the side of the car. since i'm not that fond of unidentifiable animals, especially at night, i backed her car up a bit and tried to angle the headlights for a better view. as our showdown commenced, i could see that this thing was certainly not a cat. it looked more like the biggest white mouse the world has ever seen, right down to its long pink tail. i backed up some more but my view of the beast did not improve. i tried flashing kim's high beams but ended up spraying windshield washer fluid onto her windshield which, of course, made me jump. once i found the beams, they did not help my situation. i finally decided i'd rather be inside the house than trapped in the wilderness with this monster, so i took my foot off the brake and headed for the spot behind my car. as soon as i moved forward, the animal scurried out from the car and into the light before i lost him in front of my car. my heart skipped a beat and i let out a small shriek (i swear it was small :). what the fuck was that humungous...creature?! i quickly parked kim's car (crappily, i should add) turned it off, opened the door and ran down the driveway and into the house.

when i told kim what just happened, she laughed and told me that it was probably just a possum. possum or no possum, i hate it and hope i never see it again.

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back in college, there was a cd called " gun shy trigger happy" by jen trynin that i loved for a while. i haven't listened to it in years and hope i still have it because for the last few days, one of its lines has been looping over and over in my head:

"i miss who i used to be..."

while im-ing with martha today, the following exchange occured:

[11:20] Meo720: know what i was thinking about the other day
[11:20] Meo720: jen trynin
[11:20] sravesi0312: get the f out
[11:20] sravesi0312: me too
[11:20] sravesi0312: i have her phrase "i miss who i used to be" playing over and over in my head lately
[11:20] Meo720: no way
[11:21] sravesi0312: i gotta try to find that cd
[11:21] Meo720: that is so weird we were thinking about it at the same time
[11:21] Meo720: is that how you spell her last name?
[11:21] sravesi0312: yup
[11:26] Meo720: what was the one we used to listen to?
[11:26] sravesi0312: gun shy trigger happy or something like that
[11:26] Meo720: bingo
[11:27] Meo720: writing notes was my favorite
[11:27] sravesi0312: yes!
[11:27] sravesi0312: that's the one
[11:27] Meo720: this is bringing back unbeliveable dorm memories!
[11:28] sravesi0312: we bought paula cole tickets just to see jen open. PAULA COLE!!!!!
[11:28] Meo720: HOLY SHIT!
[11:28] Meo720: i remember that
[11:28] sravesi0312: and the show got cancelled
[11:28] Meo720: I KNOW!

so random. it seems that things like this have been happening a lot lately.

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you can add carlos mencia to the list of celebrities who have tapdanced between my ears while my eyes are shut. i forget most of the details but we were definitely wearing the same striped dress shirt. luckily, he didn't make any jokes about it because, as we all know, wearing the same shirt in the presence of someone else is no laughing matter.