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Hola Squirrels!
I’m taking a little break from the madness to write you again. Crazy times over here!
So I’m mostly moved into my new pad on the Eastside with my new roommate (codename: BunnyRabbit) and her little kitty (codename: Little Old Lady), but boy is it messy in here still! I’m all over wanting to do wallpaper (wall fabric maybe?? that could be fun) and hoping to tackle some of the today, but there are still boxes everywhere, shelves have already gone up, things that need to be put on shelves clutter up the space underneathe… BunnyRabbit (my oppostite, but twin), has more stuff than I could imagine… which is a bit of a shock but good in a way, as it means I can get rid of even more of my own junk that I don’t really need (I have always lived with a little as possible… I still have some of that runaway/viking-slash-monk in me after all these years..). We have duplicates of pretty much EVERYTHING! so if anyone needs anything, well you know who to call…
So little time… I have picked up another job at a respectable comedy club (no, I’m not going to tell your stalker ass where..), so that’s keeping me pretty busy, in addition to everything else that is keeping me busy these days. I’m bringing folks food and drinks and things, and getting to meet all the great comics that come through there, so it’s a good gig. They make me laugh. Makes me feel young, in a way (I haven’t been a waitress since I was… 21 maybe? And briefly then.. the highlight of my waitressing career was between the ages of 17 and 19 (I think I’m better at it now though), so that’s about how old I feel right now… this is good to offset the whole grey-hair fiasco I had a while back… and btw there haven’t been anymore… I think it’s cause I had a really scary dream the night before?? Well anyway, thank God THAT’s over… for now…) Um…
Speaking of feeling old and young and stuff… Did you know it was MY BIRTHDAY last Friday?? Oh no, of course you didn’t. Because yet again I have been almost completely overshadowed by another massive catastrophe… Everything’s Japan this, nuclear meltdown that… God, what about MY NEEDS?!?! Ugh… Joking (too soon Marianne, too soon!!!)
Ok maybe not COMPLETELY. My bf took me out for a nice late dinner at a fancy Italian place last Sat… I got to leave work a bit early since our second show was pretty slow. They had just shut down the kitchen at Sorrento, but the guy invited us in anyway and made us some nice boccaccini salad and eggplant parmesan (my absolute fave… I could eat that everyday but I wouldn’t fit through the door…), sold us on some fancy expensive wine, and even a little slice of chocolate cake after that had nuts in it… Yummy! I blew out the restaurant candle and wished for peace and hits and perfect health and a lot of things… so many wishes!
Monkey got me a ring (and a new ipod– I put mine through the washing machine the other day so it’s been a bit awkward, taking subways and such with just the earphones on, pretending I’m listening to an ipod so no one will try to talk to me, nodding to the pretend beats in my head and all… It works for a little while, but I need MUSIC!!!). It’s not a now-I-own-you-and-you-must-marry-me kind of ring, but more of a here’s-that-pretend-marriage-ring-you-wanted-so-guys-won’t-bug-you-so-much-at-the-club, oh-and-I-put-the-receipt-in-the-bag-in-case-you-decide-you-just-want-the-cash-instead kind of a ring, and I love it. It’s a simple, thick silver band with a little ripple effect in it, and it’s just wonderful.
If only I could fix Japan. I am donating some of my tips, but honestly, it hasn’t really hit me yet. I am avoiding all news (what else it new?). Lately I’m not even surprised by this type of news– it has become so commonplace, “Oh, there goes Japan…”, everyday a new tragedy… That is what scares me the most…
I am working on living in the moment more. Enjoying the little things. Take a look around, take it in. Enjoy what is there. Little Old Lady keeps coming around for a cuddle, as I write you. She’s old (17 to be exact, which is like 80 in cat years I think??), but she still looks and acts like a kitten– she’s very small, which adds to the effect– I can kind of relate. I like her a lot. :-)
I’m going to go look for fabric, see if anything is still open. This day is disappearing quickly. It’s been nice talking to you though!
Cheers! My fine friends. 
love always,
Squirrel Power
xoxox
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