Day 3: Glitter in the Sky.

Day 3

I finally sat outside long enough to see the stars in full bloom. Magnificent.

Also, I never noticed the throb of a city before. I can see Boulder from a distance but only the lights pulsating and beating and sparkling.

It reminds me of glitter.

It reminds me of cells.

I think glitter is just a cell of a star that’s fallen on earth to make it shine a little brighter.

“Catch a fallen star and put it in your pocket; never let it fade away.”

The city looks like an organ; a heart, a lung, a liver, always flowing, always shining—it’s there awake, breathing, working, moving, thinking, dreaming, at all times—even when one isn’t watching it closely. Tiny cells working together to create a space we can exist in. Both large and small scale--large like a city, small like our bodies, but that's all science talk.

Can I just say I tire of people who dislike glitter. I mean seriously, what does it hurt? Oh, it gets in your hair. Oh, it gets on your skin. So what? It’s not like a poisonous gas, a pesticide, a pestilential fume. Glisten a little. Get your shimmer on.

Glitter til’ I die.

Word up.

Last full day of house-sitting. I think I got my fill of solitude, though mountain-life I'll never shy away from.

Killer Cat on the Loose: Day 2

Day 2 of house-sitting.

I’m really good at eating other people’s food. It’s so exciting to be able to go through a fridge and take whatever you want without thinking about how much it cost at the store. Oh gluttony. The cat didn’t come back in until midnight this morning. And today just 30 minutes ago it came back with a dead mouse in its mouth and is refusing to drop it. Commands that normally work on dogs are not working in this sly animal. I know he was trying to be nice and bring me a present, but he doesn’t understand I prefer chocolate to rodent.

And I’ve been seeing a lot of spiders, which really freaks me out. I think they’re going to crawl in my mouth while I’m sleeping.

They also have this water fountain that reminds me of a plumbing problem we recently just had fixed, but at the same time relaxes me and makes me need to go pee.

I wonder if the cat is going to eat the mouse?

I swear I’ve been feeding the thing.

I guess they could save some money on food that way.

Other than that I feel like I’m just wasting my time on the computer. I wish I could get off of it and figure out my life but I guess that will have to wait until tomorrow. (Because figuring out my life will only take one day of planning. )

A Room with a View....Or a Whole House.

(part of my view mountain)

Day 1 of house sitting has gone pretty well so far. This may be the easiest job of all time. The main goal is to not kill anything, particularly the cat.

I hope I can succeed; I wouldn't mind if this became a more regular gig.

I really can't complain about the view or the weather both of which are gorgeous.

It's like a mini-residency. Except I haven't really written anything yet. In time, all in time.

I'm wondering if I will get lonely. I can't foresee that happening, I do have the writer's longing for solitude--which makes me feel guilty sometimes. sometimes. We all need alone time. Being an only-child probably feeds into that too, it's just something I'm familiar with--a room of my own--not talking to people--having time to think (writing really boring blog posts).

Anyhoo...this is what I'm up to. 3 days of house sitting and getting my shit together. Maybe I'll have an ah-ha moment or something which will lead me to figure out my future's path...the path of my future, I don't know, enlightenment, magic, existential understanding, a new view of reality. At least a new view.