i came down from the bathroom saturday morning. as i was descending the stairs, i saw this creature flailing in the corner of the room:


the cat kept jumping up and swooping the bird into his paws. i called my roommates and got the boys and asked what to do and they said to kill it but i couldn't touch it much less kill it. then my girl roommate came in and i told her what was happening and showed her the drop of bird blood on the floor. she shooed him out with an old t-shirt. he sat on the front porch stunned for a little while, so we made him a a little nest in a box with a towel and newspaper and some bread and water. he was still out there when we went to check on him. deysha ruffled the papers and bird flew out into the trees. later that night...

the same roommate performed a sort of spell in the living room and burned incense and shook it around and turned nine times counterclockwise in the bird corner and freaked me out. i prayed to god to ignore that if she just did voodoo and please not to strike me down.

then today woke up and made cds for my first bartending shift ever and i took a shower and got dressed and jumped on my bike to get to work. i am running behind so i book it to make all the lights and get up the hills and play chase with this guy through adam's morgan and coast up the hill just past 18th on columbia. i am in the middle lane when all of a sudden this

starts sliding into my lane a few feet ahead of me and i shout and speed up and get around him quickly but he's still behind me and he doesn't stop and


luckily i wasn't hurt. i jumped up and got my bike out of the way. i made sure it wasn't really broken. got the guy's information and made it to work with a kind escort (the one i played chase with) right on time. i took ibuprofen and drank some water and caught my breath. called a few people. then i opened the movie theatre and set up the bar for my first night


that went well. all my friends came out to support me and i knew how to do just about everything. i had to ask about a tequila sunrise though. my girl roommate was my barback which was awesome but weird because we are both normally barbacks and the dynaminc was different. however, she told me that the incense and turning was to undo the bad omen i had intercepted the other morning. it was pretty amazing that i didnt get hurt at all during the crash so i was grateful for her looking out. but then during the evening i felt where i had busted my lip earlier start to swell with this little bump. it grew and grew


and it is still growing.

i wonder what will happen tomorrow.