Jump

The other day I was walking, looking at this tree from a distance and it has always looked like there was something unnatural hanging from it. I have discovered that it is tons of shoes. Shoes hanging from a tree and I was staring at this tree, really trying to look at those shoes, because honestly, I want to see these shoes up close. I have yet to really confirm that they are in fact shoes. So I was walking and I was crossing the street to enter into a parking lot and I turned my head to look if there were cars coming. I guess I wasn't expecting to see any, because as I saw a car coming my way and I was so surprised I jumped. I guess I was still lost in thought. However, I have also been surprised my my cell phone vibrating in my pocket, unexpected sounds coming from my computer, and at times the toaster. Why am I so jumpy? I don't know. The other week when I was on spring break, my brother decided to surprise me and catch me off guard as I was coming out of the bathroom. He was lurking at the foot of my parents bed and as I came out he popped out and scared me. I was so surprised I jumped back, yelled and yes fell back and I was on the floor. I then proceeded to laugh, while he laughed at me. I have never been caught so off guard and I commend him for doing such a smashing job. It is actually one of my past times to jump out and scare people. I like catching them unawares as they come out of the bathroom or turn a corner. I was actually quite happy to have the experience myself.

Our Fort

Best Day Ever

It's been a great day comprised of some very interesting happenings. Bananana has this turtle, which she purchased from the Newport Aquarium last year and she seriously likes this turtle. It's name is Turtle. So of course Simon attacks this turtle, tries to kidnap it etc. for quite sometime. This evening we were continuing to play around and I obtained the turtle and hid it in the first place that came to mind: the freezer. I, indeed, out-smarted him because Simon ended up giving up on it. Later that night Hannah goes to open the freezer and discovers Turtle. Hahaha best hide and seek game ever.
I've been reading a good bit of this website I discovered the other day called mylifeisaverage.com. (great place to waste time and improve your mood) Anyway there was some recurring themes of fort-building. Suddenly I had an urge to build a fort. So I did. I pumped up my owl city and made that fort in ten minutes!! I flipped the couch on it's side, moved some things around, draped some blankets and sheets. It's even got an awesome lamp for lighting. Hannah came in mid-build and loves it too. We played a game of go-fish and crazy eights. Both of which she won.
I also found this tennis ball when I went for my run the other day. Not only did Hannah, Simon, and I play with it, tossing it around the apt. practically breaking things for about an hour, but today Wilson (as I have named it because it says "WILSON 1" on it) scared the crap out of me. I was chillin' out in the fort with Hannah when I felt something tap my leg. I had this scary moment where I thought Kelsey had sneaked in the apt. and was now tapping on my leg underneath the table. I positively jumped and freaked out, only to discover that Wilson was playing a prank on me. It's been a good day, as I write to you from my wonderful fort...

Freshen Up

So Hannah and I have this shared animosity towards Kelsey's automatic air freshner. It's the kind that spurts out strong smelling scents every 30 minutes: Long enough for you to forget about it, short enough to maintain a constant presence. When Kelsey leaves on the weekends, Hannah switches it off. It often goes off during the night and the other day Hannah told me she flipped when she heard it. Just the other day I was in the bedroom standing right below it and talking to Kelsey. I was in an intense description of the movie Psycho. I had just gotten to the part where he's stabbing the girl and the freakin air freshner makes that noise and I tweaked out. I jumped about a mile. We then proceeded to laugh for about 2 minutes about how I was just scared out of my mind by an air freshner. I've always found it creepy and unnatural. Bananana believes that it needs to be destroyed.

The Walls or My Teddy Bear

This last semester I was studying for my nursing practicum exam which involved a head to toe assessment. I had to memorize everything I was supposed to do and all the questions I was supposed to ask. I decided in order to practice I would do a mock assessment on my teddy bear/myself. Well, of course I knew it would look as odd as hell for me to be talking to my teddy bear and saying things out loud to no one in particular . Nevertheless I proceeded to do so while Hannah was laughing at me from the bedroom. She says from the bedroom, "I'm just imagining you talking to your teddy bear and its the funniest thing ever." I shout at her, "I'm not talking to my teddy bear!! I'm talking to the wall!!!!" Because that's so much better....

Radio Shacked

While out running errands one day, Hannah stopped at a Radio Shack to get her camera looked at-- it was busted at the time and she was looking for alternatives etc. My sister was coming to visit that weekend and I had called her to ask her what she wanted me to pick up at the store as far as food for the weekend. I was telling her about what I had for food currently. I got pretty excited when I came to telling her saying, "I've got these frozen ravioli and they are absolutely delicious!!!" Right then everyone in the store stopped what they were doing and look at me. I was near the other side of the store and I murmured to Claire that I think I was speaking too loud because everyone was staring. I decided to make a quick escape outside to finish the conversation, as they continued to stare. Afterwards, I returned back into the store as Hannah was speaking with the manager whose name happened to be James Dean. We enjoyed how he had appraised one ancient video camera as having "a zoom from Hell." He commented on my passion for that frozen ravioli and we proceeded to have about a ten minute conversation and then left the store. Hannah maintains the man had a crush on me.

I've Lost It

So I come back to my apt. this evening and was going around business as usual, when Hannah calls me via Kelsey's phone. I figured maybe she did that because I wasn't picking up my phone, so she asks me: "Where's your phone?" I feel my pocket where it usually is and where I put it last and I come up with nothing. "That's a good question. I dunno." And then I remember on my way back from class I had gone to pick up my glove that I dropped and my iPod fell out of my pocket. My phone was also in said pocket, but I didn't care about that. I was too worried about dropping my more expensive, newer iPod. So some freshman picked it up and replied to a call from Hannah. And I'm supposed to go pick it up when he returns to campus. Hannah thought it would be hilarious to have Simon call my phone and demand where I was because I was supposed to meet him at 9 so he could cop some weed from me...and then of course later I have to go meet the kid to get my phone from him. Wonderful. However, that didn't work because he wouldn't answer my phone. Oh well....