Bird's Eye View

i think one of my favorite things about my apartment is the fire escape. it's like having a balcony except you don't have to pay extra for it and you have to climb up over the stove and out the kitchen window to stand on it. i hope that if i ever need to use it to actually escape from a fire that it's not an oven fire, because then i wouldn't be able to get out the window. so far that hasn't happened (knock on wood), so i'm really just enjoying sitting out there and watching the world go by. i took some pictures today so you can see what i see when i'm up there, and hopefully get a better idea of my 'hood. holla!

I Should Be Packing = I'm Actually Watching TV

there's nothing like needing to pack a suitcase to make me instantly interested in the football game on tv. i no sooner decided that i should start getting organized for my trip home when i was suddenly seized by an overwhelming urge to watch the entire cowboys/redskins game. it doesn't matter that i don't really care about either team, or that out of the eleven channels that i get on my tv, fox has the absolute worst reception. what matters is that i actually have something to do that really needs doing, and i will watch a whole football game if it provides me with a feeble excuse to put it off for a few more hours.

in other news, i'm considering ordering some bun xao with no peanuts and pork for dinner from the japanese restaurant downstairs because even though it costs me $10.50, the portions are so huge that it will feed me for three days, so it really only costs me $3.50. also, i don't feel gross when i eat it because it's rice noodles and there are a few vegetables involved. i'll think about it. either way, i have to go because i have about three solid hours of watching football while not packing ahead of me. smell ya later.

What Am I Doing Here?

so i'm a big bad harlem girl now. okay technically i'm a big bad morningside heights girl. but i can see harlem from my bedroom window. it's a scant two blocks away. i feel kinda bad-ass. and a little bit afraid for my life at the same time. i'm having some fun though. tomorrow is sunday, so i'll be going to st. mark's for my church job. even though it's not really my job, it's katie's job. i'm just horning in on her action because i miss singing. i have to get up at 6:15am for this situation, so it stands to reason that i should quit narrating my life and go to sleep. that would be a good decision. i would probably file that in the "smart choices" folder of my mental filing cabinet. i have many folders in that cabinet. sometime i will share them all with you. until then, happy saturday to all and to all a good night.