A Day in the Life of Callie

so i don't really write on livejournal. i don't really write anywhere, but the most recent stuff is here: http://www.calliepoole.com. it's mostly about japan.

i hate moving and money orders and applications and house hunting. and being the only sober person dealing with this shit.

so, still buzzing from the trace bundy show, josh and i went to see radiohead about two weeks ago. while josh isn't a huge fan, how can i ignore radiohead's influence on my life? and not just the musical part. how many times did i listen to their old tapes on road trips and their CDs at parties when i was in high school and college? anyway, it was a totally wonderful show. it was over two hours long, and they just played and played and played. the light show was phenomanal, although i did wonder how many carbon offsets they had to buy afterward. too bad i watched it all from the nosebleed section a million feet away from the stage, but they still rocked my socks off! and, yes, i still felt the same way i did when i was in college (the first time) listening to their CDs. only way better.

so you know how there was construction going on across the street every day starting at 8 am? well, the good news is it stopped. the bad news is my landlord (who is also my next door neighbor)'s dog had decided to imitate the sounds of their tools with his vocal box. every day starting around 6 am. lovely. good thing my walls are made of paper so i can hear every single shrill little bark.

a construction crew is renovating the building next to ours. they work every day but sundays (even national holidays) from like 8 am to 6 pm. so that means that today was the first day i slept past 8 am in like a month! let me tell you, it was unbelivable! sleeping in is really awesome.

SEE THE WORLD (or at least my little corner of it):

click the link

http://flickr.com/photos/calcutta/

to see the effects of beer on sapporo, the sun rise from the top of mount fuji, kappibara (the newest addition to our family), me pigging out on yummy treats with friends, and more!!

i was locked out of my house when i was about 14 and had been dropped off by a friend after school. after she drove down my ultra long driveway (we lived in the middle of nowhere), i realized i didn't have my keys and had about two hours to wait until my mom and/or stepdad would come home from work. it was really cold outside, and i had a jacket but was still freezing. i didn't really know my neighbors nor did i feel particularly sociable at the moment (had had a really shitty day at school...had actually been dumped by a boy who was in the car that had driven me home!) so i just sat under our back deck (we had a big raised porch)...i arranged my bag and jackets like blankets and stretched out with my walkman (for reals) and begun to feel really sorry for myself. yes, i was always really constructive. :) in a little while two of our cats came up and lay down with me. soon after that we were joined by my yorkshire terrier. by the time my mom came home, i had fallen asleep with two cats zipped inside my coat and the dog lying at my head....at the time i thought the remarkable part of the incident was how cold it was outside. now, however, i can't imagine living a life when having such sweet creatures around who recognized a cold little girl who needed some love seemed so commonplace. i guess the event did stick out in my mind since i remember it; however, i am happy that now the memory that stands out for me the most is that of the love i felt from my furry little friends rather than the anger i felt at myself for forgetting my keys or the discomfort i might have felt from the cold (before my friends covered me with their fur, anyway.)

anyway, if such a thing were to happen to me today, i would definitely realize the wonderfulness of the incident. and i would welcome it with open arms!

i just got an email asking me to donate $5 to help save it. i think it was from the aclu. now what a question.... i mean, i:m totally willing to give $5 if it will preserve the constitution of the united states. i really can:t believe we are pandering for donations to preserve the founding document of our nation though. hm, maybe i should just stop expecting so much so i can avoid such unpleasant surprises.

go here! you won't regret it. :) http://flickr.com/photos/calcutta/

so japan is just lovely yet a little hot and sweaty. anyway, we are hangin in and sure do miss all yall! share some of our memories with us. :) some of the most recently added photos are of my birthday in may....it was one of the best yet! of course japan is no alaska, but, hey, we do what we can.

xoxo!!