Monday, January 5, 2004<\/p>\n
Driving home tonight, after a successful sojourn to my local Trader Joe\u2019s (the only thing California has on New York, by the by) I surprised a pair of deer and a bouncing jackrabbit as they trekked up my hill. It was Wild Kingdom Lite. I then came home to Dolce who busied herself barking at shadows.<\/p>\n
I could never live in a house this size unless I had about five other people there at all times. It\u2019s too big, too roomy, too many closets where the boogeyman might be hiding. It fits when the rightful owners are home, but right now it seems to be expanding, giving me House of Leaves-like jitters. Maybe I\u2019ve spent too much time in studio apartments, but at least when you live in a box, there are no dark corners. I\u2019m tempted to bring Dolce up to the den to sleep next to me, but I\u2019m afraid that if the boogeyman keeps yogurt on hand, she will forsake me for a lick of acidophilus goodness.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s odd to be 31 years old and afraid of the dark, I guess, but my overactive imagination rarely misses a chance to freak me out. I think I started reading Stephen King at a very young age and it\u2019s done little good in my later life. My first book was Pet Cemetery, back when I was in the 6th grade, and I remember staying up all night reading it while visiting my best friend Anastasia in Cedar Rapids, IA. I would get too scared to put the book down, to put the lights out, and certainly way too scared to shut my eyes. I know better now, but the intro to an \u201cX-Flies\u201d episode was enough to set me off tonight.<\/p>\n
I think I\u2019ll shut (and maybe bar) the door to the den and throw an extra blanket on the pullout bed. After all, the boogeyman\u2019s knife has a hard time cutting through covers. And maybe I\u2019ll put on the extended \u201cTwo Towers\u201d DVD, because only that will last longer than I will.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m pretty sure I locked all the doors\u2026
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