Monday, March 23, 2009

23 feels so old to me lately... even though i know it is not.




last night i was driving home around 2am and a black cat scurried across the road and under the tire of the car in front of me.  it rolled and bolted to the side of the road, leapt onto a ledge and then was scrambling to get over.  the car was long gone, having either not noticed or not cared, and i pulled over horrified and wondering who i could possibly call.  it's little back legs couldn't work and it was stuck on the ledge by the sidewalk.  in the end i decided that by the time anyone (animal control? ASPCA?) might arrive, it could have scrambled off somewhere and i wasn't about to restrain it.  terrible.  i cried the whole drive home.
don't you love these pictures?  they are sad and beautiful...  one of my favorite combos.

2 comments:

  1. oh my god! that's so terrifying and i would have cried too. there are always a bunch of cats running around near your apartment so be careful of them!

    23 sounds old! imagine being 26! gah.

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  2. i sort of cried reading that, and i dont even like most cats (except for master stormy of course, kate).

    also i think we are destined to feel old now. how sad.

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