Saturday, January 5, 2008

Roman Birthday Candles

it's my birthday!! as a special birthday present, Alise helped me get my bed into the new apartment. no small feat. first the boxspring, then the mattress, all the way up the stairs to the 3rd floor. we collapsed onto it, panting and sweating. if anyone walked in right then they would have thought we had just been doin' it.
so, first night at the new place. in the middle of the night, i suddenly hear BANG! BANG!! right outside my window. my immediate reaction is, "oh crap; did i just move into a place with more shootings??" i look out the window into the alley, hiding behind the windowsill. i half expect to see some bloody bodies. just then, a bottle rocket flies by, about 2 feet from my face. BANG.