When you don’t have a job (as I don’t), you’re often asked how you spend your day. Let’s look at my day.
04:30am: After attempting to ignore the phone for a while, I eventually answer. It’s my girlfriend. She is unexpectedly at my apartment and wants to be let in. I let her in and go back to sleep, noting that she does not immediately come to bed.
10:00am: Get out of bed. Girlfriend still asleep. She better have a good reason for coming over at 4:30am.
11:30am: Girlfriend finally wakes up and claims she was home alone (she has two roommates) and got scared because we had watched The Amityville Horror on Saturday, which was not at all scary. I frown, but even though this is definitely not a good reason for waking me up at 4:30am, say nothing.
12:30pm: After a late breakfast, I leave girlfriend at my apartment and drive to the bank and library. Two police officers are patrolling the library, which I find a bit odd. I check out one book and return a different book that is three days late. The guy behind the counter, who doesn’t seem very friendly for being a librarian, charges me forty cents. I decide not to quibble over the extra dime as he glowers at me before sneezing.
1:30pm: Arrive in Bell Gardens at the Bicycle Casino to play some texas slot demo.
2:25pm: Win first hand.
4:55pm: Win second hand, but surprisingly am still even for the day.
5:30pm: Manage to win two more hands before leaving the Bicycle Casino after a frustrating four hours of spinning my wheels.
5:45pm: Absent-mindedly get off the 105 five miles before I should, and wind up stuck in god-awful rush hour traffic on the 110.
6:00pm: Back on the 105.
6:05pm: Go sailing past my exit for the 405 — still absent-minded I guess — but decide that it is no problem, I can take the PCH home.
6:15pm: Vow never to take the PCH through Marina del Rey and Venice at rush hour again. Ever.
6:30pm: Finally make it home. Cat greets me by leaping from the bathroom sink onto the back of my shoulders while I am urinating, leaving a deep scratch and several puncture wounds after she slightly misjudges the distance. Vow never to feed the cat again. Ever.
7:00pm: After catching up on email, begin today’s work session.
8:30pm: Realize I am hungry, and begin to make dinner. Compose blog entry while dinner cooks.
There it is. A whole day!
