Catching up

I've been totally sucking at posting here anymore. Well... I shouldn't say TOTALLY sucking. That is more representative of my fellow cohorts' (listed on the sidebar) posting skills as evidenced in the low number of their posts as opposed to my 92. Megan's been pretty great about posting but she's told me now that, until I changed the "hideous" bio picture representing her, we won't hear from her again. Everyone's a critic.

So without further ado, here are a few interesting things going on in my life:

1. Zeke got a haircut and, ever since, he's been scaring the crap out of me. He was constantly scratching his neck because his collar bothers him more with short hair so I took it off until the red welts on his neck heal. The only problem is that I can't hear the jingle of his collar any longer so I can't ever figure out where he is. He's stealth crazy. The only warning that I get of his imminent pounce is the prrump-pruump-PRUMP-PROUUMP of his feet as he barrels toward me. It's crazy. And I feel bad because I'll call for him over and over and finally figure out that he's been standing behind me all along. I gotta get that warning device of a collar back on.

2. Do people actually watch The Fear Factor?

3. So what I was really talking about in this post was this guy Aaron, a friend of a friend of Megan's roomate, who is currently staying at my house because he's walking across the country. Traveling across the country. He walked for awhile but said that got really old really fast. Now he takes the bus. He's been through 20 states so far. All week long I've dropped him off at the DC Metro and he's been checking out the monuments and museums. He's got great stories. I think you have to have a certain kind of temperment to undertake such a task as his. Being that I really don't care much for people, I think I would end up dead under an underpass or something. I wish him the best of luck on his quest and think he should stay with Russ when he gets to Colorado.

4. Megan and Rebecca and her boyfriend visited this weekend. On Saturday afternoon, Megan came scooting into my room and asked in a squeaky voice, "Allison, don't you want to see Step Up as much as I do?! Come on. It's a dancing movie!" Megan shares my love of dancing movies and, in contrast with my shame and reluctance to admit it, Megan is proud of the fact. So proud that she roped Aaron the Wanderer into coming along. The sad fact is it's one of the worst dancing movies ever. You Got Served was better. Center Stage was better. Do you undertand how terrible it was? Megan said there was too much drama and not enough dancing. Aaron said Take the Lead was better. Aaron is obviously a closet dancing movie lover.

5. I really like Rebecca's boyfriend. I hope he sticks around for awhile especially since she's leaving in a week to go to Holland to work on an organic farm for three months. I've had awhile to get used to the idea, but that strikes me as really funny still. Such a Becky thing to do. God bless her.