– I got the job. Fuck yeah.
– I hung out with an old friend and went to Acme Comedy club for amateur night. I was surprised when a previously funny act seemed angry and drunk instead. He then pulled out his phone and refused to leave the stage when his time was up. Maybe this means I should consider actually, like, paying for comedy sometimes, if I don’t want to cringe like that again.
– Chrimbus was a smashing success. I like my family more than I used to.
– New Year’s Eve at the Cardinal was FUN. I like my friends.
– Wood Lake Nature Center is a gem in winter. I stopped there on the way back from my pee test (for the new job) and hiked around the perimeter trail. I heard the resident great horned owl, then saw it swoop down from a tree and into another tree, where it disappeared. I looked for comet Lovejoy near Orion, which is supposedly visible to the naked eye. But I’ll have to try again with binoculars and in a dark area.
Then on the way back to the entrance I came across hundreds of luminaries lit up along the trail for their New Year’s Eve event, which I had forgotten about. It was pretty. A friendly gentleman was stoking a fire and asked if I wanted to roast a marshmallow. Duh. It was delicious.
When you have a campfire your jacket becomes permeated with a smoky odor that instantly transports you with nice memories for the next week or so, unexpectedly, when you put on the jacket or reach for something in your pocket. Smell is without a doubt the most evocative of the senses.
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