January 12, 2005
5'10" Parakeet

I had a good writing day! Hell, I had a good everything day. Which is kinda boring, really, so let's go back to yesterday, when I came around a corner in my apartment and face to face with a full-length mirror hanging on a door. The door was open at an angle I rarely encounter, so instead of immediately registering my own reflection, I had a massive fight-or-flight adrenaline reaction to the apparent intruder walking toward me.

I caught my breath, and on my way past the mirror I had to stop and look at myself just to say, "Who's a stupid birdie?"