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December 05, 2002
My dog is some kind
My dog is some kind of pee-holding animal deity. She nobly sits there with all four legs crossed until I'm ready to take her out. My throat really hurts, so I was postponing the trip outside into the snow for as long as possible. I finally noticed urine shooting out of her nose, so I decided it was overdue.
It is brilliant outside! Bear was leaping about, the drowsy snow waking up in her black coat from all of her frolicking. I forgot how much she likes snow. I forgot how much I like clean, crisp snow. All the sound freezes except for the scrunching underneath your shoes. Even that isn't a sound, more a feeling transferred through the soles of your feet. My peppered dog keeps racing around me, ears flat against her head, imagining herself some kind of superdog. I want to see my city draped in my first snow here, towers hunched down to keep warm, steam rising from the grates.
I think this takes me one step further towards being a New Yorker. I know I don't qualify yet, as I still think most people live in small closet spaces, and I still don't take taxis. But I now can say things like "That knish was merely decent" with some kind of authority.
Posted by G at December 5, 2002 11:46 AM