i am clearly an animal person

i feel the need to express how much i miss my cats right now. especially tux (or irving if you are my dad...he thinks tux is an old jewish man). he is the perfect cat. he snuggles when you are lonely and he snores when he is sleeping. he puts his paw on you when he wants attention and has a little bit of a half smile. he can jump up to my shoulders when he is chasing his bouncy mouse toy and when i wake him up he makes a little startled noise...just like my dad. he also farts...all the time.

there is a dog here at the house i'm staying in. his name is romeo and he is some sort of poodle. he is cute though because i think most poodles are fugly. he loves me because i think i'm the only one in the house that doesn't yell at him. he jumps up on the table while we're eating and licks all around the dishes. it's disgusting but i forgive him because he is such a sweet little thing. i am the dog whisperer.

there's a homeless guy that sits on bd st. michel right near les jardins luxembourg and he has this TINY little fluffy puppy that sits on this piece of cardboard. i want to steal it away but i think it might be infested with every parasite known to man. it can't be any bigger than the size of my fist and it makes me giddy every time i walk by.

so i love animals. i think that has been made clear. i love the dogs in this city. it is exactly like 101 dalmatians. they each have matching characteristics to their owners. there was a lady on the bus the other day with her little pug and they both had these matching grimaces. they also shared an unfortunate under bite and incredibly wrinkled faces. despite these gloomy traits, the pair of them still managed to warm my heart. there is nothing more sincere than a bond between a pet and its owner. i must have gotten this emotional response to animals from my grandmother who most definitely favored her dogs over her children. i mean, her poodles' ashes were buried with her own for christ's sake. that is sick. (i love you grama mo)

anyway, i should shower and get ready for this rainy day ahead of me. i'm going to look at an apartment in montmartre and it is a very promising prospect. as long as it is big enough, the landlord and i have decided that we like each other very much. she is an american teacher and has expressed a sort of comfort in having a fellow american teacher live in and take care of her apartment. wish me luck. it's the best prospect i've had yet.

more posts to come...enjoy and bonne journée!