egh... my dog lunged for something small and furry and unmoving on the side of the road and all i could hear was a long series of crunches. i watched with the same horrified fascination as when i gave my sister green chillies and told her they were beans.

i wanted to grab it out of his mouth, but i just couldn't believe he was actually eating a.. whatever that was. Anyway, there was no way i was touching anything in there. gah.

whoo! that's pretty much the excitement out here. i just got home from a late-night walk down the main drag in the small town where i grew up. 10pm and the streets were dead as the thing my dog just ate. i didn't want to go out, but i changed my mind as soon as i shuffled through my first pile of leaves.

bright moon, and it was nice to be alone with my thoughts. plus, you're never really alone here. I ran into 3 people, and i knew all of them - it happens after years of figure skating, ballet, and brownies, hockey- and soccer-playing siblings. apparently i taught piano to the kids of one woman i didn't recognize. doesn't hurt that we were the only Indian game in town; everyone recognizes us.

it's quiet on my street in Toronto, but the air out here is so much better. And there are fields. Whenever i come out here, i wonder how i could live anywhere else. Tomorrow, the gridlock heading for the city will change my mind.

11:11 p.m. - 2005-10-20