Summery Judgement

[howeird]

Turned off the pilot light on the gas heater last night. Opened the balcony door in the bedroom, closed the screen door. The cat door is on the other side of the balcony, in the door to the "office" aka second bedroom. Pumpkin was confused by the screen door, he saw me on the other side and tried to come inside, but bounced off the screen instead. By the time I could open the screen he was coming in the cat door on the other side of the balcony.

When I fell asleep he was parked in front of the screen door, looking out from inside the bedroom. There's nothing to look at, but there's fresh air and I suppose smells a cat might be interested in.

There are a couple of new kids in the complex who have adopted the laundry room and the courtyard between it and my apartment. A boy and a girl. Last night as I was trying to watch Volver, through the open windows came a duet version of one of the songs from Tommy. I was impressed with that section where it goes all high/low and mildly insane. I'm guessing they are doing it in school chorus, they sounded rehearsed, and it's not music I would expect a 12-year-old to have committed to memory otherwise. Or maybe they are in drama, and the school musical was/is Tommy. This morning the girl piped out a few bars of a madrigal. Very pretty voice, I wonder if she's taking lessons. I also wonder where their parents are. If they're out again tonight I'll find out.