Quick Notes

Creepy moment of the day: I was eating dinner just an hour ago when suddenly the door to the yard shook as if someone was trying to open it. Not slower rattle of the wind (there was no wind), and not an earthquake (I looked at the hanging objects around me to see if they were swinging), but the hard jerky motion of someone trying to pull, push, and pull the door in quick succession. It only lasted a few seconds.
   It was pitch black outside so I couldn't see anything but needless to say when I got up and peered through the glass I couldn't see anything out there. I'm pretty sure it was probably either a possum or something running into the door or the cat running into it from my side (she could have done so without me seeing, the table obscured my view of the bottom of the door at the time). While I was investigating, the cat was staring intently at something outside I couldn't see.

Teaser of the day: While in the shower just now I finally came up with an idea for my "home game" (unofficial, noncontestant) entry for this week's LJ Idol topic ("the best thing") -- thatched roofs. (=

Creepy moment of the yesterday: ( Cut because it might be considered gross, in a finding an insect in your mouth kind of way )

Awesome moment of the otherday: I got to fire a black powder rifle. It was fun. Had gone to the shooting range with my friends. They brought a variety of guns but after trying my hand at all of them I ended up spending the most time on my friend's black powder rifle, seeing how fast I could get the reload down to (for the non-gun-inclined, think of a revolutionary war musket, where they have to pour in the powder and then ram the shot down the barrel for each firing)