mute commute

you may be surprised, but one of my favorite parts of my usual work day is the 1.5 hr commute going to work. the 1.5 commute coming back isn't as great because i'm tired and hungry. so for most of my 3 hour total commute, i am mute. it's really great. i pass the time in silence and observance [EDIT: the first thing i thought this morning when i walked out the door for work today was that "observance" is not the word i want to use here...it's "observation" HAHAHAHAAA] . and i read a lot.

timeout:
i've read 8 books so far this summer! that's one book a week! holy cow!
if you're bored, read The Hunger Games Trilogy (Susanne Collins), and One Day (David Nicholls).

time-in:
part of my lovely commute is the twenty minute walk from the train station to where i work. it's such a pleasant walk, passing through this beautiful neighborhood in Germantown. there are some really great houses on the street i walk up on.

and then among all these gorgeous mansions, there's this freak on the street:

 ehh, you can't really see how scary it looks in this picture. but it looks dreadful in real life! i promise. it looks like THE haunted house everyone pictures on halloween. it's the house that doesn't give out candy. it's where Casper lives. it's where the mean, old spinster lives with her 2985792486729 cats. it's where Jumanji comes to life. it's where the orphans are kept. it's where Frankestein was created. man. this is one scary looking house. i wish you guys could see it.