Get Salinger On The Phone

I think it would be really cool to get paid to be a recluse.

Seriously.

I would have no problem with somebody saying "You know.... you're okay and all but we think you'd be happier living far from civilization, so here's a big check. Go have fun."

I would so take that check and then hit the road. I would spend my days reading and surfing the net and watching tv and movies. I could be as nocturnal as my inner clock demands I be. I would take long walks through the woods and listen to the cds I'd have ordered online. I'd sing really loudly and have a pet chipmunk (this chipmunk would be trained in Kung Fu so it could defend itself against my five cats). I'd spend every rainy day curled up in a blanket and sitting on the porch swing, reading good books and daydreaming.

Not once would I hear my inner nag saying "you should go to bed, you have to get up early tomorrow and go to work."

Really, I have such great ideas. When I am Queen of the Universe I am going to carry them all out!