Entry 25: In Which We Consider the Fall of the Sparrow

I know it's supposed to be a bad omen when a black cat crosses your path, but how about this:

The first thing I saw when I left the apartment on my birthday was a black cat with a ruby red collar leap into the bush in front of my window and catch a sparrow. Then it hopped back through the fence and walked across my path with the dead sparrow in it's mouth.

As omens go, it doesn't exactly bode well, does it?