Moon Jumper: The Night I Tried to Catch the Moon

October is here. The moon is fat, low, and orange — basically a giant chew toy hanging in the sky, taunting me personally. This is my season. Halloween is coming, the nights are getting long, and I have thoughts.

Every night I take my post at the window and stare at the moon. Jake keeps telling people I'm "howling at the moon." Correction, human assistant: I do not howl. I judge. There's a difference, and the moon knows what it did.

Fun fact, since I'm feeling educational: Jindos are rare outside Korea. You won't find many of us wandering your neighborhood. I am, essentially, a limited edition. Act accordingly.

Anyway. Last October, I was doing my nightly moon inspection when a moth crossed the moon's face. Now, fun fact number two: Jindos were bred to hunt. High prey drive, total independence, zero interest in asking permission. My brain filed the paperwork in about half a second, and I launched myself off the deck like a furry missile.

Reader, the moon was farther away than it looked. Rude of it, honestly. I landed in the garden, covered in leaves, with my dignity somewhere around the hydrangeas. Jake laughed for a full ten minutes, then wiped his eyes and said the words every creative director dreams of: "That's going on a shirt."

And that is the true origin story of the Moon Jumper crewneck. Not a focus group. Not a trend forecast. Me, mid-air, committed to a terrible decision.

A note on shedding season

Fun fact three, and it's timely: Jindos have a dense double coat that blows out twice a year, and October is prime time. Right now I am personally manufacturing enough undercoat to stuff a second dog. That garden landing distributed it beautifully across three flower beds. You're welcome, hydrangeas.

The best part? My audience was exactly one person. Fun fact four: Jindos bond to one person, hard. My shame had an audience of one, and he turned it into merch. That's loyalty, probably. That's love, definitely.

So this Halloween, when the moon hangs big and ridiculous in the sky, grab the Moon Jumper crewneck from the Jindo Collection and leap at something silly. Use code AMIE10 for 10% off — the human assistant insists I say that, and honestly, it's a good deal.