Anxiety, Let’s Talk. I know you stem from a plethora of things rooted in my childhood and adolescence, and even young adulthood, but that’s not really what I want to talk about. I wanted to sit down and talk with you because I hope that once you see how you affect me, you might ease…
Tag: observations
Leather Bucket Hats
I never knew there were such a thing as leather bucket hats, but there are and this man on the train is wearing one. It looks a tad small for his head, but matches his leather jacket well enough that it is not weird. He is asleep, arms crossed over his chest and around a…
Hey CNY
Hey CNY, You have ruined me for natural disasters and inclement weather. In 2012, my first Fall in NYC, when Super Storm Sandy was being broadcast everywhere, I scoffed. Hurricanes! Just a little rain and wind this far north! Turned out I was in at the edge of Zone 2 and the school evacuated our…
This Week Ten Years Ago
The Week of 1/22/2006 Witty one liner: There is no I in TEAM but there’s a ME!! Quote of the week: “Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Offbeat oddity (courtesy of the planner): Approximately 75 acres of pizza are consumed in the United States every…
Too Cool, But Not Really
He walks on the train, goes straight to the door to the next car, grabs the bar over my head and plants one foot on the door, leaning back on the door in a smooth, practiced move. He has black shiny dress shoes, black pants, and a knee length brown coat. He looks super badass…
Yo! Two glasses of wine!
Yo! Two glasses of wine! I know I am not a karaoke star and that this is not a movie. Stop trying to convince me that the music piping in through my Beats is surround sound to my own personal music video. I will not dance around this subway car to Taylor Swift! I know…
These Past Four Weeks Ten Years Ago
It was a rough holiday season, but I am back with letting you know what 16 year old Michelle was like! The Week of 12/18/2005 Witty one liner: I smell bacon! I smell pork! Run little piggy I have a fork!! Something I wrote under that: relax, enjoy, joy Quote of the week: The squirrels…
Welcome to Earth! No One Cares.
There is a man yelling in the middle of the train. I believe he is speaking Spanish, but I have my headphones on and only know that I don’t recognize the words he is spouting during the lulls between songs. He has been going strong since we left the 145 street station and we are…
Dear Butt
Dear Butt, I know you think you’re adorable and the center of the universe, but you’re not and you need to stop expanding and making my pants too tight. Also, just because I buy you cute underwear does not mean you are my favorite body part, so stop telling everyone that. My knees are getting…
This Week Ten Years Ago
The Week of 12/11/2005 Witty one liner: Eagles may fly high, but weasels don’t get sucked into jet engines!! Quote of the week: “There are two ways of spreading light, to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” Edith Wharton. Offbeat oddity (courtesy of the planner): A snail could crawl along a sharp…
Something I wrote in the back of a Book
Sometimes when I am reading, I will see something or think of something I want to remember so I will write it down in a book, forget about it and then find it months or years later. This is a subway post I wrote in the back of The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories…
Little Gentian 