They have the shell-shocked, thousand-yard, dead-eyed stare of war survivors, but it’s really just NYC on a Monday morning. They stare vacantly at the opposite wall and he has his hand on her thigh. After a few minutes she regains some awareness and starts aimlessly looking around the train.
Tag: slice of life
This Week Ten Years Ago
The Week of 5/14/2006 Witty one liner: I’m not crazy, my reality is just different than yours. Quote of the week: “Don’t worry, if that question comes [up], I’ll just confuse them.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower Offbeat oddity (courtesy of the planner): It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery…
This Week Ten Years Ago + 1 Week
The Week of 5/7/2006 Witty one liner: Be nice to your kids…they’ll choose your nursing home. Quote of the week: “Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.” – Danny Kaye Planner Quote: “A little nonsense now & then is relished by the wisest man.” – Roald…
This Week Ten Years Ago
The Week of 4/30/2006 Witty one liner: Nobody is perfect, I am nobody. Therefore, I am perfect. Quote of the week: “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” – Mahatma Ghandi Planner Quote: “Laughter is to life what shock absorbers are to automobiles. It won’t take…
And One More Thing, Present Michelle
And One More Thing, Present Michelle, Stop making cookie dough and eating it straight out of the fridge. Also, could you please get off your ass and do that exercise plan you keep talking about? It would be reaaaaaally helpful right about now. Not Bathing Suit Ready, Future Michelle P.S. – Past Michelle was right.
This Week Ten Years Ago
The Week of 4/23/2006 Witty one liner: I’m not completely useless, I can be used for bad examples. Quote of the week: “The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it back in your pocket.” – Anonymous Offbeat oddity (courtesy of the planner): Ninety percent of all species…
Really Past Michelle?
Really!? Reaaaaaally, Past Michelle? Do you know what the scale said this morning? Do you? I am up two pounds because of you and your cinnamon buns and molten lava cakes and homemade whipped cream! Could you please think about me before you stuff your face with every sugary thing in sight!? Heavier than last week,…
This Week Ten Years Ago
The Week of 4/2/2006 Witty one liner: Silence is golden….but screaming is fun! Quote of the week: [cut out] Planner Quote: “What is now proved was once imagined” – William Blake Offbeat oddity (courtesy of the planner): A fly flies slower when the sun is behind the clouds than when it’s sunny Happy belated…
Empowered Bystander
But it didn’t feel like it. I felt like shit and as though I hadn’t done anything good at all. It felt like the penultimate Straight White Cis Girl moment. Standing there on the train after a long day at my cushy job, and an hour on the archery range with my boyfriend helping me…
Not Quite Motorcyclist
He looks like a motorcyclist except for his blinged out chrome gold sneakers and the furry scarf that tucks down into his well-fitted black-leather jacket. His form-fitting black jeans are soft and worn in, with three seams at the knees and a checkered pattern between the knees and his front pockets. He doesn’t have much…
Hey, Present Michelle
Hey, Present Michelle, If you hate it so much, just take it off the playlist, dumbass. I put it there, but you are the one whining about it when you have the power to do something about it. Without Empathy, Past Michelle P.S. – And saying that you don’t want to lose the song is…
Little Gentian 