a typical evening in nyc

9:30 p.m.: Get stuck behind large crowd of senior citizens trying to figure out how to swipe a metro card while 1 train is rolling into the station.

9:37 p.m.: Get cornered by not one, but two homeless people who are surprisingly intoxicated for being so in need of your help this evening, ma'am, one of whom insists he just wants to ask you a question.

9:38 p.m.: Sidestep puddle of fresh urine.

9:38:02 p.m.: Realize that it was human urine.

9:52 p.m.: Fall asleep on train to Jersey City, sandwiched between homeless guy with distinct odor and woman with perfume overdose situation.

10:12 p.m.: Guy stops in front of the bodega at Summit and Mercer to say, "Whatchu doin' mami?"


cheers,
elizabeth