Random Thoughts 12.25.09

MERRY WINTER HOLIDAY!


(raised jewish and disappointed we never got to experience the shock of finding out Santa was not real, my brother and sister and I used to hang socks on the fireplace mantle on Christmas eve, and my dad would put a dollar in them overnight.)

Without further ado, my most recent random thoughts.....


1. I saw a frozen almost unrecognizable dead pigeon smushed into the Bryn Mawr train tracks.

2. A few days later, I saw a fresh dead pigeon on the Bryn Mawr train tracks.  I think birds should stay away from this station.

3. A few weeks ago, at a grocery store in Hoboken, NJ,  my friend and I noticed a baby in a shopping cart. How odd, we thought, to leave a sleeping child in your cart while getting your produce. Funny that the shopper decided to take her purse with her, but didn't see a problem with leaving the child behind.

4. I helped a blind man get on the train when the doors were closing. This made me feel like a worthwhile human being. Then I saw a man getting beaten up on the train platform a few stops later. My thoughts on mankind were altered after that.

5. I came across a fresh $5 dollar bill at work. Loads of them, actually. And for a moment, I found this to be absolutely extraordinary. This bill was about to embark upon the world. It would leave my hands and start its journey. Where would it go? Whose hands would it touch next? Would it live in someone's pockets for weeks? Would it make a stop at a drug dealer's apartment? Would it be tooth fairy money? Would it make a trip to Hawaii or Uganda? From this point forth, that one little $5 dollar bill would be in constant circulation. And I just found it sensational for that brief moment that I was the first stop on its long journey-filled life of destinations.

6. I saw a very fat woman on the street wearing the same green jacket I own. And I became irrationally angry. The green-jacket-bitch made my coat look bad.

7. I have, for the past six months or so, wondered if the world mumbles OR if it's simply that I just can't hear.  My brother found an application called Dog Whistle for his i-phone and we tested it the last time I was at home. This is by no means an accurate test, but there was a frequency that I should be able to hear until I'm FORTY that I COULDN'T HEAR AT ALL. What's up, bitches, I'm going deaf.

8. Found out my apartment used to be a meth den and the apartment next door used to be the meth lab. Exciting or what!

9. I've always wanted freckles. I'm constantly jealous of people who were blessed with freckles. I think they are joyful. I would name them.

10. There is some debate on whether or not Lupe would be a good name for a spider. I think if I were to have a pet spider, its name would definitely be Lupe. I say Lupe is a woman's name, though there is also some debate on whether or not Lupe is a man's name or a woman's.