i'm tripping over the ties i've made
yesterday i was walking back from class, and i saw a presumably homeless woman picking a half-eaten bagel out of the trashcan. i didn't realize who she was at first, and was wondering why someone was picking around in the trash. then it registered. i looked back after crossing the street, and she had put the bagel back in the trashcan and was standing beside it, looking out with a sad, hopeless expression on her face. it was a beautiful picture, but one full of sadness.
in retrospect, i should have offered to buy her food with my student id.
not even ten seconds later, i was crossing the quad in front of our biology/psychology building, and i looked up into the little mass of trees and shrubbery that surrounds an assortment of patio furniture on this quad. since it had been raining, the bark of the trees was a deep brown, almost black, and the leaves, still not to the point of changing colors, were a vibrant green, glistening with rain water. it was a beautiful sight.
this isn't necessarily relevant, but i've been meaning to say it for a while: next time you're walking or driving somewhere, take a second to look up and above your line of sight (making sure not to run into any animals/pedestrians/other vehicles). i can't make any promises, but i do this sometimes, and i'm always surprised by the hidden beauty in the skylines, the mountain ranges, the clouds, whatever it is i see that is always there but hardly noticed.
last night i had to see a dance concert, and the guy sitting next to me was making a list of "things to do" before the show started. i, being the nosy and bored person that i am, began to read it. it started off short, but he kept adding more and more to the list, until it consumed the entire length of the sheet of paper. and i became fascinated by it, so fascinated that i creepily copied many of the "items" onto a receipt that was in my bag. i don't know why, but his list was like poetry to me. it was so interesting, so captivating.
ha. i sound like a pretentious hipster kid.
and a creepy stalker.
i guess there's reason to believe i'm both.
in retrospect, i should have offered to buy her food with my student id.
not even ten seconds later, i was crossing the quad in front of our biology/psychology building, and i looked up into the little mass of trees and shrubbery that surrounds an assortment of patio furniture on this quad. since it had been raining, the bark of the trees was a deep brown, almost black, and the leaves, still not to the point of changing colors, were a vibrant green, glistening with rain water. it was a beautiful sight.
this isn't necessarily relevant, but i've been meaning to say it for a while: next time you're walking or driving somewhere, take a second to look up and above your line of sight (making sure not to run into any animals/pedestrians/other vehicles). i can't make any promises, but i do this sometimes, and i'm always surprised by the hidden beauty in the skylines, the mountain ranges, the clouds, whatever it is i see that is always there but hardly noticed.
last night i had to see a dance concert, and the guy sitting next to me was making a list of "things to do" before the show started. i, being the nosy and bored person that i am, began to read it. it started off short, but he kept adding more and more to the list, until it consumed the entire length of the sheet of paper. and i became fascinated by it, so fascinated that i creepily copied many of the "items" onto a receipt that was in my bag. i don't know why, but his list was like poetry to me. it was so interesting, so captivating.
ha. i sound like a pretentious hipster kid.
and a creepy stalker.
i guess there's reason to believe i'm both.