"George"

I've chosen the title for this entry to present a theme for the piece (I'm so calculating). This is truly a city where so many random weird and funny things happen all the stinkin' time. I've been trying to keep track of a few of them and share them with you, but due to my days becoming more and more busy I have not had time to devote to this blog. I just wanted to share with you a glimpse into "the wackness" (new film just released) of the Big Apple...

George is what I have lovingly nicknamed the rat that lives on the "G" train line that I take home everyday. Now, I know there is probably more than one rat and I don't see the same one each time, but I only ever see one and its only ever on the "G" line, so all subway rats are George.

A couple days ago I was walking home from yoga and feeling very loose and open to the world and I walked by a retirement home. So cliche only a little off. Its a pleasant warm afternoon and everyone is outside near the BBQ stands and picnic tables sitting around (some are scooting around in their motorized wheelchairs) and in the background I hear, "It's alright, have a good time cause its alright. Oh, its alright" Great song and such a funny picture! You had to be there, but I laughed!

Now walking on the sidewalks of New York takes agility and quick reflexes. I'm not talking slowly sauntering down the sidewalk chatting with friends. I mean when you have to get 10 blocks in 10 minutes through Times Square. I love it! Its like a racetrack with people. You have to try to predict where the holes are going to be. Sometimes you can see a window closing so you quicken the pace and narrowly slide between two people. Occasionally you don't quite make it and you bumps a woman's purse, which is inevitably followed by a comment or look that you can feel even if you aren't looking at the person. I like the game so much I find myself zipping thru people traffic even when I don't have anywhere I need to be. Its just the way I walk now, but its a game so its fun! Let's face it... I'm a 5 year old! I love games!

Oh! I was sitting in Borders the other day sipping on my Dean & Deluca tea and an Asian woman with a white bucket hat sat down next to me. I was going over a script so I was fairly concentrated but she demanded my attention when she started burping successively. It was the strangest thing ever. She would take a deep breath and then burp about 8 times in a row. Then 5 minutes later she'd do it again! So weird and distracting! Then sitting in front of me was a very old man who had that "old man" curve in the spine where he couldn't sit upright. He had an art book sitting in front of him and a notepad and colored pencils. I was thinking, "oh cute, the little old man is drawing the picture in the book. he's probably pretty good" I don't know. Well, during one of his spontaneous naps his pad tilted toward me and I could see what he had been working on. It was AWFUL!!! It looked nothing like the book. It looked like something a child would draw. A little bizarre, I thought. He sat there longer than I did, and he didn't appear to be with anyone. Very peculiar day at Borders.

Later on the subway I saw a man with dreadlocks down to his ankles. I couldn't help but wonder how old the hair was that was at the end of his dreadlocks. Gross!!

I considered continuing on with a bit about the subways, but I feel that should come later. Ode to the Subway! Should have put the bit about George in there, but I don't feel like editing this now!