2006 February
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There is a workshop in my school where you can cut and shape wood or metal pieces. It is a scary place with thousands of warnings on the walls, first aid kits, and a folded wheel chair.
I didn't see something particular today. Only... I was in class and I made these "little fellows" from the coffee stains on my notebook.
There are these headless mannequins at one of the shopwindows close to my place. One of the guys holds a flask and a bottle opener dangles from his belt. What a guy!..
Waiting for laundry is terribly boring in general. There were two women enjoying the sun while waiting for their laundry.
I had to leave home in a hurry so I could not put on my contact lenses. It was a blurry morning. I over excitedly said "Hi!.." to three people that I have never met.
There is this window that you can buy your coffee. I already bought mine. While signing the receipt a guy with a French accent came. the cashier asked the crucial question. "Light or Dark Roast?" The guy with the French accent had no answer; he was thinking and I whispered to him "take the light one." He said "thanks" and he took the light one. He said that he trusts me, and I said "you can trust." DEPENDING ON WHAT!.. What if that guy didn't like his morning coffee. It would be all my fault.
There is this corner in front of a skyscraper. Each time I pass by there I see a different person enthusiastically smoking... It's the corner of smokers.
A few years ago before I came to the United States a friend of mine who happens to be a Ph.D. student in mathematics in Chicago at the time said "sometimes a cup of coffee is my only happiness." Her brother and I made fun of her and we didn't cut it out for several hours. "how desperate you are ha, ha, ha!" I still think there was slight (!) exaggeration in her words but I think, today, I understand what she was talking about...
A worker was cutting grass of a huge lawn. He was using a device specifically designed to cut the grass under the railing. Why are people so crazy for cutting their grass in an overly proper, accurate, and extremely articulated shapes?
another bizarre dialog that I had in that very narrow elevator. "Aren't these M&Ms on the floor?" "I think so..." "Oh they are my favorite snack!. Yours?" "Um, yes they are good."
I saw the most fancy book marker dangling from a not very promising book.
People attach posters on the telephone poles. Other people tear them off. Only the staples on the pole are left... So many of them... There's a metal shell on it. "Dang! Look at this!"
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