Last Tuesday, around 3 PM, I was sitting at a bus stop on Madison Avenue. Water was still cascading off my hair, soaking both my shoes and the lower quarter of my slacks. It puts my body in such a “wet” state, where “good” isn’t the word to describe my feelings, especially after getting roasted by the Monday Sun. Turns out, that spectacular orb doesn’t face off either. This is my Sun on the 0%…
After browsing the menu of one more restaurant bursting with “exciting opportunities” for work, I found how unpayable unpaid work was becoming. I didn’t bother thinking of words trying to describe my state (physically and mentally) on a Thursday evening following one of the week’s most painful days of work. That irritating feeling of opening the fridge only to find an array of all things sad and bland shoved in wasn’t any better at all.…
One Tuesday afternoon, I was standing in my kitchen with my right hand gripping scissors, my teeth were tightly clenched, and I had a light sheen of sweat on my forehead that suggested I was in the middle of an internal battle with what I can only describe as a marketed monstrosity known as an “Easy-Open Package” of bacon. After five minutes of cutting the packaging with scissors, the plastic stubbornly refusing to yield while…
Dear Whomever It May Concern (and as much as I may wish to hide this from you, I know who you are), This morning was not an anomaly for me. The coffee in my cup fully commited to ejecting itself and making a grungy mess on my kitchen counter. I mentally prepared myself in reserving a paper towel, imagining the quick and precise movement with which I would mop up the wet mess. I reached…
Yesterday, as I was heading to Fairway Market, that very well-known express checkout limbo was waiting for me. The line had a sign tht read, “15 ITEMS OR FEWER,” and yet stood with my one carton of milk while my fellow shopper unloaded supplies that looked to be enough for the world war in the upcoming apocalypse. When trying not to lose it, counting to ten tends to help and that’s exactly what I began…