Uncomfortable: A very drunk guy, who reeked of alcohol, sat next to me on the train this evening. He saw me reading Metro (one of the free news rags they give away at the station). "Hey, didn't you read that this morning?" he slurred. I didn't reply but tried to ignore him. He seemed offended and moved off to another section of the car, where the [plural racial slur he used] were sitting. He made a lot of noise until we arrived at Journal Square, where he exited, to general relief, thinking he was somewhere in New York....
Thrifty/guilty: I bought a couple of four-dollar shirts at the local discount store on Saturday. They usually have nothing but crap, but sometimes they reward patience with appealing, super cheap togs, as if by accident. All-cotton, long-sleeved button-downs, no loud patterns or putrid colors; I can even wear them to work. Made in Pakistan, though, which is qualm-inducing....
Honored: I took a raft of photographs over the balmy weekend, including one that elicited a "you've got a great eye" comment on Flickr. This for a photo of an old, decaying, boarded-up window. You can find beauty in anything, if you look hard enough, I guess. And maybe that's true of ugliness too....
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