Fall has Fallen
Falls here, and the PSL (pumkin spice lattes) are brewing , yum! Halloween is a few days away, and I for one am happy that it will be done soon, 'coz looking at Grim Reapers in people's front yards with sickles and daggers- call me crazy, aren't my thing. Do we constantly need a reminder of our mortality in a painstakingly tacky way? I wonder, and although I can get behind the whole- Pumpkin this and Pumpkin that, except -pumpkin spiced pumpkin seeds. Really? Honestly we should may be make the same case for apple too. Why should the healthy one not get the spotlight here, too. Also, whats with the less than underwhelming costumes, inappropriate I know is the aim, but in my mind theres a cardinal rule, pls ppl, Do Not mess up the princess costumes my innocent ones watch ? I saw a grown man with Moana costume, and my heart broke at the state of Moana in a bad costume, or maybe its the other way around.
Anyhoo, I went into the heart of the city yesterday, NYC, rocks, always, BTW. Wat with the cool galleries, and food, but the real character of the city lies in the populace, people in NYC are a different umm.. how do I say it , a different flavor, I mean categories aren't even a word for characters here, and I could sit a whole day, actually a lot of whole days to observe and process, and pinch myself a few times, hourly, at times to believe that the life around me is actually happening and I'm not watching an episode of this bizarre reality show set in NYC.
Now I've seen a lot of panhandlers, on the subway and off the subway, and every time I'm sitting on the E (subway) and someone gets on with a boombox, I clear the aisle and squeeze in between smelly and scratchy 'coz u don't wanna get in the way of the dance number you're gonna be subjected to for the next five minutes. This one time they set their boombox right near my feet and during their dance routine, the dude actually fell while trying to do cartwheels; right on the old lady sitting next to me, poor Martha didn't expect to be woken from deep slumber by some skinny teenager trying to get his moves on like that (yes people were actually sleeping through this episode of E entertainment, and if you don't believe me, you've obviously never ridden the E in Friday evening rush hour), the DuDe smiled with his 5 teeth(he was grinning with a sorry to Martha, but Martha wont have anything to do with that) and finished his routine, without any more accidents, dude was doing cartwheels, on a moving train, cool, but not very wise, and then surprisingly! Not! he went around after asking for money, you can guess who did not pay him the entertainment dues. Not me, I felt bad for him, is why I parted with my PSL money, not 'coz I was entertained, but wanted to getting him a head start on getting his teeth fixed.
So back to this particular character:
(the picture is a little blurry 'coz honestly didnt feel like asking the dude to pose for me or to miss my train in the process) when u look at this, wat do u think? And don't say he's original, 'coz almost ALL of them are, trust me, these folks do not play around with their livelihood, LOL. He's singing "Fever", with dolls in hulas, Wow, and got my attention -albeit not in a flattering way, but still, attention was the aim, in NYC that's half the battle, 'coz if he can make them look beyond their mesmerizing screens, he almost got them to take out their wallets, rest assured if he can sing, even like the evil sisters, he may make out like Cinderella and get them to part with their PSL money, and if the trains running late, he hits the jackpot. 'Coz he sits right in the middle of the platform, where if you're catching the downtown train, u're perched right across from him, and if some dork has forgotten to charge HER phone so SHE cannot pretend to stare at that screen forever, then SHE cannot stand too much longer without making eye contact if SHE wants to catch the train in peace. And not be subject to loud pitch "Fever" again in order to part with HER PSL money. Yeah! that was long train ride with no PSL to look forward too..
Anyhoo, I went into the heart of the city yesterday, NYC, rocks, always, BTW. Wat with the cool galleries, and food, but the real character of the city lies in the populace, people in NYC are a different umm.. how do I say it , a different flavor, I mean categories aren't even a word for characters here, and I could sit a whole day, actually a lot of whole days to observe and process, and pinch myself a few times, hourly, at times to believe that the life around me is actually happening and I'm not watching an episode of this bizarre reality show set in NYC.
Now I've seen a lot of panhandlers, on the subway and off the subway, and every time I'm sitting on the E (subway) and someone gets on with a boombox, I clear the aisle and squeeze in between smelly and scratchy 'coz u don't wanna get in the way of the dance number you're gonna be subjected to for the next five minutes. This one time they set their boombox right near my feet and during their dance routine, the dude actually fell while trying to do cartwheels; right on the old lady sitting next to me, poor Martha didn't expect to be woken from deep slumber by some skinny teenager trying to get his moves on like that (yes people were actually sleeping through this episode of E entertainment, and if you don't believe me, you've obviously never ridden the E in Friday evening rush hour), the DuDe smiled with his 5 teeth(he was grinning with a sorry to Martha, but Martha wont have anything to do with that) and finished his routine, without any more accidents, dude was doing cartwheels, on a moving train, cool, but not very wise, and then surprisingly! Not! he went around after asking for money, you can guess who did not pay him the entertainment dues. Not me, I felt bad for him, is why I parted with my PSL money, not 'coz I was entertained, but wanted to getting him a head start on getting his teeth fixed.
So back to this particular character:(the picture is a little blurry 'coz honestly didnt feel like asking the dude to pose for me or to miss my train in the process) when u look at this, wat do u think? And don't say he's original, 'coz almost ALL of them are, trust me, these folks do not play around with their livelihood, LOL. He's singing "Fever", with dolls in hulas, Wow, and got my attention -albeit not in a flattering way, but still, attention was the aim, in NYC that's half the battle, 'coz if he can make them look beyond their mesmerizing screens, he almost got them to take out their wallets, rest assured if he can sing, even like the evil sisters, he may make out like Cinderella and get them to part with their PSL money, and if the trains running late, he hits the jackpot. 'Coz he sits right in the middle of the platform, where if you're catching the downtown train, u're perched right across from him, and if some dork has forgotten to charge HER phone so SHE cannot pretend to stare at that screen forever, then SHE cannot stand too much longer without making eye contact if SHE wants to catch the train in peace. And not be subject to loud pitch "Fever" again in order to part with HER PSL money. Yeah! that was long train ride with no PSL to look forward too..
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