shame is so in this season

and her wicked sense of balance

n train - thursday, october 13th, 9:23am

it was a fairly empty train (i guess because of yom skippy) on a fairly raining morning. there's a row of three working women (not that kind of working women), all dozing with their mouths open. in unision, they sway back and forth with the motion of the train. it was beckoning me to play along. it was all i could do from tossing bits of granola into their open, swaying mouths.

n train - friday, october 14th, 9:23am

there's a guy standing less than a foor away from me, holding two relatively opaque grocery bags. in one bag is a box of cinnamon toast crunch and a bag of salt and pepper chips. in the other was about 15 bananas. i didn't even look at his face and i swear that it was love at first sight.

n train - monday, october 17th, 9:23am

there's a woman standing by the door with many bags (note: not bag lady, just lady with bags). one on her back, one on her shoulder, one on the floor between her feet, and an open one on her forearm. she holds a mirror with one hand and adeptly applies eyeliner with the other. mind you, she's not holding on to anything and the n train isn't exactly the smoothest of rides. after eyeliner comes the eyelash curler. she finishes the show with two coats of mascara, all the while wildly* chewing gum (*with her mouth open like a cow). i marveled at her amazing feat of dexterity. i was both impressed and disgusted at the same time.

the f train may be the most "eclectic," but the n is by far the most interesting.

posted by erica @ 9:54 AM