Interesting people.

Yes, I created these lovelies all by myself. It took a long time. Don't laugh.

I run into {sometimes literally} quite the array of people every day. Sometimes, clearly crazy. Other times, just unique. Always though- very interesting people. I think that I need to start documenting it, so that someday, if I find myself succumbing to homogenous suburban America, I can remember the complexity & diversity of this city.

Friday.

I was on the subway, at about 7:30am. I sat next to a girl, probably 19, with a hand rolled cigarette behind her ear, next to her jet black hair & not so far away from at least a dozen piercings. She pulled out a black sharpie, pushed up her sweatshirt to her shoulder, & proceeded to draw on her arm {there was already quite the complicated mural}. Her hands & her feet were covered. Maybe someone needs to buy her paper.

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On the train, to Greenwich - there is a man that I see, almost every morning {he takes the 8:14am train out of Harlem}. We've never spoken, but from what I gather, he lives in the 90's {probably on 96th & 1st- I ran into him on the street once}. He always wears stone washed jeans that are slightly too short & too baggy, with black patent leather shoes. He has grey hair, is likely in his 40's, & appears to be single. I saw him at the post office a few months ago, too. I think I need to say hello sometime, but that might be weird.

On my way home- three men jumped on my train, all in their 70's. They started singing an old soul song in three-part perfect harmony. They were so good. It made me smile. I gave them a dollar, because anyone who brightens up my day on a Friday evening really deserves one.

Friday night - walking home, & feeling a delivery man whiz by me in an intersection & miss me by literal inches. Maybe even an inch. I bet he was going 30 miles an hour & likely would have killed me {okay, really hurt me} had he hit me. I'm glad he didn't. This being said, I can't tell you what he looked like- because he was going so fast, & with the whizzing & all, I just couldn't give a great description. But it was interesting that he almost killed me, so he is allowed to be in the interesting person category.