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The Kindness of Strangers

19-Mar-09

It’s usually not something that happens very often in a city like New York. When everyone is going a mile a minute, and worried about what needs to be done next, it’s hard to look over to the person next to you and wonder what’s going on with her. I try my best to be [...]

New York Pet Peeves

12-Jan-09

As much as I love living here in NY, not everything about this city is lovable. Considering my primary mode of transportation are my two feet [secondary is the subway], there are plenty of things that annoy me when I’m trying to get somewhere [read people]. I wouldn’t consider myself a really fast walker, but [...]

Tuesday November 27, 2007

27-Nov-07

The rudeness of strangers. Why is it that New Yorkers are so rude to each other? Just because we might not know each other, what gives a person the right to ignore the little niceties that you would like to have extended to you? What happened to holding doors open for the person behind you, [...]

Friday August 10, 2007

10-Aug-07

As if it’s not miserable enough when there are train delays and you’re stuck on a hot platform waiting 20 minutes for the darn thing to come, but then there are the extremely dumb/annoying/inconsiderate/rude [or possibly all 4] people that just make everything that much worse. Due to the freak tornado and thunderstorm on Wednesday, [...]

Sunday June 24, 2007

24-Jun-07

How can you tell if you’ve fractured a bone? They say swelling and redness, not to mention pain, but I can’t tell if you can even break that bone. The only reason I say is because my left hand received some abuse today in the form of playing frisbee in Central Park. Most people know [...]