crazy lady with a knife

I ran out today at lunch to grab a sandwich and as I'm walking down the street I notice a short heavyset homeless woman walking towards me. She kneels down by some garbage bags a few steps in front of me, pulls out a large, rusty kitchen knife and with a loud grunt slashes at the garbage bag. At first I thought she just wanted to get into the bag, but by the 2nd and 3rd slash it was obvious that she was getting out some frustration. I'm now one step away from her, she gets up, looks at me knife in hand and gives out a primal grunt, I keep walking while looking over my shoulder. She stands there not looking back at me for a couple of seconds then walks off down the street.

The old lady walking a few steps ahead of me turns to me and asks if I was okay, as if I'd just undergone some life altering traumatic event. Don't get me wrong I was scared shitless but it wasn't that big a deal. The old lady then proceeds to talk to me, debating the incident for another block... what I wouldn't give for a rusty kitchen knife.

Aircondition by Oliver Laric

quarter life angst

I was gonna write a long winded blog about how cold its been, how I spent the whole weekend in bed, how I don't really see my friends any more, and how horrible my work situation has gotten.

By just reading this point form break down I realize that this would be the whiniest blog ever and its presence on the web would cause reality to implode on itself in disgust.

So instead of the blog I was gonna write originally, I've decided to post this picture which I feel sums up all my angst in regards to life, love and work.

Why?

Why!? Why is there not a transformers cellphone? A phone that turns into a robot! Come on!! I'm sure every child of the 80's would love to talk into Optimus Prime's crotch.

man child walks to work

Today I decided to be late for work, I didn't get up late, I didn't get held up, I made the decision to be late.

I was walking to work and as per usual people were standing on the escalators at City Place, this enrages me deeply every time because if people would just pick one side of the escalator to stand on there would be enough room for others (who may be in a rush) to walk by. My frustration was only compounded by the fact that all through the walkways people seemed only capable of walking in groups of four or five, shoulder to shoulder, once again blocking my way. It was at this point that I began thinking about untying my shoelaces and using them to strangle the 40 something professional slow-waker in front of me. Just then it hit me, what the hell am I rushing for, a stupid meeting? Screw that I'm taking my sweet ass time.

I came across an old Greek man busking, he was playing some kind of mandolin and he was good, so I hung out there for a minute or two. Thats when I realized, if I can leave behind the thought of the tortures I'm gonna undergo through the day then my morning walks to work become one of the best parts of my day. The day has just started and this is the last free moment I have before I'm barricaded in my office, so I should do my best to enjoy it. As such I decided to lace up my shoe and head to the underground mall in search of the perfect cookie.

A drunk and some trees

I went to subway for lunch a couple of days ago. There was a drunk homeless guy ahead of me in line, he stood out from the other drunk homeless people at subway because he slightly resembled Zatoichi (the blind masseuse, a character from 60s-80 japanese cinema). He was asking how the subway gift cards worked and the cashier was very dismissive of him, he looked like he didn't care, must be use to it by now. Any how when I got back to the office I did a doodle of him.



Later on that night I went to the Empire to see Grandanalog play, it was pretty damn good. I haven't seen too many local hip-hop acts that I've liked but he was tight. Ran in to Wally and Al at the Empire, so few too many drinks later, on my way home I was enamored by a couple of trees I saw on a boulevard. I spent a couple of seconds just looking at these trees then all of a sudden it started to snow. The snow was illuminated by the street light and the whole scene looked almost spectral. After a few more seconds looking at the trees, I walked over to the trees with a look of wonder about me and took a much needed piss on them, did I mention I was hammered? Here is a doodle of the trees.

Jellyfish

I think the title says it all