Thursday, September 12, 2013

1observation:1encounter


It used to take me a long time to write. I would need to set aside three hours to write a one-page journal entry. Now that I have a puppy, I need to set aside five hours for two paragraphs.


On the bus this morning, your average middle-aged man got on and sat next to me. He said thank you, although I hadn’t done anything.

“I like your hair. Beautiful.” Strange because I also hadn’t done anything to my hair.

I mumbled thanks with a small smile and pretended to read something on my phone because, admittedly, I was a little creeped out.

The bus was hot, and I had my sleeves rolled up. As I stood to get off at my stop, the man looked at my arm, disapprovingly, “Are you kidding me?! Tattoos?!”

Seems like as soon as I get to the Eastside, my tattoos make me an outcast, regardless of long sleeves all summer. 

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