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Tuesday, Jan 27 2009 - Lu Was Right
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I started doing the exercises Lu suggested yesterday, and they seem to be helping. Instead of a sharp pain in my legs, it's more of a dull pain. So, it's getting better.
There was some crazy guy on the subway last night spouting all kinds of stuff loudly. I think he was just drunk or high or both and was just talking really loudly. And crazy. Generally people just let them do their thing, unless it appears as though they might get physical, then they move out of the way. Which seems prudent. This guy had big umbrella that he kept throwing to the floor and stomping on it, so people were getting out of their way.
I'm always kind of fascinated how people ignore the person. There's been times, though, that it wasn't crazy that the person was doing it. One morning, there was a guy with tourrettes or maybe was just autistic - he kept looping through 'three more stops. i have to go three more stops to west fourth. it's three more stops, right?' over and over again. Nobody was responding, and I realized that it was just a tic, so I said, 'yes'. The number was properly decrementing, so he had some idea where he was.
The movie 'With Honors' takes place at an ivy league college - there's 4 college students and a homeless guy. One of the college students hates the homeless guy - the homeless guy states 'you don't like me because I look how you feel.' I sort of wonder this about the crazy people talking on the subway - I think we're all a bit like that from time to time, random, incomprehensible thoughts in our heads.
There was some crazy guy on the subway last night spouting all kinds of stuff loudly. I think he was just drunk or high or both and was just talking really loudly. And crazy. Generally people just let them do their thing, unless it appears as though they might get physical, then they move out of the way. Which seems prudent. This guy had big umbrella that he kept throwing to the floor and stomping on it, so people were getting out of their way.
I'm always kind of fascinated how people ignore the person. There's been times, though, that it wasn't crazy that the person was doing it. One morning, there was a guy with tourrettes or maybe was just autistic - he kept looping through 'three more stops. i have to go three more stops to west fourth. it's three more stops, right?' over and over again. Nobody was responding, and I realized that it was just a tic, so I said, 'yes'. The number was properly decrementing, so he had some idea where he was.
The movie 'With Honors' takes place at an ivy league college - there's 4 college students and a homeless guy. One of the college students hates the homeless guy - the homeless guy states 'you don't like me because I look how you feel.' I sort of wonder this about the crazy people talking on the subway - I think we're all a bit like that from time to time, random, incomprehensible thoughts in our heads.
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a decade ago
I quoted in my blog awhile ago (which, of course, is gone into oblivion now) a passage from the book Jesus' Son in which the narrator is an aide in a convalescent home. He's talking about a patient that had some ailment which rendered him nearly paralyzed in a strange position and he could barely speak. The narrator says something along the lines of: "No more pretending for him! He was completely and openly a mess. Meanwhile, the rest of us go on trying to fool each other." I've always thought that was a brilliant and accurate quote. I've never been in NYC and I'm not sure the subway system is something I regret missing out on. I'm glad the shin splints are getting better.
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