January 9, 2008
· Filed under In my head, On the Subway · Tagged harry potter, jk rowling, michelle, smush, smushmusement, subway, vargas
The other day I got on the subway and I noticed a rather large middle aged man sitting across from me, and reading an unidentified book.
Unidentified, that is, if you aren’t a fellow fan of the popular series that this man was currently being entranced by. I saw through his clever plan of taking off the colorfully illustrated book jacket. I do the same thing when I re-read HARRY POTTER books.
Right away, I got excited. I felt that sort of nerd-kinship that you experience whenever you come across another person who has the same appreciation as you do for this sort of cult-creating societal phenomenon. In this case, someone else who knows all too well the sensational, dazzling, brilliance that is J.K. Rowling.
I wanted to go sit next to him, lean over, and very softly whisper this:
“Did you get to the part where Ron and Hermione kiss yet?”
If I just ruined anything for you, get over it. You should have read the 7th book by now if you care that much, and if you were just watching the movies, the pathetic excuse for “subtle” foreshadowing they employ has -I’m sure- led you to believe that it would happen sooner or later.
Anyway…
My urge to talk to this man was overwhelming. I found myself staring, STARING at this guy, while also trying to figure out what chapter he was on.
If nothing else, I just wanted to let him know that he was NOT fooling ME. I knew perfectly well what he was trying to conceal.
But then, my stop came, and I had to leave him. He’ll never know that we had such a connection.
He’ll just never know.
That is all.
January 7, 2008
· Filed under Around town, In my head · Tagged michelle, new york city, nyc, smush, smushmusement, street, vargas, walking
So… something I’ve noticed since I started working in New York -which I find highly amusing, bee tee double u- is that people on the street like to battle each other.
I was walking alongside a gentleman the other day when I noticed that he was sort of speeding up, so that he was about a foot ahead of me.
My reaction was to speed up even more than him. I got a few feet ahead when I saw his shadow looming on my right. I got this very intense adrenaline rush.. I then walked even faster!
At the next corner he crossed the avenue and continued walking parallel to me.
I glanced over at him and he was walking quite briskly. Then he looked over at me and eye contact was made.
It was on.
There we were, two perfect strangers racing down the avenue, gasping quietly for breath, while simultaneously avoiding piles of early morning dog poop.
When we reached 26th street, I made a right and he continued on. I think he thought that he won, but he did not. Just because I turned the corner doesn’t mean I lost! That’s like saying someone lost a staring contest because the phone rang and they had to get up and answer it. Bullshit.
One day we will meet again, and I WILL PREVAIL.
That is all…
January 6, 2008
· Filed under Around town, In my head · Tagged belinda carlisle, ipod, ipod headphones, ipod touch, michelle, smush, smushmusement, vargas
I should really say “cold and bothered” …let me explain.
I’ve made an amazing discovery. While walking down the street on an exceptionally cold day last week, and bopping along to Belinda Carlisle’s ‘Heaven is a Place on Earth,’ I looked down at my dangling ipod headphones and saw that they were no longer dangling. They were… stiff.
Apparently, when it’s very cold out, ipod headphones lose their malleability.
But here is the amazing discovery…
I looked down at the headphones and the first thing that popped into MY head was:
Erection.
That’s right, I saw them and was immediately reminded of a hard-on.
Then, I laughed quietly to myself and readjusted the ear buds attached to my once flaccid headphone cords, just as Belinda was ending the second verse.
“In this world we’re just beginning, to understand the miracle of living.” AMEN to that sista.
So, if you ever happen to see me on the street on a cold day listening to my ipod… take comfort in the fact that I am definitely thinking about boners.
That is all…
January 5, 2008
· Filed under Email/Internet Related, In my head · Tagged email, michelle, mom, ocd, smush, smushmusement, vargas, wikipedia
My whole life I’ve dealt with my own annoying little habits that I’m so incredibly aware of, yet can’t manage to stop doing. While taking psychology classes in college I realized that I actually might have a mild case of OCD.
Now, the things that I do are not readily noticeable to the people around me, so usually when I say off-handedly “Oh… heh.. well… it’s probably because I have OCD” people just laugh uncomforably, and I then make the situation worse by saying “No… really… I do.”
Today’s Smushmusement comes from an email conversation that I had with my mom. I was on wikipedia looking at the symptoms of OCD, and when I found some that really applied to me, I decided to email my mom and show her.
Her response to this very long email which confirmed that her daughter has a psychological disorder was this:
That is all…
