Diary of a LOW BUDGET Superhero

Sunday, March 22, 2015

A sushi place in Watertown, MA

March 22, 2015No comments

A sushi place in Watertown, MA has a set-up in the ladies' where you walk in and there's a commode. Just ahead there's also a stall door, behind which is a second commode. Everyone must experience the same rapid sequence of thoughts as they're welcomed by this set-up: you stand there for a few seconds considering going into the stall...but then what if someone comes in and uses the commode outside the stall? Then you have a half-naked squatting stranger between you and the exit door as you're trapped inside the stall. Do you wait until they finish and leave? Do you come out when you're done? What kind of small talk would occur as you're washing your hands in the sink ten inches from her head? Then you consider using the first commode...but then YOU'RE the squatting stranger that another woman has to walk past to get to that stall. Thankfully there is a lock on the door, which is surely what everyone decides after a moment.

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Thursday, January 8, 2015

Throwback Thursday: 1990

January 08, 2015College, Friends, Mornings, Throwback Thursday, Winter

CNR, c.1990

Jenny is my best friend, next to Joe.
But we don't have many photos of the two of us!
Amazingly, somehow, this is the only one from college.

All we can remember about this day...
...it was very early morning.
...it was cold as a--well, somethin' real cold.
...we were on a parade float.

What parade?
Why?
Why is Jenny about to blow up a red balloon?
Are my eyes even open yet?

So many questions.

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Thursday, December 18, 2014

It is so weird when your brain breaks

December 18, 2014Dear Diary

This afternoon from 4 to 6 was 'Friends and Family' day at Joe's workplace. I went over and said hi to a bunch of people, some I'd met before and others I met for the first time. They had cheese and crackers and crudite, beer and wine for the drinkers and a lot of games and entertainment for the kids. It was nice. I still feel so weird. Will I ever be myself again? It is so weird when your brain breaks.