People, not the magazine.

People in New York.

What do you think when you read the above sentence? I've had a few run-ins lately; some more humorous that others. Riding the bus downtown a few weeks ago to meet Dan, I started to get up because the bus came to a halt, and the door opened, and a police officer got on. Before I could get out, the bus driver shut the door (rather abruptly) and drove off. I said, "I thought that was a stop," to which he replied, "it wasn't." I was in some kind of mood, so I said, "You know you could say it nicely, you deal with people coming on and off of this bus all day; you gotta work on your people skills." He then raised his voice, said again that it "wasn't a stop" and criticized me for 'giving him attitude.'

Last Friday night in NYC's terrible awful Meatpacking district, I was trying to get into a bar for a friends B-Day party. For me, this neighborhood is pretentious, fake, overpriced, and might as well break off of Manhattan island and float away. Anyway, the bouncer wouldn't let us in (2 am on a Friday night) for a reason I didnt (and don't) quite understand. I was slightly drunk, and sure, I was being argumentative, but I dont understand how a place like that (which, honestly, wasn't all that special) can act so "exclusive" and actually turn away customers. It wasn't that crowded. My friend even came out and asked them to let me in. No dice. The bouncer said he was going to have to raise his voice and 'throw me down the fuckin stairs' if I kept bothering him. It ended with my friend and I walking away, yelling 'FUCK YOU! AND GOODNIGHT' to the bouncer. Then I peed on the side of the hotel.

Yesterday on the subway, a dude made a speech about the Victoria Secret bras and underwear he was trying to sell - clearly a joke, as he priced each one at $100, and his two friends were cracking up in the background, this was extremely funny. He's like, "I am not selling this for my basketball team, or anything else, just for me" If I was rich I think I woulda bought one just because I liked his humor.