Splurge City

I decided to go to town (literally)
after having being locked up in
my room for what has felt like a
full week.

I went in to Manhattan to soak up the atmosphere.
It's amazing what a city's vibrations
can do to a lonely soul. So much life,
so many opinions, voices, personalities...
To my impression-deprived eyes it
was heaven. I just wandered around
looking at people and buildings.
I guess had I been in a bad mood,
the city would have amplified that negative
vibration instead, but today it was welcoming me.
(Note: Aren emotions strangely levelled in calm places?)

I decided to take a walk to the gym I've
chosen, and then up to Cooper. As I continued
at Union Square I picked up some veggie
ground beef (the soy protein kind) as I
haven't been able to find anyone who
sells it in Brooklyn. (Is it an East coast/
West coast thing btw?) As I walked back
to Cooper Square I realized that
I've been there before! This was when I
didn't even know what Cooper Union
was! Strange how familiar places can
look so different simply by coming at them
from a different angle. I went to St. Marks
place, to the bookstore and sat there for
two hours just browsing. I ended up buying
"The God Delusion" mostly to have something
to get myself off the computer. It was $17.
I know, I know, I should have bought it used,
or on eBay or Amazon.....but I couldn't be
bothered.

Here's my splurge list today:

* One-month Metro pass: $76
* One black hat: $4
* One meal at McDonalds: $8
* One book: $17

I'm on a shopping high.

As I was waiting for the train it had started
to rain, and I noticed that dirt at the bottom
of the water between the tracks (which must
have been about 5 inches deep) had taken on
a sand-like appearance, and through the constant
vibrations and motions of the passing trains,
it had formed wave patterns similar to those
of a beach on a summer's day.


More later.