THEME BY MARAUDERSMAPS
something of my own

a person like me doesn't have the good things and she doesn't have the bad things, but she doesn't have the good things

unypl:

“Beautiful Darkness,” by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

Borrow I Read

Tourists in the Subway
Tourist: How do I get to Canal Street?
New Yorker: You have to take the 6 train.
Tourist: How do I know when the train comes?
New Yorker: [Puzzled] It just does.

It’s cooled off significantly in the city but it’s still balls hot in the subway.


“Oh, this is great. This is what I need, just what I need. Okay, take it easy. I’m sure it’s nothing. Probably rats on the track, we’re stopping for rats. God, it’s so crowded. How can there be so many people? This guy really smells, doesn’t anyone use deodorant in the city? What is so hard, you take the cap off, you roll it on. What’s that? I feel something rubbing against me. Disgusting animals, these people should be in a cage. We are in a cage. What if I miss the wedding? I’ve got the ring. What’ll they do? You can’t get married without the ring. Oh, I can’t breathe, I feel faint. Take it easy, it’ll start moving soon. Think about the people in the concentration camps, what they went through. And hostages, what would you do if you were a hostage? Think about that. This is nothing. No, it’s not nothing, it’s something. It’s a nightmare! Help me! Move it! Come on, move this fucking thing! Why isn’t it moving? What can go wrong with a train!? It’s on tracks, there’s no traffic! How can a train get stuck? Step on the gas! What could it be? You’d think the conductor would explain it to us. ‘I’m sorry there’s a delay we’ll be moving in 5 minutes!’ I want to hear a voice. What’s that on my leg?”

“Oh, this is great. This is what I need, just what I need. Okay, take it easy. I’m sure it’s nothing. Probably rats on the track, we’re stopping for rats. God, it’s so crowded. How can there be so many people? This guy really smells, doesn’t anyone use deodorant in the city? What is so hard, you take the cap off, you roll it on. What’s that? I feel something rubbing against me. Disgusting animals, these people should be in a cage. We are in a cage. What if I miss the wedding? I’ve got the ring. What’ll they do? You can’t get married without the ring. Oh, I can’t breathe, I feel faint. Take it easy, it’ll start moving soon. Think about the people in the concentration camps, what they went through. And hostages, what would you do if you were a hostage? Think about that. This is nothing. No, it’s not nothing, it’s something. It’s a nightmare! Help me! Move it! Come on, move this fucking thing! Why isn’t it moving? What can go wrong with a train!? It’s on tracks, there’s no traffic! How can a train get stuck? Step on the gas! What could it be? You’d think the conductor would explain it to us. ‘I’m sorry there’s a delay we’ll be moving in 5 minutes!’ I want to hear a voice. What’s that on my leg?”

bigcrush:

streeter:

Don’t Be A Fucking Asshole on the NYC Subway

I’d like to launch an awareness campaign aimed at rude New Yorkers, written in a style they’ll understand, so that one day, maybe, they won’t be quite so shitty. 

I should note that most New Yorkers are completely wonderful, caring people. It’s just that some of us seem to enjoy the “New Yorkers are assholes” thing a bit too much. 

Yes. Thank you. All of this.

"7. Subway “prewalking,” in which you walk to the exact right spot on the platform to board the train car that will save you the most time upon exit, exists and has a name. Gotta respect."