rainy wensdee
5 July 2006
Good morning!
It’s raining like a bitch here in NYC. As much as I love living in Chilita (Chinatown/Little Italy), surrounded by 100,000 Chinese people and the stink of garbage from the restaurants, it’s absolutely breathtaking in the pouring rain. Loads of Chinese people frantically running for cover, the garbage getting wet and leaking into the streets – it’s a beautiful site, really. But you know how the old saying goes: "The only thing better than 100,000 Chinese people in a five-block radius is 100,000 wet Chinese people in a five-block radius."
I’m at work and completely soaked. There’s really no better way to start the day than arriving 30 minutes late to work, literally dripping from the rain (even though I had an umbrella). I just tried to cross my legs and my pants made a noise like a sponge being squeezed out. Yes, today is going to be a great day.
But there may be a silver lining: for those in the NYC area, I am pretty sure there is an article about me in today’s edition of a paper called The Irish Examiner. I can’t confirm this, because I haven’t seen it yet, nor do I know if the article is flattering or uses such words as "bigot," "hypocrite," and "crony" to describe me, but I was told it’d be in there today (and unfortunately, because of the rain, it doesn’t look like I’ll be leaving my office anytime soon, so I won’t be able to confirm or disconfirm this for some time). If you want, check it out.
I’ll hopefully get more later…I’m feeling more "disinterested" and "apathetic" than "productive" and "efficient" today, so if I can take some time away from staring at the backs of my hands, I’ll add a post later today.
(Of course, since I just wrote that, I’m going to get slammed with work today.)
(God, I love the rain.)
It’s raining like a bitch here in NYC. As much as I love living in Chilita (Chinatown/Little Italy), surrounded by 100,000 Chinese people and the stink of garbage from the restaurants, it’s absolutely breathtaking in the pouring rain. Loads of Chinese people frantically running for cover, the garbage getting wet and leaking into the streets – it’s a beautiful site, really. But you know how the old saying goes: "The only thing better than 100,000 Chinese people in a five-block radius is 100,000 wet Chinese people in a five-block radius."
I’m at work and completely soaked. There’s really no better way to start the day than arriving 30 minutes late to work, literally dripping from the rain (even though I had an umbrella). I just tried to cross my legs and my pants made a noise like a sponge being squeezed out. Yes, today is going to be a great day.
But there may be a silver lining: for those in the NYC area, I am pretty sure there is an article about me in today’s edition of a paper called The Irish Examiner. I can’t confirm this, because I haven’t seen it yet, nor do I know if the article is flattering or uses such words as "bigot," "hypocrite," and "crony" to describe me, but I was told it’d be in there today (and unfortunately, because of the rain, it doesn’t look like I’ll be leaving my office anytime soon, so I won’t be able to confirm or disconfirm this for some time). If you want, check it out.
I’ll hopefully get more later…I’m feeling more "disinterested" and "apathetic" than "productive" and "efficient" today, so if I can take some time away from staring at the backs of my hands, I’ll add a post later today.
(Of course, since I just wrote that, I’m going to get slammed with work today.)
(God, I love the rain.)
