Me And the Bean

[evilhippo]

Oh gosh, it's been almost springlike lately. It's so nice. (Nevermind that work is miserable and I often want to quit. I got a high-five today, though, for getting a stack of files finished and sent out that was almost as high as my knee. I should not work so hard when no one asks me to, but... that's how I roll, I guess.)

I decided today that I should be a bit less negative about my current work situation, though, and go on about some things that actually make my days okay. Then I realized that all of these things are actually... not at work. For example, I usually take my lunches out in Millennium Park, near the Bean, and watch all the tourists stare at their reflections in it. It's nice, clean, sunny, and will be greener once the trees finally realize that winter has loosened its death grip on us (almost none of them are even budding yet. It's scary.) This is usually enough to cheer me up and get me through the rest of the day... with bonus points for some of the random things I see. Yesterday, there was a random tourist lady that walked past me with her family. I was sitting on one of the benches, munching on the onigiri I'd brought for lunch, with my big only-black-shoes-I-own combat boots (originally bought because I was going to do a Hawkeye cosplay) sitting on the ground in front of me. I had my headphones on, and I was probably wiggling my toes in their mismatched socks to the music. And this lady... this brazen tourist... she nonchalantly raises her camera, keeps facing forward, and tries to secretly take a picture of me. I kind of stared at her as she passed, and her picture is probably one of me looking rather baffled/bemused. Then her son grabbed her by the shoulder and turned her away. And I had to hide my laughter.

And today! Today was adorable, because about ten minutes into my lunching this innocent-type Asian business guy came over and sat down at one of the tables near my bench. You know the type... glasses, somewhat awkward walk, reading material with some sort of official abbreviation on it for a title. And he pulls out a grand total of one energy bar, and proceeds to feed bits of it between bites to a pigeon that was hanging out by his table. Again and again. I'd look over and catch him smiling as it ran over to steal the crumbs. And as time went on, it kept coming closer, and he'd try to get it to eat from his hand. I had to make an effort not to watch the entire time, because then I'd be creepy headphones mismatched-sock girl (though my socks today do kind of match, and I was in jeans, not business-casual clothes, so I looked a little more... natural). But it was adorable.

Also, the sky here is blue far more often than it is in Ohio. And on my way back from work, if it's drizzling, there's an undeveloped lot near my bus stop that actually smells deliciously of wet dirt, and not pollution. And there are a few people at work that I think I'll come to like. It bothers me, though, that they're the ones everyone else tends to pick on. But... in an office like high school, what are you going to do? I've spent at least the last four years letting myself believe that socially awkward and kind of strange is fine, even desirable. I'm pretty sure I don't want to adapt to chatting about which light beer is best, and who should get kicked off of American Idol.

Most importantly, though... it's Friday, and I don't have to see a single mortgage complaint until Monday. And BSG and Doctor Who start again this weekend.

Comments

[sketchyheart.livejournal.com]

Hehehehe. You got your picture taken. That's kind of cute. But not as cute as Asian business men feeding pigeons :3

ALSO. I sent you a package today.

[evilhippo.livejournal.com]

It makes the city more fun. And I keep imagining myself in one of those like... My Vacation picture albums.

Zomg! The anticipation!