WWDIS » escapisms

on missing the one thing to make it function

wwdis — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:53:30 +0000

One Friday, I was riding the train. I was on my way to a sort of blind date. On the way, there was a man on the subway who caught my eye, not an uncommon occurrence in this city filled with with comely people. This time, though, it seems I caught his eye in turn. We spent the ride surreptitiously looking at one and other, and I even went so far as to smile. The train pulls into the Brooklyn station, we get off at the same stop, I am exiting one and he is exiting the other and we cross paths, meet eyes directly and both break into big smiles. I almost stopped. I don’t know why I didn’t, but I kept walking up the stairs. I stopped at the top of the exit to look down the street towards the other exit, and then walked on to what turned out to be a pretty boring evening.

The next morning, I could not get this man out of my head. So, I thought to do something that I have never done or even considered doing, I decided I was going to post a missed connection. As I am cruising the listings to see what other people write and I see that this man posted one looking for me! My stomach drops in that pleasant way. I draft a quick message and send it off.

He writes back lamenting that he didn’t talk to me that evening and a little about himself and that I looked familiar to him. I write back and as I am drafting my reply, he probably furiously Googled my name, and there is another message in my inbox that he put it together. He saw me perform and talked to me after a show. Which elated me, no one has seen my band really. I shot back that it was in fact me. And that was it.

End of story. Best experience of 2009, though.

i can’t remember what i was saving this for

wwdis — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:53:25 +0000

a thousand times, yes.

“And then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will yes.” — James Joyce

you make me glow from the inside

wwdis — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:09:43 +0000

heart lamp designed by Lígia Carteiro. buy it from Vincon

sakura sae toki no naka de

wwdis — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:25:44 +0000

image via weheartit

just what i was looking for

wwdis — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:16:12 +0000

The Phantom laying down the law. Via Catechism

a sign that summer will come despite my feeling that it never will

wwdis — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:23:18 +0000

robot in landscape

wwdis — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:03:44 +0000

i tried to fight, but in the end i succumbed to the charms

wwdis — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:49:54 +0000

Trovommi Amor del tutto disarmato
et aperta la via per gli occhi al core,
che di lagrime son fatti uscio et varco:

Love found me all disarmed and found the way
was clear to reach my heart down through the eyes
which have become the halls and doors of tears.

things i do differently now rather than then

wwdis — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:55:20 +0000

i wear my ring on my right hand instead of my left

ronnie and i take up the entire bed

i get up before 11am on the weekends

i walk around with a freshness that i hadn’t felt before

wtf wednesday

wwdis — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:36:01 +0000

this is how i get to work every morning. battling a flock of terror birds.