Friday, October 12, 2007

Out of the girls bathroom, and off to target

I walked into the girls bathroom....twice this week, and it happened to be the same girls room both times. Both times, i strolled in like i was in the mens room and was met but an unsuspecting female. The first time, i said whoops she laughed and i turned around quickly. the next time was not so quick. i walked in, saw a girl doing her hair, and stared at her because i was certain she was the one in the wrong bathroom. she stared back. i looked around and in the absence of a urinal, i realized i had done it again. i said "damnit! not again," which probaly freaked the girl out a little, but oh well. i also probably shouldnt have yelled damn it, but sometimes i think its ok, in that case i think it was appropriate.

i went to target, more specifically i walked to target. for those who understand the boston lay out, i went to the target in roxbury, kinda outside the city, but not to bad of a walk. Roxbury though is not the friendly part of town, so a stroll through it is never boring. What i can never understand is how the rich parts of town always seem to back up to the worst parts. Literally a ten minute walk in one direction means the nicest restaurants in the city, the opposite direction, and getting shot is really not that unthinkable. Funny how that works isn't life is so different for people so close to each other. Both parts of town are entirely unaware of what really goes on in the other part. i think we are all gulity of this on a variety of levels, for me I need to be more aware of the people who are close to me...and stop pretending, like the city of boston does...that roxbury doesn't exist

2 comments:

amy said...

I understand what you're saying about Roxbury... It's right there!
It gets such a bad rap, but families and children, REAL people, live there. I'm glad you have an awareness of that divide. It's kind of sad that most of us in our fancy colleges can be so ignorant to out neighbors.

(And of course, most of NKOTB is from there...)

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