today I was finishing up my lunch and a massive protest walked by the building i was in. I still had a bunch time left on my break, so I joined them for about 4 or 5 blocks before I headed back to work - no sign, no garb, just showing up with my body. it was really beautiful and i wish I could have stayed longer. looking up at the buildings and seeing all the other office workers watching the march from their windows is a weird reverse spectacle to me - as a salaried young professional myself it was like looking in a mirror and in a prison at the same time.
in our second year of dating, my boyfriend found a tiny kitten that had somehow snuck into his basement. the little creature was terrified, and thus was lured into a looney tunes-esque trap: a standard file box topped with a skyline chili can, propped with a ballpoint pen tied to a string. itβs been two and a half years and itβs safe to say that he is now our friend π₯²
