Subway Moments

A symphony in honor of my commute, starring Danny.

I get the priveledge of seeing this view every morning- it's my subway stop!  The subway in New York has some issues it is true, but the subway is also gorgeous, especially the place we get to board in the morning.  There are so many trees in our neighborhood that the whole place has a feeling of forest to it.  That probably sounds ridiculous, given that we live in New York City, but Flatbush feels far more suburban.  Green.  It just feels green.

It makes waking up in the morning an adventure, instead of a trial.

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Sadly, You Are Not a Monster

I don't know about you, but I've had moments in which I feel like I'm a monster.  I'll look at something I've done, or said, and think, "Ew.  Look at you.  Look at what you did.  Ew.  You're such a monster.  Gross.  Look at your life.  Look at your choices".  Why do I bring this up?  Because I think we all do this.  We look at ourselves sometimes and think "gross" instead of "person".  I'm not sure why- it's pretty incredibly self-deprecating, but most people I know are at least moderately self-deprecating.  I also know a lot of actors, which might explain this, but even my couple of friends who aren't in the arts in some way seem to do this time, and time again.

I have a message for you, but I'm going to let Grover say it instead, because he's fuzzy and cute. 

Also, he's a monster.

You.  Are.  Not.  A.  Monster.

Yeah, you screw up.  Yes, I mess up too.  I mess up a lot.  There are a lot of things I've done that I'm not proud of, but, now that I think of it, there are some things that I'm rather proud of as well.  I'm not a monster.  We've all done wrong, but we've all done right.  We're not monsters.  We deal with a lot of monsters every day, which I could write paragraph upon paragraph about, but, instead, I'll share this cute piece of art I found on Tumblr:

Everyone has something going for them, even if the monsters inside don't want you to see it.

Don't give in to the mental monsters.  You're not a monster.  I promise.

Grover said so.

Plus, even if you do just happen to be a monster, maybe you're as adorable as he is.

Unless you are this ungodly terrifying rotting big bird doll, or its accompanying baby doll friend that were just chilling out on the train platform the other day, waiting for the perfect time to slice at the ankles of unsuspecting commuters. If you are one of them, you are probably a monster.  Holy cow.

Those are quite possibly the two most terrifying photographs I have EVER posted on this blog.  These items were just chilling out at Cortelyou Rd, threatening the very life of each passerby.  What made no sense here, other than their very existence, was the fact that they were covered in moss.  These toys had been decaying for a long time.  The baby was growing a plant out of its back.  How... how does that happen?  These weren't there the day before.  I know, I was on that platform.  Then, suddenly, two long-dead stuffies appeared. 

Meep.

Happy Thursday!

Love,
~Emily

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Halloween

The weather in New York City has made all kinds of no sense lately.  A few very short weeks ago, I was still wearing sundresses, sandals, sunglasses and straw hats.  Now, I'm bundled up like that kid from "A Christmas Story," trundling down the street like a kind of marshmallow Michelin-man.  

It's cold.  And, it snowed!  The day before, I was an unbeliever.  I thought that the weathermen had gone bonkers.  It was two days before Halloween there was no way in hell that it was going to snow.  That just doesn't happen here.  I've lived in this region of the world all of my life, and I had never seen that occur.  

There was just no way.

I mean, well, except for that way.  The one in that photograph.  That is my subway station, well, not mine per se, but the subway station at which I generally board a train when I'm coming from my home.  This photograph was taken on October 29, 2011.  Yeah.  Ridiculous.

Like, seriously, what the hell?  This weather has me feeling all Christmassy.  Christmas-like?  In the Christmas spirit.

Christmas in October-

Deck the halls with snowy train tracks

Fa-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la

MTA gives you no real facts

Fa-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la

Sidewalks with deceptive puddles

Fa-la-la La-la-la La La La

Trains are down, take the free shuttles

Fa-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la

Brrrrrrr.  Really?

Look at that traffic, and how it's affected by the snow/sleet/wintry mix/ hellish unfairness that's falling from the sky!  You can see how deep of a puddle the white van is in-  check out the splash it's creating!  On a completely unrelated note, I love that lady's umbrella.

The photograph directly above is my favourite one of this snowy bunch.  I already shared it on Facebook.  I love the lion statue- there are two of them, one on each side of the gate, guarding the big house on the corner.  So lovely.  I want to live in a fortress guarded by lion statues.  Not just a beautiful Brooklyn home, specifically a fortress.  But, I'll settle for a house.  If I have to.

PS.  Sorry for the lack of posts last week.  I only put stuff up twice, and neither post contained my photographs.  I was busy.  This week I'll be better about it :)

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA