what I did

or, What I did after I missed the last bus out of the city and had to sit around another day,
or, How I chronicle the mundanity of my life:

12:00-3:15a: pointlessly tried to reason with people who were
12:00-3:15a: vociferously trying to prove to me that I was
12:00-3:15a: DOING SOMETHING STUPID
3:15-5:10a: the unmentionable
5:10-5:35a: saw you-know-who off
5:35-7:00a: contemplated the merit of drinking coffee
7:00-7:30a: drank coffee
7:30-8:30a: showered and took care of general upkeep
8:30-9:00a: stared out the window
9:00-9:45a: read a couple of chapters, tried and failed to
9:00-9:45a: remember reading them, reread them
9:45-10:00a: walked to the bakery
10:00-11:00a: picked up the warmest looking buns, more coffee
10:00-11:00a: and toodled into SoHo
11:00-11:30a: got lost on Orchard trying to find a someone to cut
11:00-11:30a: through some heavy metal I was carrying around
11:00-11:30a: in my purse
11:30-12:15p: had meaningless and confusing conversation with
11:30-12:15p: brad, who tried to convince me of things that
11:30-12:15p: apparently could not be explained
12:15-1:00p: looked around desperately for the perfect THING
12:15-1:00p: in the moma design store
1:00-1:15p: tried to explain what I was looking for to marc,
1:00-1:15p: who seemed very concerned that I couldn’t find it
1:15-4:30p: let marc console me over coffee & drinks for not being
1:15-4:30p: able to find the THING
4:30-4:35p: regretfully explained to marc why any more
4:30-4:35p: consolation wouldn’t be prudent
4:35-5:00p: walked uptownish
5:00-5:40p: shopped for things that smell good
5:40-5:41p: thought about stopping in at gray’s papaya
5:40-5:41p: but decided against it
5:41-5:45p: decided to pick up choux instead:
5:41-5:45p: strawberry, green tea and vaniller.
5:45-5:55p: ate choux and wished I had picked up more.
5:45-5:55p: looked into bag several times, imagining what it
5:45-5:55p: would be like to find another choux at the bottom.
5:55-6:05p: gave up hoping for another magical choux and
5:55-6:05p: picked up an apricot tart instead
6:05-6:07p: realized was late to bus and panicked for
6:05-6:07p: almost 120 seconds
6:07-6:15p: quelled panic with a small bag of brioche
6:15-6:29p: ran, jumped, stole taxi, ran some more, skidded,
6:15-6:29p: almost fell, ran slowly, clambered onto bus
6:29-6:39p: realized all that running probably wasn’t necessary