It's Official: The Line (Some Line) Has Been Crossed

Things that have happened on the A train between last week and tonight:
1. My friend wanted to find something in the book he was reading so he turned it over and tried to hit Open Apple + F on it.
2. I saw a nerdy boy carrying a gym bag reading chick lit, which had an oddly jarring quality about it
3. and a homely middle-aged Asian woman in a powder-blue parka wearing brown leather pants with quilted knees. Needless to say, I found this endearing.

Other than these grand happenings, I saw a fantastic film at a Synthetic Zero art event over the weekend by artist Laura Napier. It was footage she took of Astor Place with a strange dark filter. This film of hers is similar, but the Astor Place one was amazing because it showed that unique intersection and all its weaving people and cars and went on and on and all I could think about was how badly I wanted this film looped over and over on my bedroom wall. I particularly loved the shadow cars and buses that remained after they had stopped and then moved on. She accompanied the film with sound picked up by her camera—mostly white-noise traffickish, punctuated by occasional honks.

I'm also a fan of this video on her site. She directs a guy to walk in circles over four sidewalk squares—and to continue even if people get in his way. Mesmerizing. Notice how not a human seems to notice him circling them as they idle.

And now I present to you the second-best fortune cookie fortune ever:

"You will receive a fortune. (cookie)"

No. Goddamn. Shit.

It's as if this cookie knew it was destined for (me).