words to live by...

THINGS I PEOPLE HAVE SAID TO (OR AROUND) ME IN THE WINDY CITY...


1) "GIRL. t'hoes yellow sunglasses are PIIIIIIMMmmm. you mind putting those on for me? yeahh. yeah dat's what i'm talking about. t'hose work for you wit dat nose ring and alll. mmm."
(a comment/request directed at yours truly at the chicago secretary of state)

2) bus driver: "BABY GIRLS! what stop you getting off this bus at?"
me: "uhmmm... chicago?"
bus driver: .....
me: ....
bus driver: "avenue?"
me: "yes."
(streets named after cities can be confusing)

3) little boy: "YOU CARE ABOUT HIS THINGS MORE THAN MINE."
mother: "no i do not."
little boy: "THEN WHY CAN'T WE GO TO MY THING??"
mother: "because i said so."
little boy: "YOU LOVE HIM MORE THAN ME!!!"
mother: "yes. i do. i love him much much more than you."
(overheard at the field museum. on FREE day. more like awful day)

4) "HEY I WANT A PIECE OF YOUR SNACK."
(a little boy on the bus reaching thru to the seat behind him to try and steal the "snack" the gentleman and stranger behind him was eating)

5) "you gonna be able to get into that big ol' truck with your lil' person?"
(an old old man said this to me as i was hoisting myself into erica's escalade)

6) sorority girl 1: "i don't eat meat."
sorority girl 2: "EVER?"
sorority girl 1: "well, no not ever. i mean i eat mcdonald's. just not like steak or anything."
(...uhhh...)