Finally a person who understood the flow of subway foot traffic. This made my evening when it happened.
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Could’ve sworn I did this one already, but pretty sure I didn’t. Who the heck decides to stand so that their bag can take the seat next to them???
Not only did I see this person but I walked right past them in the narrow entrance of a deli. Thankfully they didn’t notice me because I totally didn’t remember their name. It was a waitress from an Izakaya that I used to go to all the time (before I switched to drinking shochu instead of sake), but I haven’t been there in almost a year now. So it would be sort of doubly awkward since I haven’t been there in so long.
Anyone who reads my comic knows that I’d rather avoid awkward banter with people who are only vague acquaintances so I’m very much appreciative when the other person either doesn’t see me or doesn’t acknowledge me even if I know they made the knowing eye contact.
I was actually on an airplane this past weekend when this happened. I was sitting down and yawned. I actually usually cover my mouth, but this one time I didn’t. The guy to my left looks at me all offended and tells me to cover my mouth when I yawn. WTF? This guy also during the flight was reading what looked like an art book on watches. A hardcover book that belonged on a coffee table. I yawned several more times during the flight (I was very tired) sand mouth coverage.
Rule #2 of going to the Sakura Matsuri (Cherry Blossom Festival)
Don’t take the cherry blossoms from the tree and then sprinkle them around just for your photo where the petals probably won’t end up showing up anyway. There were a lot of people you could see who took big chunks of cherry blossoms to put in their hair. The more common thing was kids and adults who would shake the branches to make the petals fall out of the tree as they were waiting for their friend to take a shot.
More to come.
Rule #1 of going to the Sakura Matsuri (Cherry Blossom Festival)
Don’t pull down the tree’s branches just so you can take your pictures.
I like going to the Sakura Matsuri every year, but a lot of the people who go there really irritate me. First on the list are the people pulling, and bending the branches down next to their face so that they can pose with it. There are plenty of low hanging branches you can take photos with, or maybe just take the picture from a lower angle?
More to come.
I don’t remember when I decided to do this comic (I tend to sit on movie theater comics because I hate drawing all the seats and people), but it seems nowadays there’s always at least one person or couple who leaves the theater before the movie is over. Why??? I understand not everyone likes to watch all the end credits like I do, but you’ve already stayed for so long it’s not like it’s going to be difficult to get out of the theater because of a huge crowd or anything? Was it because they disliked it only enough to see the climax but forget about the denoument? I really would like to ask someone this.
This happened a while ago, I was actually in the subway at the time. This woman across the train from me dropped her water bottle. It rolled toward me so I picked it up and handed it to her. She just took it from me without a single word. Not even the “nks” that people sometimes say under their breath when they don’t say the full on “Thanks.”
I was on the subway and this woman was looking at me funny, eventually she pointed out that my chapstick dropped onto the seat next to me. Great story I know, but as soon as it happened I just tried to imagine how the character might treat a person on the street who starts to talk to him.
Everyone has their own “street face” but have you ever practiced in a mirror? One time my girlfriend asked me why I was frowning at her when in my mind I had at the very worst a vague smile going on. I then realized maybe I have no idea what kind of faces I’m making, or that I’m never making the face I think I am unless it’s a big smile or frown. Those in between expressions are kind of hard. So I did actually go to a mirror and see what my various faces that I make looked like.
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