saturday february 14

today i did other things on these days:

monday february 2
today i was getting off the bus from humber at the kipling subway station, when i noticed that someone had left their wallet on the seat across from mine. realizing that the person who it belonged to was already well off the bus and into the subway station, i took it up to the bus driver, and was followed by another female passenger. when we got up to the front, she took over, instructing him on what to do, and hanging around while he made a call. relieved to be.... relieved of this responsibility, i took off to catch the subway home. it later occurred to me that maybe she wanted to be the one credited with finding it in case its owner offered up a reward upon its return. would that hypothetical reward have been worth it to wait around when i could have gone home right away? probably not.

tuesday february 10
today i was given a second chance to hear rhymes from the college street rapper. this time, i couldn't pass it up. the result was a slew of words so ridiculous and indecipherable that it took an enormous amount of self-control to not just start laughing hysterically in the middle of the performance.

wednesday february 11
today i left class to pay a brief visit to the humber bookstore. on my way there, i was stopped in the hall by a radio student with a recorder, who asked me if i'd contribute a quirky story about a past valentine's day experience, for a piece he was doing. since i was in a semi-hurry to get back to class, i used that as an excuse not to stop and chat. in retrospect, had i not had that excuse, i may have been too polite to say no. at the same time though, i have no interesting valentine's day tales. essentially, my lack of time to spare allowed everyone involved to avoid a really awkward conversation.

friday february 13
today i was asked "how is everything" five times during my meal at ben thanh, shattering the old restaurant record. eventually, the constant inquiries made me vaguely worried that things at our table looked bad, like they needed to be frequently checked on.