Friday, July 24, 2009

Meet The Time Traveler

I love my neighborhood. There is an interesting mix of people here, myself included. Since we don't have a car, we walk everywhere, and therefore get to see these characters almost everyday. We have nicknames for many of them. Would you like an introduction? Alright...


First off, we have "Fat Cat." He's my favorite cat to pet as we walk to the store. He's big, fat, fluffy, and has the lowest pitch meow I've ever heard. I talk and he talks back. I know where he lives, and he always runs out when I walk by his house.
Next is "Mr. F-U." He is usually hanging out by the 7-11, but is often seen stealing rolls from the bakery. If he asks for change and you don't give him any, his response is usually some variation of "F*^& you." Lovely, right? He's also been known to sit in the library and yell random things until the librarian bribes him to leave. Five to ten dollars will usually get him going.
Next is "Stalker Lady", also known as "Yelling Woman." You see, sometimes she follows us around. Sometimes when she follows us around she yells a lot. And she doesn't speak English, so I'm not really sure what she's saying, or if she's saying it to us.

(No image for this one, I can't even begin to describe what she looks like.)

One my favorites is "The Time Traveler." He is an older gentleman who dresses like he was from the 1800s. He seems very polite and both JM and I think he seemed like he was from a different time. We like to see him walking about, and like to imagine that he is taking a stroll before running back to his time machine.
The neighborhood is mostly made up of normal people though. But normal people are boring. And boring people don't get nicknames, because I don't remember the normal, boring people. This just makes me realize how much I don't want to be boring or normal.

2 witty comment(s):

Lacking Productivity said...

I want to see a real pic of the timetraveler...how sweet!

CannedAm said...

I love this post! I'm gonna do one like it. If you don't see any posts from me, you'll know the mad walker has snapped and strangled me with my camera straps...