Author Archives: The Lost Pedestrian

About The Lost Pedestrian

In my wanderings throughout the moments/days/years, I try in earnest to find the mystical within the mundane and the mundane within the mystical, oftentimes confusing one from the other. I have wandered and roamed through many a city, many a town, in a state of wonder and bewilderment, without necessarily going anywhere. I am easily lost, but eventually found. (I am guessing you have just found me). My sincere hope is that you will find Something in this warehouse of thought, memory and false memory, words, numbers, tangents, murmurs, echoes (lots and lots of echoes), voices, dreams, and other paraphernalia.

dragon sits at computer with very poor posture

Posted on March 23, 2013 by The Lost Pedestrian

i decided to stay in tonight in the hope that a rare night at home would inspire a creative spark or too. that was 3.5 hours ago, 3.4 of which were spent lurking on Facebook browsing other people’s FB presences. … Continue reading →

untitled

Posted on March 21, 2013 by The Lost Pedestrian

i can’t tell if it’s healthy or not that all of the clocks in my one-bedroom apartment are set to a different time zone. i know this makes it harder to be in the present. But the non-linearity of it … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged age, aura, deflation, fabric, goodbye, love, passage, stillness, time | 2 Comments

Support staff

Posted on March 20, 2013 by The Lost Pedestrian

she scares me. i’m utterly petrified by this woman at work who i am supposed to be supervising. which means i am her supervisor and i am completely terrified of her. it’s not funny at all. i may have written … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged accommodate, April Fool's Day, ergonomic chair, footsteps, nice, nicer, office, Old Maid, supervisee, supervisor, terror, thermostat, workday, worship | Leave a comment

my prediction

Posted on March 19, 2013 by The Lost Pedestrian

i’m frozen. now that i’ve taken the perilous risk in telling 10 or 12 friends about my blog, i’ve run out of things to write about. i think i’ve covered just about everything i can think of, within my very … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged banana, dark, dog, elliptical cross trainer, expression, frozen, monster, nightmare, oatmeal, park, protein powder, reaction, reverse narcissism, thicket, thought, wolf | 1 Comment

Titanium and MSG

Posted on March 18, 2013 by The Lost Pedestrian

another migraine-ish night, the 2nd one this week. i think these are more like titanium headaches than classic migraines. this may not make sense to those people out there whose cervical vertebrae are not fused together by titanium. i hope … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged cervical spine fusion, Chines take-out, headache, leftovers, migraine, msg, nieces, sciatica, siblings, suicide, titanium | Leave a comment

shrimp role

Posted on March 17, 2013 by The Lost Pedestrian

i spent most of today trying to figure out where to put things, only to realize i had no idea where anything went. a mountain of paperwork. i tried to arrange it into little categorical piles, but soon there were … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged astro-cartography, categorization, clutter, disorganization, mountains, organization, paperwork, shrimp roll, thai restaurant, tilapia | Leave a comment

on (un)boldness

Posted on March 17, 2013 by The Lost Pedestrian

it’s clearly time to make a bold move, but there are so many of them to make–and how does one choose one from the other? not choosing is the unboldest move one can make. there’s nothing more unbold than that … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged afraid of the dark, alone, bed, bold, boldness, bus, choice, gaze, intimidating, sigh, window | Leave a comment

This magic moment

Posted on March 16, 2013 by The Lost Pedestrian

I pretended to be a nice person today and almost convinced myself. Now if I could only find a way to make that real, who knows what that might lead to? Maybe somewhere beyond this Starbucks where I sit clumsily … Continue reading →

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thank you

Posted on March 13, 2013 by The Lost Pedestrian

i’d like to take this opportunity to personally thank the woman and her child who smiled at me at the airport, when there were so many who, for whatever reasons, could not. I’d like to honor their contributions to my … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged blogger, child, Columbus Day, commuter, gratitude words, thank you, woman, worker | Leave a comment

a peculiar habit

Posted on March 11, 2013 by The Lost Pedestrian

i am prone to flights of delirium that quickly collapse into waves of panic. it’s a nasty habit i must learn how to break. for well over a week, my job has utterly oppressed and depleted me. in a moment … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged chaos, delirium, depletion, email, oppression, panic, possession, self-doubt, soul, waves | Leave a comment

Posted on March 10, 2013 by The Lost Pedestrian

Originally posted on I'd Rather Be Painting.:
sniped and pasted bits

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apologia

Posted on March 9, 2013 by The Lost Pedestrian

forgive me for not saying very much today. i’ve been very migraine-y, brought by another day of ignominy in the workplace. if i write about it, it becomes more tangible. and tangibility is the last thing i want to happen.

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an abrupt stop

Posted on March 6, 2013 by The Lost Pedestrian

i notice this particular pattern amongst people who tend to ride on subways. they all seem mildly irritated with me when the train comes to abrupt stops, and I lose my balance, and I topple over, upon them. some of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged apologies, balance, child-like, commuters, enunciation, pattern, people, sir, sorry, subway, train | Leave a comment

my name

Posted on March 5, 2013 by The Lost Pedestrian

a peculiar moment. at work. somebody asked me my name. it was so shocking to be asked that I found myself at a complete loss for words, and I did not know quite how to answer. i said, do you … Continue reading →

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a transitional moment

Posted on March 4, 2013 by The Lost Pedestrian

it’s hard to tell what any of this means. talking into some wires molded into a plastic case to a virtual stranger in another continent. night after night we talk. it’s especially hard to figure out any meaning since I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged blockage, conversation, feeling, frozen, long-distance non-relationships, Marshall McLuhan, phone, talking, tundra | Leave a comment