New York in the Morning

And I mean early morning. As in 2am to 5am. That's when people watching gets fun. It's a different kind of people watching that one can do on the streets of Nolita, the LES, the UES -- less about fashion and style, more about personality traits and quirks that come out, especially on the subway.

Early Morning Musing No. 1

What's the motive behind singing out loud in public while listening to music using earphones? In some cases the perpetrator is caught and bashfully throws an apologetic look to the reluctant audience, whose involuntary twinges from the high notes that are just not high enough and just a slight bit flat, effectively cut short the free concert. In other cases the star almost defiantly croons out the off key notes to the dismay of his fellow subway comrades, staring down anyone who dares to glance his way. I rather understand the people who fall in the first category. Sometimes a song is damn good. But the latter category...hmm Perhaps one can say that this guy has guts, but I think it's more that this guy has a misplaced sense of self-importance, and the rest of us early morning subway goers are unfortunately the victims of this selfish crime.