Sunday, February 22, 2015

"I'm Afraid I Just Blue Myself"

Dear Diary,

I never thought a Tobias Funke quote would be applicable to my life. I was wrong. When the senior home is forced to evacuate due to a massive amount of spilled blue liquid while you are leading BINGO, if you fall, the only thing you can say to save face is, "I'm afraid I just blue myself." Taylor, the other girl volunteering, laughed and asked if I wanted to grab a drink at the end of the shift. That fake I.D. paid off.

As Taylor and I turned the corner onto Main, we noticed new blue graffiti that read, "YESU IS A KIDNAPPER AND IF YOU WANT TO SEE, GO TO APARTMENT 413." If New York is the city that never sleeps, I think I found the city that never has a normal, mundane day.

Joe's was packed. The blue liquid seemed to make people feel young, unencumbered by time or money. Taylor and I bumped into Tyler at the bar, and I was reminded of the night that I met my first Dreamwood friend on the roof. He still complained about the city, but his gloom had lessened since I last saw him.

Tyler's presence made Taylor a little skittish, but she relaxed with each shot. At 2:30 and shot number 10, it was time to go home. Tyler and I helped Taylor stumble up to the third floor, which was all I remember until waking up with a blinding headache in Tyler's apartment. I was pleasantly surprised by his breakfast invitation and joined him at Sunny Side Up for Flo's hangover cure: eggs, toast, coffee, and lots and lots of water.

This city is growing on me,
Lucia Jayne

4 comments:

  1. Lucia is a pretty optimistic person who is looking to start a new life and make the best out of the situation. The conflict is that Lucia is having trouble at first adjusting to the new city because she has late nights studying and working, and making friends does not come very easily; however, a climax for Lucia is getting a fake I.D., which ends up helping her make more friends and be more social. Her motivations are set out by trying to be optimistic, even though it becomes hard at times. She connects to the larger blog through her interactions with a few people and places. All her interactions connect back to her persona of trying to make friends and put herself out there. An example of this, is when she goes to Joe’s with Taylor.

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  2. "Joe's was packed. The blue liquid seemed to make people feel young, unencumbered by time or money. Taylor and I bumped into Tyler at the bar, and I was reminded of the night that I met my first Dreamwood friend on the roof. He still complained about the city, but his gloom had lessened since I last saw him."
    I like how this passage encompasses so much. I think it's good how you were able to incorporate the larger blog, with your individual feelings, as well as include past information. It was interesting to read how your opinion on the city improved as Tyler seemed to complain about the city as well.

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  3. It would be interesting and informative to include how your new discovery of alcohol and partying has effected your original motivation for being in the new city. How has it effected your studying and working?

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  4. I mentioned you in my most recent blog post

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