Notes

It's been forever since I have written a proper note on Nik's Notes. I usually just stick to Facebook. Here are a few "notes" that have come up lately:

Dear XXI Forever,
I really appreciate you helping me through this awkward phase I am going through. Have you heard? The teenage-weight-on-a-woman-who-has-had-a-baby-and-rarely-exercises kind of body is hard to dress. I really wasn't even looking for this gangly yet lumpy look. It just showed up thanks to a poorly functioning gallbladder and a hefty dose of stress. I appreciate that your clothes are cheap, Forever 21, but what part of them are meant to be "forever"? I can barely get things to last 3 washes lately! Even laundering on cold/delicate there can be holes, rips, shrinking, etc. Please stop making cute, cheap clothes that don't last. I fall in love with something and then it gets destroyed! Then again, you get what you pay for.
Forever Yours,
The One With The Skinny Waist and The Skinny Wallet

Dear Humidity,
We have never really been friends. Especially when it comes to the havoc you wreck on my hair. Please though, I ask you to consider me when you are thriving at a solid 100% for weeks on end, making the heat index 114 degrees around here. Product alone can not tame this beast. The poofiness! Oh, the poofiness! The general public should not be exposed to the atrocity that are my tresses.
Thanks a bunch!
The Girl Who Looks Like She Has a Bad Masculine 70's Hair Cut

Dear Metro,
Thank you for the opportunity to give me an abundance of people watching, while taking me somewhere. I enjoy that you are clean, fast and house a variety of people from all nationalities. You give me something to look forward to, in between the being smashed into the walls and sharing grab rails with thousands of other sweaty hands. You always give me at least one gem per ride. Yesterday, it was the lady who was at least in her 60s wearing a leopard mini-skirt. Then again, maybe it was the teenager who carried on an entire conversation in Ebonics. She was speaking English, and I didn't understand half of it. Made me homesick for Pidgin bra! So far it's been a delight. However, I don't get to ride very often, so it is still a novelty.
Love,
Avid Human Observator