day 17: rain

today was a full day.

after waking up this morning, i needed to stop being so lazy about food so i finally walked down two blocks to the grocery store and picked up the classics: raisin bread, spinach, milk, eggs, and some grapes.

after heading back and making some peanut butter raisin bread toast, i had to jet out to meet up with my roommate, anderson, to go shopping! he's starting his new job next week and i don't have too many sets of work clothes so we hit Macy's, Goodwill, and Nordstrom Rack. Macy's was only place that had decent slacks for decent prices, but I didn't up getting anything because i didn't find anything I loved.

We went to Nordstrom Rack after, but funnily enough, I led us to Nordstrom and not Nordstrom Rack. Going into Nordstrom, I thought that it was just like Macy's. BOY WAS I WRONG. we picked up a normal looking sweater. $465 ⁉️️️⁉️

anderson showed me a jacket and asked how much i thought it was. it was an italian jacket that had a vintage aesthetic, one i've seen similar at thrift stores. i said "i would pay $5 for that, but it's probably $2000" it was indeed $1950

SO, we got out of there as fast as possible and the rest of the shopping was a dud. we grabbed food at chick fil a and it started pouring but we just stayed inside til the rain subsided. i was getting tired so we parted ways and i went back to the apartment.

i needed to chill so i just watched youtube and signed up to volunteer at the bowery mission on friday at 4:30! the bowery mission is a organization that provides help to the homeless. i signed up for a shift to be helping with friday's dinner, which i'm excited for :)

i've been feeling jaded lately because whenever someone is asking something from me, i usually just ignore them and keep walking. it's the new york thing to do, but it's pretty sad. i'm unemployed, can't help everyone, and not responsible for others; however, i feel so inhumane just ignoring someone when they're asking for money. it's like i don't want to give them my own money, but i also want to help someone in need, when i can afford to. maybe i can hand out a card to them from the bowery mission or something. we'll see how it goes.

after relaxing, i needed to pick up some chicken. i go to h-mart for chicken which is a mile away because they are the only place i've gone to with boneless skinless chicken thighs and i will walk for that. i was vibing and dancing all the way there, picked up my chicken, sundubu, and a mango, then left.

on my way back home, it started sprinkling. then, it started raining hard. then it started pouring. i was thinking "do i just send it?" and after walking in the pouring rain for a minute, i said "fuck this" and went under a restaurant alcove next to this one lady.

we started chatting about the rain and how she was going to a comedy club for her friend's birthday. we then chatted about food and cooking, where she told me she was a chef. i asked her where she said "for social media, mostly on instagram and some on tik tok." she was a vegan influencer chef and i asked for her page, and she had 680k followers on instagram.

it's crazy how you just run into and talk to random interesting people. i talked to a french venture capitalist yesterday and a vegan chef influencer today. i like bumping into these interesting people.

after the rain subsided, i walked back to the apartment and looked at umbrellas on amazon ASAP. i need one on me at all time with this random rain. after getting home, i made and ate the sundubu and have just chilled out.

ngl i still have not bought that umbrella so i'm going to buy it rn