get on the 6 train local ready to just sit and read my Oprah Magazine. i just about opened the damn mag and a jamaican woman sitting across strains her neck to see the cover. like looking under to see. and says: that cant be oprah! no. i straighten out the mag so she can SEE it better. i am clearly disturbed.
she says. thats oprah? then it must be an old magazine.
i cut my eyes to the side and say: lady, its the latest issue. sure.
she says: she looks good. very thin. wow! well, they must have taken the picture a long time ago then.
so she clearly just wants to TALK? who *does* that on a nyc subway. like leave me alone lady - i wanna read my oprah.
i force a smile and say - no its a recent pic. she's that thin. right now. as in now meaning a few months ago. besides, its photoshopped.
im flummoxed. i think she sees this now. so i go back to my reading oprah. exhale. ok so where was i? oh yeah. a-hum. right, oprah... yes, ur right oprah. oprah is explaining in her mag about the #justsayhello campaign.
how so many americans are fighting loneliness, how you should #justsayhello.
now i feel like a hypocrite. here i am an oprah fan / follower/ and i cant even give this lady the time of day. oh man! now what.
i couldnt read anymore. tho i pretended i was reading. i decided to do what i learned from oprah.
as soon as the women gets up for her stop. i hand over the magazine to her. here= you can have it. have a great day. enjoy!
she smiled and left the train.
i was now bored and will be for the rest of the month w/ nothing to read but... GIVE. you gotta GIVE. it will come back to me.
this i know for sure
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