AutoPortrait: Five Scores From Everyday Life

How to walk from your dorm to class alone:

  1. Gather your things.
  2. Put on headphones, be semi-distracted but not TOO distracted.
  3. LOOK busy but stay completely alert.
  4. Wear this type of shield until you arrive at your destination.

How to buy art supplies for class from Blick:

  1. Walk into Blick.
  2. See the line at Blick.
  3. Walk out of Blick.

How to pack a purse:

  1. Headphones
  2. Gum
  3. Advil
  4. Sunglasses
  5. Wallet
  6. Makeup
  7. Pencil Case
  8. Reading glasses
  9. Water bottle
  10. A second pair of headphones (sometimes)

How to miss home:

  1. Hear, smell, see something in the wrong way at the wrong time and have it remind you of so much.
  2. Look up in the city that you’re in and forget.

How to walk through Central Park for the first couple of time:

  1. Be amazed at how pretty it is while simultaneously getting SO lost.
  2. Have every path/direction look the same and feel like you’re in that part of the shining.
  3. Use the map on your phone and have it not really help.
  4. Just keep going left until you see the street.

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