There’s this really disturbing alley/club thing that I don’t
totally understand within earshot of my apartment building. Every Friday and
Saturday night, this phantom club that pops up on weekends yet is completely
invisible during the day (seriously, I always look for it, but
I’m met with a suspiciously small, literal gross alley way with the club’s name
above it) plays aggressively loud music in between muffled sounds of a DJ
shouting random things at club goers.
(Which, by the way, no thanks. I’m not a club person, but I can’t
imagine that someone telling you to “Hype up the party!” actually energizes you
into having a great time.) A few minutes ago, Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’”
was blaring through the streets, up seven flights of stairs, and into my little
living room.
For some reason, I felt the need to go look out my window. I
mean, what I was looking at, I’m not sure (sounds can’t really be seen) but it
didn’t stop me from prying the blinds apart long enough to peek in the direction
of Journey (maybe the music was coming from John Cusack’s boom box in a sweet
attempt to motivate me?), then realize how creepy peeking through blinds is. (It’s
super creepy. There’s nothing wrong with looking out an open window—it’s so
artsy and transcendent—but when you add closed blinds, you take a turn for the
weirdo.)
So, I decided to sit down and write. About nothing, as
usual.
This week has been pretty uneventful. I felt a blur of days
that I couldn’t completely differentiate swirl past me and suddenly, it was
Friday and the week was over. I really hate when that happens. I’m not one of
those awful “Seize the day!” people who make you feel incredibly insignificant
in comparison to all these awesome things they’re constantly doing (think of that
friend you have on Facebook who you don’t even really know that well outside of
that one class you took freshman year. Why’s that jerk always rock climbing or
canoeing or landing great jobs that are not even really jobs, but legit
careers?) but I’m also not one to be content to have not done anything slightly
productive over the extent of
several days.
The only thing I did that was at all impressive (and
by impressive I mean I wasn’t watching Seinfeld re-runs while simultaneously
watching Youtube videos) was that I went running (okay, briskly walking/kind of feigning a jog) last
night around a lake I thought would’ve had much more lighting than I was
actually met with. I blame the creepy, murderously dim areas of the trail for
why I couldn’t really run much. I can’t risk tripping in the darkness and
making things easier on the psychopaths who just love attacking young women
jogging (okay, briskly walking).
Despite my dramatic assumption that I was uncomfortably
close to becoming the topic of a Lifetime movie, my walk made me feel
accomplished. And not even because I somehow benefitted physically from it, but
just being outside made me feel
better. That's a weirdly simple realization to make, but it's true. I forgot how much I enjoy breezes and water and nature and not being inside getting untanned by fluorescent office lighting. I really, really hope it starts getting lighter out sooner--I want to actually start running and it not be because I’m afraid some shadow creep is chasing me.
And on that note, the alley club is playing “Super Freak”
and it’s really super loud. Like, it’s really loud. For real, you guys. No one should have to endure this.
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