Suspect

I noticed a man of north african decent who was acting suspicious on the subway platform. To make thing even more interesting he bore the signs of the Mohammedian teaching: both a thin and shameful beard as well as one of those small knitted hats much like the ones jews have, but larger.
I have read in the subway information that if you notice someone suspicious you should contact a policeman or someone working with the MTA. Now I did not really perceive the man as a threat just because he was clearly religious even though I am the first to admit there are good grounds for suspicion towards any religious person who deems it appropriate to show their faith flagrantly in social life. But I guess I just don't like to feel afraid and the number of religious persons around me makes me numb to the constant threat to my lifestyle as well as freedom of thought, freedom of speech and the freedom of humanity.

What did the suspicious individual do then? He lifted the pay phone with a hard jerk and listen in it. Then when no one spoke to him he put it back down. Looked over his shoulders saw that I looked at him and then left my field of vision. Clearly suspicious behavior. But suspicious of what?

I let it slide this one time… but the next time…

Short Week - Long Hours

If it is a short week like this one, since we had 2 days of does it automatically put you in for extra long hours? Even though you are free and that is all good and so you still feel a need to do your 37,5 or close to it. There are much to be done, and less time to do it in. I just realized today that the deadline of my current project is suggested for tomorrow. So I stayed for a 12 hour day today. It was really ok because I had nothing else planned for the evening and I like to sit and work on the details without being uphold by others and noise and so on. Although I noticed I got fairly unperceptive in the end and had some concentration problems. So there was nothing else to do but pack up and try to get home. For even though I knew I was not going to be able to get in to the Subway through the Madison Avenue entrance I had no idea that my service would be canceled this night. I ended up walking to Rockefeller center instead, a fairly nice walk so no harm done. But I start to feel that the subway is as reliable as an unreliable junkie friend: tells you one thing, does not do it, tells you a time and is late by three days, or just plainly messes your life up with small shit. And you still end up paying every month.

No biggy, just a feeling this far… Hopefully I will be able to sleep tonight since I slept lousy last night.