I had a fun little photo session on the way home from work tonight. Haha, you should have seen how many fake sleeping pictures I took! I just got lucky because the train was mostly empty so nobody was watching me.
For Public Sleeping Day, I am going to share two stories.
Sleeping On The Train
When I had only been in New York a couple of months, I was working on a show rehearsing down on 42nd Street. The commute to my house from there was only about 30 minutes on the train, but in the weeks leading up to opening I was not getting much sleep at all. Because of this, I found it nearly impossible to stay awake on that train ride. It’s actually pretty nice to be able to sleep on your commute. I still do it all the time.
One night I got on the train, turned on Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill, and closed my eyes. What seemed like just moments later, I opened my eyes. Not only were we at my stop, but the doors were already open.
I jumped up and got out of the car just as the doors were closing. I imagine it was quite impressive to see.
There are a lot of different theories on what happens to you to become a “true New Yorker.” Some people have told me that this was my moment. I’m not sure I agree, but sometimes it’s nice to pretend that I’ve already had my moment and can call myself a real New Yorker now.
Sleeping In The Park
Embarrassing confession: I snore.
I once had a chunk of time before a rehearsal in midtown. It was a very beautiful day and I found myself in Bryant Park.
Bryant Park on beautiful days is so crowded. Too crowded.
Still, I found a little piece of grass for myself and lay down. It wasn’t long before I was asleep. So, back to the snoring issue. Sometimes I wake myself up with my snoring. That happened on this day. I was sleeping pleasantly in the sun, then woke myself up with my snoring. When I woke up, I looked around at the MANY people surrounding me.
More than a few of them were looking at me.
No big deal.
Awkward.
I don’t think I was much of a public sleeper before I moved to New York. I wonder if public sleeping makes you a real New Yorker.
There was a moment during my photo session on the train today that I was worried the guy in front of me might think I was taking pictures of him. When I looked up to see if he did, this is what I saw.
So. Ya. I guess I actually was taking pictures of him. #SleepingInPublic
What’s Tomorrow?
March 1
- National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day
- National Fruit Compote Day
- National Horse Protection Day
- National Pig Day
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