Only in New York

I got on the 6 train uptown and I saw a woman brushing her hair extensions.

They were on her lap.

Now that's service!

It was a brutal 4:30 am (yes -- AM) when I was standing on the platform of the 1 train uptown at 59th Street.

The 1 train pulled up and the conductor opened his window and said to me "Good morning!"

I smiled and said "Good morning" back.

"You ready to go?" he asked.

"Yes." I replied.

"Then let's ride!" He opened the doors and I got on.

One stop later, at 66th Street, I got off the train and he said "Have a great day!"

I take back all the bad things I have ever thought about MTA workers (the 2005 strike notwithstanding.)

Busy background work

So today, I braved the snow and went to Baruch College in downtown Manhattan. I had been cast a background actor for an ad for Pipeline, an investment brokerage firm, and we were using the student financial center as our set.

The main characters, so to speak, in the ad were real life employees of Pipeline. I accidentally spilled coffee all over one of them, he was of course wearing a white shirt. He was really nice about it. Good thing we had a wardrobe department!

My "part" was to carry a folder and walk back and forth, like I am going to a meeting. In another scene, I am looking over a coworker's shoulder at his (blank) screen.

In a real office, they would have fired me.