Quick portraits of real people

stuck on and dragged in (arlington, wa)

January 4, 2010 · Leave a Comment

at a cafe, an elderly woman re-enters the restaurant from the bathroom. A sanitary seat cover is stuck to her foot and randomly comes loose by the register.

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really zen (seattle, wa)

January 4, 2010 · Leave a Comment

i was at a store recently with my family. The shopkeeper’s dog was inside, lying on a pillow. A handwritten sign above the dog said, “dog not for sale – zen master!” My dad said to the shopkeeper: “Zen master? Can he tell the future?”

“No,” said the shopkeeper. “He only knows the present. Look into his eyes. He will tell you everything that is happening, right now.”

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taking the pet for a walk (marysville, wa)

December 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment

on a downtown sidewalk, a man walks with a goat on a leash.

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ringing out (marysville, wa)

December 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment

a customer in a thrift store picks up a wreath made of bells. He carries it around the store, shaking and ringing the bells vigorously as he walks.

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chinese food like they have back home (marysville, wa)

December 19, 2009 · Leave a Comment

two women at two different tables in a chinese restaurant randomly start talking.
“I just love it here,” says the first woman. “It’s the closest thing I can find to the Chinese food we had back home.”
“Where’s home?” asks the second woman.
“Oh. Maine.”

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coffee drinker (anderson, ca)

December 18, 2009 · Leave a Comment

in a starbucks coffee shop, a seventy year old man in jeans, a flannel shirt, a jean vest, and a cowboy hat is waiting for his coffee. he tells a woman in line (who he’s never met before) how the key to looking healthy and staying young has been getting up and working every day on his farm.

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having a good time at work (near newman, ca)

December 18, 2009 · Leave a Comment

in a nearly deserted fast food restaurant, an employee sings mexican pop songs loudly and dances as he makes an order.

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you’ll see these Dude Bros coming (scottsdale, az)

December 13, 2009 · Leave a Comment

a group of polo-shirt wearing guys in their early 20s cruise around in a BMW with a (nonlegal) license plate affixed to the front of the car that says, “WHOABRO”.

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stylin’ senior (scottsdale, az)

December 13, 2009 · Leave a Comment

a man at least in his late 70s has spiked his white hair and wears camo pants through the supermarket.

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lucky shot (scottsdale, az)

December 12, 2009 · Leave a Comment

an employee at a mini-mart brags to customers and shows off how he shot a rubber band from the register to the window, where it is still stuck four inches from the pane.

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