Quick portraits of real people

stuck on and dragged in (arlington, wa)

Aylen — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:35:11 +0000

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.

really zen (seattle, wa)

Aylen — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:34:05 +0000

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.”

taking the pet for a walk (marysville, wa)

Aylen — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:53:06 +0000

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

ringing out (marysville, wa)

Aylen — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:12:58 +0000

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.

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

Aylen — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:28:52 +0000

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.”

coffee drinker (anderson, ca)

Aylen — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:42:54 +0000

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.

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

Aylen — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:39:04 +0000

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

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

Aylen — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:09:46 +0000

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”.

stylin’ senior (scottsdale, az)

Aylen — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:07:34 +0000

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

lucky shot (scottsdale, az)

Aylen — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:02:57 +0000

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.