Le mec sur le train.

Settling down in Manhattan is like trying to jump onto a train that’s moving at 80 MPH.

You steady yourself, aim, and JUMP….

…Then BOOOM you fall headfirst back into the dirt. 

It sucks having to pick yourself up and try again. So far I’ve been on about eight job interviews — some went well, some went no where, some blew up in my face.

But the beauty about Manhattan is that trains don’t stop. They’re always coming around…so there’s always a chance to try again.

Dating here works like that too. Luckily, I’m fairly skilled at jumping on moving dating trains. I’m smart enough to avoid oncoming train wrecks. I’ve figured out which part of the tracks to stay on (Midtown, Village, FiDi if you like “suits”). Hell, I’ve graffitied my name on a car or two and kissed the conductor goodbye.

But sooner or later the train your riding disappears because all people in Manhattan work like hell… Schedules clash, texts go unanswered, people get busy. It sucks.

But lo and behold, another train. This one is coming from Washington Heights and headed down Broadway. I wonder where it will take me?….

Oh, by the way that last train that I was on is taking a detour to New Hampshire. It’ll be back around this weekend.

….Steady, Aim, JUMP

Strauss-Kahn, le vieil aigri.

Most of us have seen the photos.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former head of the International Monetary Fund, sits darkly before a judge with his hands across his chest – a shadow of indignation and humiliation looms across his face. A former Socialist party candidate for the 2012 elections in France, DSK is accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid and paid $1 million in bail this morning on the condition that he agrees to 24-hour home detention under armed guard (Bloomberg).

The uneasiness of Frenchmen and women living in the US is palpable.

“You should have been smarter old fool,” they all want to yell, “You’re in America! It wasn’t a Frenchmaid you accosted, Black immigrants actually have a voice here!”

Poor Strauss-Kahn, the dirty old bastard had it cumming.