today i was stopped at a light near northgate mall. i was on gregson street, 4th in line at the light, waiting to turn left onto club. there was -as usual- an orange-vested homeless man selling newspapers in the median. i always get uncomfortable when someone approaches my car asking for money and i was prepared to avoid eye contact.
this man, though, was having a heck of a funny chat with the people 2 cars ahead of me... he wasn't even interested in walking down the line to solicit the other cars. big nods, big smiles, and he leaned in a little towards the car.
as the light turned green the homeless man grinned really wide, said a fond farewell to the departing driver, and as we all moved our cars forward he raised a fist in the air and shouted joyfully to the sky, "WOOOOO!"
Posted by xta at March 20, 2004 02:04 PM | TrackBack