#tie-dye t-shirt reading I BEAT AGORAPHOBIA

[chicago-geniza]

Adventures IRL

Went to neighborhood bar on a rainy Sunday night

Interrupted a first date between a Midwestern American guy via north India and an immigrant woman from south India, after catching a bilingual exchange that got lost in "translation," and started a lively convo about heritage grammar, Midwest accents in different languages, and diasporic romance

Split a joint with the bartender, who, it turns out, is my neighbor

Played my first game of dice

Took a shot from a ceramic glass shaped like Betty Boop's cleavage