June 15, 2011

  • I FOUND SOMETHING!!!

    I  am nearly ecstatic.
    I thought it was a coin
    in the middle of Park Avenue
    on the dirt where the flower gardens grow.

    it wasn't a'shine, I knew it was old
    but hell, it was 1 PM
    someone should have seen it
    it could have been a quarter

    I picked it up
    it is an antique NYC subway token
    I toyed with it all the way to the psychiatrist's office
    I washed it off in the psychiatrist's bathroom
    because it weighs exactly the same weight that a dime weighs
    I knew it to be one of the very earliest subway tokens. 
    I think.  I would have to do research.

    I sat it on my knee,  as we discussed my case, which would, in fact be me.
    it bugs me to no end that i can mingle with shrinks and appear totally "normal" and "pass" in regular daily life but as a patient I appear as a nut case
    at least in part
    i sat this subway token on my knee and was going to exclaim my exuberance at having just found it
    yet medication and my weakness to it came up.

    it was a pleasant discussion.
    more people think i am stable than not.
    more people think i am normal than not.
    more than a few people that I know
    people that come to me for advice
    have told me that I seem to be the most "mentally healthy" person they know
    so I don't know what I am so worried about.

    God I love having found this token

    I do not like the idea that a psychiatrist thinks I may be a nut.

    And,  when these thoughts dissipate,  this should not be a major portion of my life

    as this blog would historically indicate...

    Is anyone looking at the colors?
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Comments (6)

  • I don't know anything about subway tokens but I'm glad you found the one that gave you so much delight.

  • I've heard they can be very collectible. I use to watch Antiques Roadshow (you can learn a lot from them about stuff).

  • it's not normal to be normal! post a pic of the token! peace, Al

  • @pukemeister - 

    As soon as I find it again. It was in my pocket and I have a several change chache pots in here, plus I see coins scattered all over my apartment, and laundry was done on Saturday :( I am sure it is in here somewhere, after 80 to 100 years in the ground, now it's lost in here :/

  • I send my clothes out but I do coin op for anything they can shrink or otherwise destroy, my delicates :0)....and I know today's machine would not take that token and I am way too observant to have put it in a coin slot, I am sure it is in my apartment. in fact it bugs me that I have no idea where I put it and blame this on the new medication I am on unless the neurologist tells me something IS wrong tomorrow. I usually know where everything is and where I put stuff? This really bugs me.

  • @Orlando -  lol, sounds like something I would do!

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