Teh Drama, Live!

[elfs]

Teh Drama

The other day I was in Westlake Center, the big shopping district in downtown Seattle for the middle class who want to overspend, and I happened to spot this pink-haired girl in the middle of the square. She was screaming and yelling at two young men; drama was high! And then, seconds later, she was cuddling one of them as if nothing were wrong. I took the photo mostly because I liked her outfit; I'll probably give it to a character in a story.

Westlake has become inundated with young people. The girl behind the counter watched me watching this and said, "Yeah, it's gotten really bad out there."

"At Westlake?"

"Yeah," she said. "Dunno what it means. It wasn't like this three years ago. But now there's lots of homeless kids, lots of homeless people, everywhere. It wasn't like this before." The countergirl had holes in her nose and ears where jewelry would go off-duty; she had a soft southern burr to her voice and a dense cloud of freckles across her nose and cheeks. I should have taken a photo of her, too.

Comments

[tonyawinter.livejournal.com]

FYI not all "homeless youth" are homeless at all. Its apparently cool to hang out and pretend like you are one. (This information directly from a street cop who would occasionally have to call a parent to come get their youth from jail. He mentioned that a noticeable percentage of their IDs listed Bellevue and areas nearby as home.)

Though I'm sure some of them are homeless... this particular girl looks pretty clean to me.

[woggie.livejournal.com]

Maybe the counter-girl will be there when you're back in the neighborhood.