On a recent episode of a show I watch semi-regularly, the host said something along the lines of “dogs don’t care what you look like, what you do, how much money you have…all they care about is the energy you’re projecting.” If that’s the case, this city is in a bit of trouble.
If Mimi’s instincts are at all accurate, many people in the TO aren’t feeling that great. And I ain’t meaning the homeless. In fact, Mimi rarely reacts negatively towards the greasy homeless people we see. There is nothing about how people she passes look, that tells me she’s gonna have a freak out. It’s the energy they’re projecting that she, A. usually senses well before the person passes us and B. causes her to want to avoid that person at all costs.
Of course, she does look for a pretty wide detour for those homeless persons who really reek of urine but then again, who doesn’t? Listen, I can appreciate such a strategy among those people who are less a home. The dirtier and smellier you are, the more chance that some bougie taking in “all the culture” Toronto has to offer will give you some money. How do I know this is a deliberate strategy you ask? One guy told me that’s what he did. That’s right one guy. One. Uno.
Many times it’s the people who look like they have their shit together who elicit the most frantic responses from Crazy Eyes Mimi. Is it the crushing commute? The meaningless 9-5? Being trapped in a loveless marriage? The sense that we’re slaves to our possessions? I have no idea nor do I particularly care, I just look to avoid well-dressed people that seemingly have it together. I think that’s a pretty good life strategy. And so does Mimi.
