Week 1 Response 1

It's great writing like this that reaffirms my belief in you as one of the greatest writers I personally know. The imagery in this entry is rich and your word choice is spectacular.  I'm particularly fond of, "the way my lower back wheezes." Having a "wheezy back" in the morning is never fun and the way you drowsily go about your morning is wonderfully illustrated. Also, let me say that statue is horrifying when I'm drunk or tipsy and I come up the set of stairs in front of it or come around the corner behind it and it stares at me like a silent sentinel. The night it moves or disappears I'm taking the next train to another town. The situation with the beggar is handled quite well, both in presenting it to the reader and what you actually did. "Pastries glazed like jewels," not only gives me a vivid vision but is also something I would not think to use to describe pastries that cost less than two euro. I'm also able to conjure a clear image of every person you meet, from the black beggar, to the surly old man, to the curly haired barista. When you end the entry with another reference to the statue (I see what you did with the slender) it's an eerie reminder that it's always there, silently watching over that small section of town.