From the day
Perspective: The Anxious Local · Tactile
I’m clutching my rough wool coat tight against the January chill, staring at the store shelf where the Wall-E Animatronic sits behind fingerprint-smudged glass. The cold plastic and whirring gears look so fragile, and honestly, the thought of dropping over fifty bucks for a robot when gas just hit $3.27 makes my stomach churn. Everything feels sketchy lately with the news talking about corporate takeovers and the bank accounts looking thinner by the day. I pull my polyester scarf tighter, trying to ignore the way the biting wind makes the fabric feel like sandpaper against my neck.