Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i can't speak for omar, but i'm pretty sure he'd refuse "treatment". despite living on the street, he seems, for the most part, profoundly cheerful. a few weeks ago when i ran into him he said "i don't want to die, i love life too much." omar's a lot different from many of the homeless people i see in philadelphia, ones with obvious mental illness, rocking, shouting at imaginary assailants -- i'm not exactly sure what his problem is -- apart from alcohol dependency which isn't so rare in this college town -- i'm not sure if it's that he can't hold down a job or that he doesn't really care to. he has a dense social roster and occasionally invites me to parties (at someone elses house). some photos of him from the fall: http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/lj/2006/omar/index.html