My wife and I went to a teacher’s conference yesterday at the TWTC near 101. Afterwards, we were crossing the pedestrian bridge on the way to The Tavern and saw a homeless guy in the middle of the bridge sitting down, bowl a ready. I said something about dropping some coins and as we got closer the wife and I noticed that his hand was down his pants, spanking away.
I did NOT pay for the show. 
It reminded me of something that happened when I first arrived in Taiwan a billion years ago. I was taking Tai Chi classes in Tienmu at TAS. I got off the bus and was finishing a drink. I walked to the trash can outside the school and saw a homeless looking fellow there. he was facing me with his hand out. I figure he wanted the can. As I started to hand it to him I noticed …well, by gosh, his hand wasn’t exactly empty. Ugh.
Now, today, the wife and I and sister in law and four youngsters were going to Alleycats for pizza (BTW uhm don’t go before 4 pm 
). Finding it closed, we walked back to CKS memorial. Stopping at 7-11 to buy drinks, I noticed a middle aged homeless looking woman in a skirt(dirty, lots of bags, vacant stare). Coming out of the store, there she was on the bench, legs a’spread scratching her inner thigh making direct eye contact with me. 
Sheesh…I guess I’m a “countryside” person these days. I am really put off walking down streets in Taipei now.
