1.26.2006

Metro Transit part 3

I understand that this is starting to become a recurring subject matter but when you spend a little more than an hour on the train a day you have a lot of time to find something interesting to write about. So now that the novelty has worn off the whole concept of riding a train to work I can actually get some things done instead of starring out the window. Back in the day I was so intrigued at traveling 60 miles an hour down a tunnel that I couldn't do anything but stare at the passing lights and worry about the train derailing ripping through the tiny tunnel leaving us all wrapped up in a mess of twisted metal. I guess when you read books about corpses you start getting some crazy ideas in your head. "Yeah, moving right a long we find Mr. Johnson, who's head we still can't find but we have identified him using he left foot. It was the only piece that gave us any sort of prints." Now I feel that you have some guarantees that are going to happen while riding on mass transit, be it the bus, train, or even an airplane. You will always have an interesting character that you can't help but watch to see his/her next move be it someone who consistently checking their cell phone like they missed a call, someone who rhythmically bangs their head against the window, or someone who needs to head-bang. These are the people that make the trips either very long or very short depending on the severity of their wackiness. The second guarantee is one person will drive you completely nuts with how annoying they are acting. These two variables could be the same person but most likely they are two different people. Today's interesting person was a man who ate an apple. Now this at first this doesn't sound very interesting but this man ate the whole apple right down to the little stem. This seriously is the first time ever that i have seen this (call me small towner if you will) and I found it completely fascinating. It still blows my mind, again call me small town.

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