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Gross

2006-04-08T20:57:00.000-07:00

Sitting in the back of the bus on my way home one day, a man walked briskly to the back of the bus and sat directly in front of me. He looked out the window to the left and muttered angrily about his medication. He promptly removed a comb from his back pocket and began to comb his drandruff-laden hair. Then, seeing that a good deal of that white flakey dust had come off on the the comb, he proceeded to place the comb far back into his mouth, licking the drandruff from its plastic prongs. I almost puked.

The bus

2006-04-08T20:28:00.000-07:00

Once, I listened, annoyed, to a whiney granola girl speaking fondly of "greyhound solidarity" at some sort of peace rally on my college campus. Now I've ridden the bus quite a bit. I have seen bus drivers spat upon, I have heard them chastise riders for everything from pounding on windows (tri-met just a few weeks ago), to smoking in the bathroom (greyhound, Portland - Spokane '98). I have seen riders argue, make out, and greet one another. But I have never seen bus-riders recognize their "common humanity" or nod knowingly at the strangers next to them in acknowledgment of their shared mode of transportation. Ridiculous. Stupid trustifarian 10th-year college seniors, with their worthless idealistic views of human nature. They should just stick to the gas-guzzling VW vans that they love so dearly and stay the hell away from public transportation. I'd prefer to sit next to a homeless hooker over smelling that pervasive stale patchuli any day.

Cat Pee

2006-03-26T15:01:00.000-08:00

It’s actually kind of sunny out right now, and I would be outside, but jacket is in the washer. Seems a certain member of the household thought it needed a little au de’ cat. Nice.

Functionally Useless Meanderings

2006-03-26T14:41:00.000-08:00

I've decided to start doing something uselessly productive with my time: blogging. The word itself seems to imply its own inconsequentiality, and the fact that I have officially started my own blog has settled the question for me. But like I said at the beginning, at least I'll have something to show for my wasted time.