I like the train here in Chicago a lot. Even if it's more convenient to drive somewhere, I'll rid the el if I can. I like my car for long distances, but if it's stop-and-go driving, I'd rather walk or take the train, no question. It lets me get out into the world a bit, interact with people, watch them.
Waiting for the train this afternoon there was a girl on the opposite platform staring straight at me for a good six or seven minutes. I was writing in my notebook and she was just staring straight ahead, no expression on her face. Well, she was wearing sunglasses so it was impossible to say for certain what she was looking at, but she was right across the tracks from me. So, I'll go ahead and assume. It was a strange day because I was walking around with greasy, unwashed hair, a lame t-shirt, and no socks, but I still felt like the coolest kid on Earth as I went down to Kinko's. This girl was staring at ME, baby.
My train came before hers and as it pulled away she was staring straight ahead, so it probably wasn't me she was looking at after all. But as I try to fall asleep tonight, laying in bed and replaying the day in my brain, I'll probably remember her as looking right at me.
Once on the train there was a group of boys laughing and switching seats a lot. They were around twelve, I think. When the train would pull into a station they would run out onto the platform and jump into another car. At the next stop, they would dash back into mine, trying to make it in the doors before the train pulled away. I knew I was getting a little too old when my first thought was, "Now why would they even be doing that? What are they accomplishing?" They're having fun, you old bastard.
Walking out of the train station near my house I saw where someone had written on the wall "JOE DAVIDSON IS GAY." I don't know Joe Davidson, and I'm certainly not down with gay-bashing (or anyone-bashing, really), but I still thought this was really funny. I laughed out loud when I saw it. No one has ever written Joe Davidson Is Gay inside my car, I can tell you that.
Waiting for the train this afternoon there was a girl on the opposite platform staring straight at me for a good six or seven minutes. I was writing in my notebook and she was just staring straight ahead, no expression on her face. Well, she was wearing sunglasses so it was impossible to say for certain what she was looking at, but she was right across the tracks from me. So, I'll go ahead and assume. It was a strange day because I was walking around with greasy, unwashed hair, a lame t-shirt, and no socks, but I still felt like the coolest kid on Earth as I went down to Kinko's. This girl was staring at ME, baby.
My train came before hers and as it pulled away she was staring straight ahead, so it probably wasn't me she was looking at after all. But as I try to fall asleep tonight, laying in bed and replaying the day in my brain, I'll probably remember her as looking right at me.
Once on the train there was a group of boys laughing and switching seats a lot. They were around twelve, I think. When the train would pull into a station they would run out onto the platform and jump into another car. At the next stop, they would dash back into mine, trying to make it in the doors before the train pulled away. I knew I was getting a little too old when my first thought was, "Now why would they even be doing that? What are they accomplishing?" They're having fun, you old bastard.
Walking out of the train station near my house I saw where someone had written on the wall "JOE DAVIDSON IS GAY." I don't know Joe Davidson, and I'm certainly not down with gay-bashing (or anyone-bashing, really), but I still thought this was really funny. I laughed out loud when I saw it. No one has ever written Joe Davidson Is Gay inside my car, I can tell you that.
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Well I'm off to my Honeymoon. Got some good reading material (all super-hero stuff I'm afraid). A hardcover X-Force collection by Mike Alldred, the Golden Age Spectre Archives, Will Eisner's Spirit Archives Volume 10. Have a long plane ride ahead of me, but tropical paradise to look forward to. So you won't hear from me for a while, but I will check in when I get back!! In the mean time continue to enjoy your chance meetings on trains!!