Tales from the Bus

[superbadgirl]

I think I'm feeling better. I'm weary of waking up tired everyday, but I can roll out of bed without a pervading sense of dread. My fingernails have a strange line in them.

Monday night, I was ten steps away from the bus stop when the blasted #49 rolled by, leaving me in the dust.

Last night, I was ten steps away and running for the bus stop when the blasted #49 rolled by. Loser bus driver did not even pretend to see me, though I would think it impossible to misinterpret someone running pell-mell for the stop as the bus approaches. I am so peeved about it that I'll probably leave work early just to make sure I freaking catch the bus I want.

Also last night, I was approached by a panhandler down on 3rd and Pine. It's not uncommon. I find it quite interesting to see whom they target - some will ask anyone, but there are others who are very specific in whom they hit up for cash. Anyway, this panhandler, a sweet young thing, came up to me with a lit cigarette in her hand. She asked if I'd buy it off of her for a quarter, followed by a commensurate sob story. WHAT? That was a new one. Even if I was a smoker, why on Earth would I buy an already lit cigarette? Double gross. I think she counted on someone giving her money, no cigarette exchange required.

I got on the #2, which was full as per usual, but not as bad as it could have been. There are times that thing is packed like a fucking sardine can. After the last downtown stop, a seat opened up. I grabbed it because no one else did. Getting there, I tripped over some dude's foot. This guy was HUGE, so the foot was difficult to miss. Had to be at least 6'6" and build like a workhorse. (Picture Lennie Small.) At his stop, he reached under the seat and pulled out an Igloo cooler as massive as he, bumping my legs as he did. He leaned close to me and said with a shy smile and a shrug, "My lunch." It amused me for reasons I can't quite put into writing.

Passenger Song by Great Lake Swimmers seems appropriate here. Is it bad that I love it for only one line, and it's not a particularly good line: "Right you are right you are right you are right...". I simply love the delivery.

Also, someone here at work made off with my scissors. Stole it right out of my desk drawer. I'm mortally offended.

Comments

[darksylvia.livejournal.com]

I ride the #2 sometimes in the early afternoon. It's weird--sometimes it will be filled with little old ladies and sometimes it's filled with smelly homeless dudes. You just never know.

Pft, some homeless chick offering to trade me her cigarette = ew.

Also, those scissor stealing-bastards! It's like Milton's red stapler.

[superbadgirl]

I love when the driver announces repeatedly that it's a #2X, where the last stop downtown is, etc., etc. and still some idiot bitches and moans about the driver not stopping.

I SO prefer the #2X, though, despite that.

Ah, Milton. ;)

[betacandy.livejournal.com]

You know, your hands can be like tree rings, with weird lines indicating a health issue. Makes me wonder if your recent depression either caused or resulted from a health issue.

And I HATE it when people take office supplies from my desk. I know they're company property, so if they asked me for them I'd probably be like, "Sure, whatever", but to take them is just RUDE.

[superbadgirl]

I should go see a doctor, but I really don't know how to describe my concerns in a way that will make someone take me seriously. You know how that is.

I stole a scissors from the mail room. ;)

[betacandy.livejournal.com]

OMG, I just re-read my comment and it was surreal:

"You know, your hands can be like tree rings,"

Whu-huh? I assume you figured out I meant "nails." Hands like tree rings. I can't stop laughing!

I totally know how it is with doctors. One of the most common things to affect nail growth is anemia - which can cause depression, fatigue and headaches. So maybe eating more leafy greens or beef or taking iron and B-12 supplements is something you can do on your own.

Of course, don't listen to me unless you want to - my longtime distrust of doctors turned me into a DIY health hacker, LOL!

[superbadgirl]

LOL, yes, I figured it out. I've heard that before, too. There's something funky going on with the fingernail on my right pointer. I can see where it started to grow differently - it's smooth on top, ridged and, while not concave, not quite right on the bottom half. It's on that finger and my middle one I keep getting weird bumps I think are eczema.

Anyway. You did not need to know that.

I've been taking B-12 and I eat greens fairly regularly. I won't eat beef, but I'll see if adding iron helps. ;)

[betacandy.livejournal.com]

It's okay - I get weird ridges and humps in my fingernails. :)