i'm always so excited the nite before a race. my adrenalin is pumping and i'm ready to go ( Read more... )

my bus stop on the corner of western and selby in st. paul ( Read more... )

i'm back home (where it all began).
no more metro transit :(
no more crossing the mississippi on a daily basis.
no more gang fights on the bus .. saturday just won't feel like saturday with out witnessing at least one gang fight, or someone drinking a 40 in back .. then passing it to you! *LOL ( Read more... )

i am going to miss crossing the mississippi river on a daily basis.
all the warm rich autumn colours hugging the mississippi at her every curve ..
i will miss the mississippi covered in a sheet of ice.
watching the steam rise above her on a cold winters morning.

complete and utter chaos! christ! so, i'm running like a mad woman to my bus stop after work today. i mean i'm literally running over little kids in strollers and knocking down old ladies. i MUST catch my bus! i've missed the 3:00 bus every day this week! i make it to where my bus stop is only to find a bus puling out. "was that the __?" i ( Read more... )

while waiting for a bus today, i witnessed something that horrified me. a young mother got up from the bench she was sitting at, left her stroller -with her child in it, and went to go make a phone call (with her friends). she just got up and LEFT her child in the stroller, and made her phone call!!!! she had her back to her child for over 5 ( Read more... )

as i sat on the bus this morning it suddenly hit me, -depending on what bus i'm taking sometimes i can go the whole ride with out hearing english.
and this is yet another reason i enjoy taking the bus. diversity.

why is it i only fall asleep on the bus if it's sunny out??? seriously. if it's a sunny day out and i'm on the bus -it doesn't matter if i'm heading to work or coming home from work, i'll fall asleep. i'm out like a light ( Read more... )

so i am on the bus this afternoon heading to midway to (*crosses fingers*) get some care fresh litter for you know who! a few stops after i get on a man in his 50's gets on. he's native american and has skin like leather. he's drunk. he has to ask the driver to wait until he's seated before driving again. he looks around. he doesn't know ( Read more... )

i felt like i was going to die yesterday on the bus. i had this bad cramp and was hunched over for most of the trip home:(

i feel better today tho:)