today was the shittiest ever. apparently i can't get a job that pays more than minimum wage thanks to my availability which is straight shit to pieces. and OMG is the CTA fuckin' shitty over the weekend. construction workers can build up condos hella fast, but when it comes to more important things like fuckin' public transportation that hundred of thousands of people use each day, they fuckin'...
...or how I used to the person in the photo. So The fall though changes me and how I look at things. I see couples cuddle up close to each other to keep warm. Their cupped hands are held tighter. The CTA is filled up with them. There is that one problem I have though, I envy, yet despise them at the same time. I want to be loved on my conditions. My condition is this: always feel love, but never show...
...agent . yay! 3) also meeting neeshadm , which i am so very, very excited about! 4) taking the subway for the first time in new york, which i am willing to bet varies quite a bit from the CTA (and by varies, i mean is much, much more awesome). 5) and the reason for the trip - the wedding of two very good friends, who live in LA (but are both from the NY area). it should be a busy weekend...
Yesterday I attempted to get on the train and the turnstile said "farecard expired". For those of you that don't live in Chicago, we have the CTA go pass - I pay a flat rate pre-tax each month and it's unlimited rides. Apparently, these cards expire every 4 years. Thankfully, the station employee swiped his card and let me in. I bought a temporary farecard after work with enough money on it to get...
...traffic, and all of the trains had to be routed through the Loop elevated tracks at rush hour on a weekday, which led to long delays. More like a management failure, unfortunately. There was a CTA agent on the platform where I was waiting (and waiting and waiting) who was walking up and down with a bullhorn with dead batteries announcing the situation. She was trying to compete with a system...
...is holding everything up and people start cussing and shouting "push him the fuck out the door". All the while he's standing there not moving accusing this guy of taking his wallet. Finally the CTA (our bart) people decide to call the police. So then they make an anouncement that the police are being called and then all the people in the car start bitching about how the Chicago police "don't...
Today I decided to go to Wicker Park to see if I could find any designer clothes cast off by the yuppies that inhabit said neighborhood. I recently had a conversation with a co-worker who wears the most...standing at the front of the bus, clutching a pole for some much-needed balance. I slipped past to her to go toward the back and as I did, I said, "Good luck." I had a feeling she was going to need it
...spoke french, and I couldn't really remember any french except for "Combien..?" So that failed. Then I was still broke, so I was like, hey, I'll go pickpocket someone. So i went and stole this lady's CTA pass card thing, but then I felt too guilty and threw it away. Then I was getting close and closer to the border, which had super tight security. And then Bruce turned up with his car, so we were...
There's an old racist joke I remember from my childhood which goes: Q: What has four arms, four legs, and goes, "Ho-dee-do! Ho-dee-do!" A: Two black men running for the elevator. I didn't hear this from...in front of their cabs. In fact, it can border on the annoying as the train make two or even three false starts out of the station. And it shouldn't make any difference at all for elevators.
An overweight passenger, with eight kids (varying in age within a year of each other), was arrested for perpetrating a scam on the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA). The event occurred during rush hourtraffic. Turns out, the woman brought two of her children on board. She directed the children to act a fool in order to distract the bus driver and passengers from her six other children who tried to sneak...
