Category: Live Blogging On the Subway

Ahh the calm before the sh*t storm

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I have an early meeting this morning, so I am “in the system” (as if it were the matrix or something) earlier than normal. But there is something nice about the calm in the early morning.

There are less people on board, so I am actually able to sit while I write. It also appears that we are moving much quicker. Why is that?

What is a little strange is that 80% of the people in thi car are asleep. Should I be alarmed?

Oh wait, I forgot to mention the toothless dude that go on behind me that keeps screaming “faggot” over and over again. Now does it seem a bit odd that everyone is still sleeping?

I prefer to not assault the annoyingly homeless before 9am…especially if I have a suit on. Of course, I always try to use words first. I will attempt to explain to him why the empty seat across from him is not a “fagot,” but it could get messy.

Till this afternoon!

Live from the subway, back to you in studio…

Transit gods smile upon me

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I just walked down the stairs to the platform at the exact moment my train pulled in. I love that! I feel like the “transit gods” have smiled upon me.

“All you suckers [other passengers] stood and waited. Not me! Muaaah ah ahhh”

But as cool as I felt, it was quickly dashed away by the face that I got in a train car without air conditioning. Damn it! All transit-hotshot-coolness just left me. I should have seen it coming though. There’s always something suspicious about a car with lots of open seats during rush hour. Foiled again!

Talk to you in the morning.

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ALERT: NJ Transit Problems

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Our NJT riding brothers and sisters are out of luck this afternoon. The Secaucus Junction to/from Penn Station was shut down. But I just heard that it may be coming back online now.

Expect a slightly more crowed subway train around midtown today!

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AM Rain

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So it is raining right now as I enter the subway. Not too hard but enough to be annoying. It is funny how people FLIP out when it rains.

I always get a laugh out of the people that huddle around the stairs up to street level. They just stand there, and I assume it is because they are going to “wait it out.” Seriously though, who has that kind of time?

I find the people that wait underground AFTER work to be even stanger. Why not just make a run for it? You are on your way home anyway, so just change out of you wet clothes.

Which brings me to my next subject: umbrellas. At what point is it appropriate for me to punch you in the teeth for dripping your PGA Tour sized golf umbrella all over my suit? Or can I save that for when you decide to walk up the 5 foot wide stairs with the umbrella open, poking eyes out as you go?

And where do the umbrella sales guys keep their umbrellas until it rains? As soon as the first drop hits the pavement, they start popping up all over town.

Anyway, here’s my stop. More this afternoon.

Why are old people in such a hurry to get underground?

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Do you ever find yourself looking at the old people on the train with a certain level of shock? Honestly, some of these people are going to kick it at any moment.

My first question is how do these people get down here in the first place? Even a young, healthy person can have a hard time dealing with the insane amount of stairs and walking at some stations. Yet grandma (walker and all) manages to make it.

My next question is how on earth do they survive the heat? As soon as the temp begins to climb, you always hear about the elderly being told to stay inside. All I can come up with is that it feels like Florida to them down here. The sticky 126 degrees must feel like heaven (so to speak).

Then again, the woman I am looking at across from me right now looks like she may have been riding this train for weeks. I think the milk in her grocery bag expired two weeks ago. Guess it is easier to get in than it is to get out.

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The day the music died (from heat stroke)

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Know what sucks about the subway in the summer?  (Besides the heat making you seriously consider grabbing the 3rd rail with both hands)  Less subway musicians. 

Because of the heat, there is a serious lack of quality subway entertainment.  Where do these guys go?  Maybe they move out in to the nearby parks.  Personally, I think they are sellouts.  If they are going to advertise themselves as subway musicians, then they better keep their trumpet tooting asses underground. 

You don’t see the homeless guys walking around in the summer claiming to be corporate CEOs.  No no my friend, they keep it real.  It is time that the subway musicians do the same.

Sometimes the only think keeping me from assaulting the woman next to me wearing jeans that she bought 8 sizes ago is the catchy tune of my local keyboard player. 

I look forward to the fall my friends.