So, being the cheap-ass environmentally conscious person that I am, I take public transportation to work every day. It’s really not that bad, and I save a ton of money on gas and car maintenance. Not to mention that after 1.5 years of a 50+ miles round-trip commute I LOVE that I don’t have to sit in my car for eternity every morning.
But here’s the thing about public transportation. Other people use it too! And some of those people are, well, weird. And dirty. And sometimes scary. Which means that it’s common public transportation etiquette to do everything within your power to avoid contact of any kind with any other riders. Including being polite and doing kind things like pointing out to them that the reason no one else was sitting in that seat before you got on was that there’s something sticky in that seat. Pancake syrup maybe?
I can only hope.
My jeans are sticking to my ass. And my chair. And I am so thoroughly grossed out that I kind of want to vomit. But it’s not like I can take my pants off and rinse them out in the public restroom. So I’m sticking it out. No pun intended.
“Baby let’s go below the surface
See what we can find
There’s no reason to be nervous
‘Cause it happens all the time
I don’t want to go up to the mountain
I don’t need to go down to the sea
Gonna sit right here ‘till we unravel
The mystery
While the lights of the city
Are shining below
Gonna hold onto you girl
And never let go
While everyone else is just walking around
In their sleep
Baby let’s dig down
Dig down deep
I wanna dig down deep
And I don’t wanna wait until tomorrow
‘Cause the fortune said that “The time is now”
It’s time to find out what we’re doing
What we’re doing anyhow
Let’s go out in the moonlight
And walk for awhile
Maybe stay up all night and we could
Talk for awhile
Kick off your shoes
‘Cause you’ve got nothing to lose
But your sleep
Baby let’s dig down
Dig down deep
I wanna dig down deep
It’s an open invitation
So baby don’t you cry
It’s a life long celebration
And I think we’re right on time
It’s a feeling in your heart
And a lump in the throat
It’s a strange and lovely ride
Wanna dig down deep inside
While the lights of the city
Are shining below
Gonna hold onto you girl
And never let go
While everyone else is just walking around
In their sleep
Baby let’s dig down
Dig down deep
I wanna dig down deep
Could you dig down deep
I wanna dig down deep”
Marc Cohn, Dig Down Deep
Monday morning = made. Real live Mario Kart!
Halloween 2011?
I’m not saying this is the best idea ever, but I think that we can all agree that sliced bread’s got nothing on this.
(Source: borndeadburiedalive)
Just finished the final book in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy. I’m not sure what to do with myself after reading them at every spare moment for the past two weeks.
Anyone have a good book recommendation?
One day I will create original content. Today is not that day.
Here’s how I feel about work today.
(Source: rachaelgk)
Couldn’t have said it better myself, thanks Berto!
Monday. New week, new month, new start.
Let’s get moving.
An awesome pumpkin/snoman/jack-o-lantern hybrid…
This is what I think of pumpkins and all things pumpkin-related.
(via rachaelgk)
Videos like this make shitty days like this one better.
A cat in a McDonald’s bag. Can I be this for Halloween?
No, YOU’RE too weird.
John Mayer, “Why Georgia”
(This is a letter in reference to an article posted on Marie Claire’s website.)
As content creators, we realize that you have no responsibility to produce value of any kind, that if you put out an article that falls under the category of “for women,” then you’re doing just fine with Hearst….
Pass the bar exam? Check.
Get awesome DC lawyering job? Check.
Monday. New week, new month, new start.
Let’s get moving.
via constantreader:
I saw this at Borders today. I should have gotten it.
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