On the bus
While my car's been in the shop, I've been carpooling with Wendy. Today I drove her to West Hollywood, parked, then took the bus to GR.
This morning's bus ride was uneventful and hardly worth describing. One crazy guy was smelling real bad and talking to himself with almost equal volume, but mostly it was people with headphones or paperback books. I always wondered who buys all those Stephen King novels. Now I know. One guy was wearing an old GR shirt with the Brian Ralph monkey design!
Sitting on the bus reminded me of living in the dorms at UCLA. My friend Rick and I took the bus from campus to the Palladium to see the Beastie Boys on the Licenced to Ill tourwith Murphy's Law and Fishbone. My friend Peter and I took the bus to the Whisky to see a fundraiser with Guns 'n' Roses and had to walk back because the show ended after midnight. It was all right; we felt totally safe because cops kept shining flashlights on us to make sure we were okay.
Like Claudine said in her blog a couple weeks ago, the bus isn't bad at all. But I'll gladly accept a ride back home after softball practice tonight.
My car? I get it back in a day or two, although this carpool thing is working out all right. We'll probably keep doing it at least a couple days a week. No hybrid or vegetable-oil car in our port, but this will do.
This morning's bus ride was uneventful and hardly worth describing. One crazy guy was smelling real bad and talking to himself with almost equal volume, but mostly it was people with headphones or paperback books. I always wondered who buys all those Stephen King novels. Now I know. One guy was wearing an old GR shirt with the Brian Ralph monkey design!
Sitting on the bus reminded me of living in the dorms at UCLA. My friend Rick and I took the bus from campus to the Palladium to see the Beastie Boys on the Licenced to Ill tourwith Murphy's Law and Fishbone. My friend Peter and I took the bus to the Whisky to see a fundraiser with Guns 'n' Roses and had to walk back because the show ended after midnight. It was all right; we felt totally safe because cops kept shining flashlights on us to make sure we were okay.
Like Claudine said in her blog a couple weeks ago, the bus isn't bad at all. But I'll gladly accept a ride back home after softball practice tonight.
My car? I get it back in a day or two, although this carpool thing is working out all right. We'll probably keep doing it at least a couple days a week. No hybrid or vegetable-oil car in our port, but this will do.
posted by gr at
2:03 PM
Does anyone use the subway in L.A. at all?
Someone pointed out to me that the radio market in L.A. is so much larger than in NY. Additionally, people seem to read a lot more novels in NY. Obviously this is because Angelenos spend more time in cars, while we get an hour reading break a day.
You know though I keep seeing that stupid James Frey book every time on the subway.
Subway's just not convenient yet. Not enough stops in the places that matter (for me).
I've always pointed to public transportation as a reason why SF is so well-read in GR. Apartment dwelling with no washing machines, too.
-mw
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