Hell, I don't know. If I had wanted schooling, I'da gone to school.

Jayne ,'Ariel'


Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Frankenbuddha - Aug 04, 2005 4:24:20 am PDT #5614 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I was tired enough this morning that when I transferred subway lines (at Park Street) that I went up the wrong staircase to the opposite direction track, tried to correct myself by going DOWN another staircase, got turned around and WENT UP THE SAME STAIRCASE as the first time. So I had to go back down and figure out which was the right stairs, further along the track.

Heh, I think I know exactly which staircase you kept going up.


Theodosia - Aug 04, 2005 4:38:08 am PDT #5615 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

It was partly because I squoze myself onto a crowded subway car about 40 feet further down the track than usual, and ended up thinkign that I was 40 feet in the opposite direction than usual -- so maybe 80 feet off from where I usually am in relation to the stairs I like to take.

(Yes, I have not only favorite staircases, but favorite positions in my main commuting stations for maximizing the efficiency of my commute. It's not anality, it's laziness raised to a high art.)


flea - Aug 04, 2005 4:41:38 am PDT #5616 of 10002
information libertarian

This is totally normal, Theo. I used to usually sit in the same seat when I commuted on the DC metro. It means you can go on auto-pilot to get to work. But if you change the routine, it can be bewildering!


Nora Deirdre - Aug 04, 2005 4:49:18 am PDT #5617 of 10002
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

(Yes, I have not only favorite staircases, but favorite positions in my main commuting stations for maximizing the efficiency of my commute. It's not anality, it's laziness raised to a high art.)

Oh, man, you gots to strategize if you're changing at Park. It's a mob scene, and the closer you get out to the stairway you need, the better.

Jesse, we also get the NY Snapple ads.


Daisy Jane - Aug 04, 2005 5:04:16 am PDT #5618 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Are you sure that's a puppy brenda? So big! and so cute!

I cannot get going this morning. I'm exhausted, but there's a HH happy hour (hey, that's HH HH- I said I was tired) and it's probably really bad form to miss the build and show up for the happy hour, or miss HH and show up for the HH.


tommyrot - Aug 04, 2005 5:05:53 am PDT #5619 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Once again I seem to have stolen someone's cummute~ma (sorry Theodosia). There was some major backup of the Red Line, and I arrived just in time to catch the first one once they were running again. And since they then had four trains back-to-back, they decided to run the first two express to the end of the line. As a result I made it to Evanston much faster than I ever have on the CTA trains. And I got to watch as we drove by platform after platform crowded with grumpy commuters.


sarameg - Aug 04, 2005 5:06:52 am PDT #5620 of 10002

Some days, I really wish people would acknowlege that I solved their problem. Even if it was due to them being a dingbat. Just a simple "Yep, that worked" would be nice.

Of course, I'm being a crab because I can look in the logs and see it worked and I'm just being a whiney little validation-needing twerp this week.


Nora Deirdre - Aug 04, 2005 5:08:09 am PDT #5621 of 10002
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

Some days, I really wish people would acknowlege that I solved their problem. Even if it was due to them being a dingbat. Just a simple "Yep, that worked" would be nice.

That's a totally valid desire. The Other People are being twerpy, not you.

ETA: I forgot how much I like the word "twerp"


Jesse - Aug 04, 2005 5:10:04 am PDT #5622 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Ain't nothing wrong with validation.

Yes, I have not only favorite staircases, but favorite positions in my main commuting stations for maximizing the efficiency of my commute.

Hell yeah. I hate when I end up in the wrong car.


§ ita § - Aug 04, 2005 5:11:43 am PDT #5623 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Sara, can you contact them under the guise of "so I can close out the case"? I admit I perform that follow up every now and again, especially when we were approached for something that wasn't our issue.