the tube

i love the subway. the whole idea of cheap 24hr transport is fantastic. my very favorite subway system is probably the one in stockholm , sweden. it is like a mini museum at every station. while i was there i tried to go to as many of the stops as possible. i spent a handful of days just riding the subway, checking out the stop, and moving on. i think i want to do that in nyc too. not because it is pretty or anything, but because i am always riding to the same bunch of stops ... there’s so many more stations out there.

i used to be the kind of person who listened to music and blocked out the other passengers – but i realized my fellow passengers are part of what make the experience exciting ... or at the very least interesting. overhearing things – seeing what they are reading ... and even smelling the rank ones. now i am a reader. i try to always read on the subway when i am alone. it is great – i have 45 minutes to and from work to spend reading ... it’s also a nice time to decompress after work or the gym.

like everything, riding the subway has it’s moments that annoy me. the one thing that bothers me more than anything else is a person’s hair touching me. it just drives me crazy. especially when a person has a ponytail and it touches the back of my head repeatedly. very violent thoughts go through my head. very violent ones.

if you can’t keep your hair within your own personal space – it is TOO FUCKING BIG!