always yield to the train.

The train ahead of mine hit a car today, delaying us by over 3 hours. But more importantly, I want to stress that cars ALWAYS yield to trains. Period. No exceptions. I believe that this rule was established on physics, though I would imagine most would think common sense would dictate this adamant rule. Unfortunately, "common sense" is far from common.

Don't write checks you can't cash

I think it is sound financial advice not to write a check that will bounce. I also think it is sound advice when the topic is "words coming out of your mouth." Case in point, this story.

I had to run to the train (nothing new), so I missed the build up to the "fight." I bet it was good too... as I jumped onto the train through the closing doors I was confronted with this scene... right out of a movie... well, at least the dialogue was.

Middle age white guy, staring creepily at a girl of... maybe 16? then the girls boyfriend stands up and says, "you scheming on my girl?" (seriously, I wasn't joking about the dialogue).

White guy, "what you gonna do about it?"

Boyfriend - lots of expletives that amounted to "I will introduce you to my fist."

(ready for the best part?)

White guy, "There are people in this world you don't want to mess with, I am one of them."

Right after he says this, the teenage boy pops him right in the jaw and he goes down like a chump. Then the train stops at Union Station, and everyone files out past the guy on the ground.

This episode taught me that I love LA for a few reasons. 1) They speak in Movie dialogue as though it is natural. 2) 90% percent of the people here have totally over inflated egos (so much so, that they can say "I am one of them" with a straight face). And 3) not a single person thought to check on the moron, they all just walked over and around him to get to where they were going, it was just business as usual.

Treasure Trove

Hi everybody!

October has been a nightmare for me. I suppose that is fitting... nightmare... Halloween... ah, never mind....

Anyway, I have lots of stories that I have been saving up. Like this little ditty...

Walking to the Subway last Thursday I observed a homeless man peeing on all of the parked cars along the street. Yeah, he was just hanging out in the open, walking down the street, while peeing on all the cars. The best part is that there was one of "LA's Finest" watching this... and doing nothing. yeah... no reprimand, no citation, nada... So apparently it is socially and legally acceptable to urinate on other peoples property.

Sweet, I will just tuck that away in the back of my brain for future use.

I will try to post the rest of the stories soon. Until then...

"Have fun Storming (peeing on) the castle!"

Superpowers!

So a friend asked a simple question: what superpower WOULDN'T you want?

Answer: telepathy. Why? because I know all the horrible stuff that I think, and I don't want to know what crappy things other people are thinking. I am a pessimist already, I don't need any more reason to dislike people. Plus, what if you "heard" some serial killer or child molester thoughts? ick!

But that got me thinking about the coolest superpower that you can have. Teleportation. huh? That wasn't what you were thinking? That is how we know you don't have telepathy...

So, anyway... teleportation would let you go anywhere you wanted in a nano-second! (maybe faster!) ANYWHERE. I mean, how awesome would that be? you wouldn't need to use cars, or planes (you will still ride motorcycles and roller coasters, because they are awesome too).

Now this leads to my next thought (I have to break it down so ya'll can follow my train of thought), which is that teleportation has gotta be possible. (Those that aren't religiously inclined may choose to ignore this part, but if you do, you miss out on some of my "logic") God manages to appear and disappear in split seconds. How can He do that if not be teleporting? So, if we assume that He created everything (which I do), therefore He created the rules upon which all physics are tied. We assume that He is perfect and a perfect being must follow the rules that have been created. This means that if we understand the rules of particle and quantum physics, and figure out the maximum velocity of self propulsion (so that we don't disintegrate), we should be able to teleport as well! YES!

so... who is good at physics? anybody?

Quite possible the cutest child ever.

I wonder who he belongs to?

Good news.

My car was still there when I returned last night. Looking no worse for the 14 hour stay in Santa Ana.

Of course, if I am honest, I was a little more concerned that I would be missing wheels and it would be on cinder blocks...

you are not my father.

So I had to run for the train again this morning. I am exhausted from helping Kel with her test until the wee hours, and I slept through the alarm.

As a result, I was cutting it close and had to run for the train. Now, last time I had to do this, a man (whom I will now call DB for "Douche Bag") castigated me about crossing the tracks while the gates are starting to go down, as though he is either a police officer or my father. He is neither, but I had decided that I would attempt to be better (you should all be so proud!) and because of that, I chose to park on the other side of the tracks. This enabled me to make the train AND not cross the tracks with the gates down. Now before anyone asks why I never parked over there to begin with, let me say that the other side of the tracks, is 4Rilz the other side of the tracks! I catch the train in Santa Ana, which as far as I can tell, is the Orange County equivalent of Compton. So... I usually try to park in the monitored, patrolled, fenced in parking lot. But I didn't today... I am risking my car, to be true to my word!

...and do you know what DB said to me? He assumed when he saw me running that I had crossed the tracks and called me a liar! He said, "you aren't very good at obeying the law, or 'doing better' are you?" Pisses me off...