Hello all -

Since first starting and losing this blog three years ago, I AM BACK. I have also switched lines after moving to the lovely neighborhood of Aandersonville.

Thursday, January 5, 2006 8:18 a.m.

I was very late since I forgot my cell phone and deemed that I could not live the day without it. I was half-way to the station before having to trudge home to retrieve and envy my boyfriend once again still getting to sleep longer than I did.

Luckily, I walked right on to the train.

I got a seat next to a man who was listening to his iPod with his only belonging being the RedEye and a Walgreens bag with six cans of soda. I looked up to see this man I used to see at the gym when I belonged to Bally's. He is Asian, stands 4.5 feet tall which comes up to my elbow and always has perfect hair even post-workout. He smiles at me graciously.

There was someone playing Enimem loudly on their iPod - not the guy next to me. Didn't he read Peter Townsend's warning in the newspaper yesterday?

oh oh oh - sitting next to the Asian gym-goer was an actor who did an informercial for the CTA. How ironic that he actually uses the product he endorses. Then it made me sad thinking they did not pay him enough and he had to be part of the 9-5 cog machine to make ends meet. At least he is pretty.