Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 4:48 p.m.

I got out of my class early and ran to the train. I was starving and wanted to get home very quickly. I was talking on my cell phone and ran up the exit stairway at Quincy. I didn't notice any of the zillion warnings.

I was talking the purple line to switch at Belmont. That weird single seat at the front of the car was available. I love that seat. You get to sit and nobody can sit by you. I finished my crossword puzzle in no time.

The soduku puzzle in the RedEye was supposed to be only 2 stars and the guest solver did it in 9 minutes. I spent the rest of the ride wracking my brain over that stupid puzzle and it turned out that I get to the end and made a huge mistake somewhere. IN PEN! GRRRRR

I almost missed the belmont stop I was so engrossed. That would have been horrible riding all the way north to Howard just to ride back down to Berwyn again. Not earth-shatteringly horrible bu would have delayed my enjoying penne alfredo with spinach and shrimp!

Now, I have written a blog post as boring as my el ride.