Thursday, May 18, 2006 - 8 a.m.

I was able to get a seat thankfully because I have not been feeling well the past few days and I am a little achey.

This woman got on with her New York Times and large, floral purse. She walked down the aisle to stand right next to me even though the aisle was pretty empty. She kept glaring at me during the entire ride. She was not old. She did not appear to be pregnant - both of which I would have given up my seat. This was a young vibrant and obviously lazy woman. She just did not figure that I was equally needing to sit, getting over a flu bug and the only thing keeping everything in my body was the fact that I was sitting down, reading my Anderson Cooper Vanity Fair.

And no, I have not gotten to the Anderson Cooper article yet.

Since I missed Monday and Tuesday, here are a couple of highlights of those rides to and from work:

> The "I just want you to see me" pandhandler was coming off the train as i was getting on at Lake. He was making sure he was seemed as he angrily shouted "EXCUSE ME! I AM LEAVING THE TRAIN"

> This young man was reading one of those end of time books titled something like the Devastating Conclusion or something like that. What I found interesting is the book had a pull out quote "You'll be captivated!"