shouldn't u b on an island somewhere?

Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 8:10 a.m.

I was on the platform and saw my friend Michael on the street. He works at a stuffy company that requires a tie but today he was wearing jeans and a polo. He usually enters on the same side of the platform I enter but today he went to the other side. There was a train pulling up so I was not able to catch him four cars ahead.

I sent a text message about his casual wear and he responded with a "shouldn't u b on an island somewhere?" I am going on vacation in two days and it is obvious that I have exhausted my friends with my enthusiasm for it.

There was a man wearing this really interesting suit with a very stylish and unique cut. His shirt was yellow which you do not see very often but it tied nicely with a great tie. For being so stylish, his briefcase was rather bland.

There was an announcement about the trains moving slower as they are doing improvements for our benefit (when this was said, a man with a beard that was a little too groomed to get that messy look rolled his eyes). This benefit came with the price that the red line would be travelling slow all the way to the loop. This prompted me to get off the red line and take the purple line.

The purple line is always packed with some Evanston types which is the intelligentsia, granola type. I love the purple line because people seemed more relaxed because they know their ride is at least an hour so they kind of zen into the experience. Plus there is something to being actually elevated the whole el ride.