Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - 12:55 p.m.

First, I passed the #100 posting mark yesterday with little fanfare. Woo-hoo!

The trains were never going to come today. For some reason, I hit that spot of time where there was a delay in service on both the rides I had to take - brown and red.

I ran into my old friend Aaron on the second train ride. He has not been working much the past year as an actor but working on a book about horror films. I thought his perspective was interesting b/c the worrywart side of me was like "how do you make money? Don't you need some crappy job" but his view on his whole situation was "it's inconvenient lately but this is what has to happen for the next step."

Very admirable.

Tuesday, February 20, 2007 - 5:35 p.m.

Someone was having gas. Not just once but a few times. It was the kind of gas that filled the entire car. Rube.

I was sitting doing a crossword puzzle and there was a woman standing right above. She did not move even when the aisle cleared, when seats opened. She had her crotch 5 inches from my shoulder the entire ride. Good thing I solved both puzzles so I appeared smart.

Tuesday, February 20, 2007 - 8:08 a.m.

There is a used CD store in the building at the Berwyn el stop. There is an ad for iPods in that similar reverse silhouette style that they have been using for last couple of years in the window of the store. This time though, the silhouette was that of the prisoner in the hood that was part of the abuse scandal a couple of years ago involving Pfc. Lynndie England and her co-horts listening to an iPod. (I am embarrassed that I know the name of the chipmunk-faced woman involved yet cannot tell you the name of the prison or country - says a lot about the celebrity factor in scandals)

So the marketers of iPod and Apple think that this is an acceptable image. An man being tortured while naked and photographed in prison listening to an iPod. What song was playing do you think? Probably not Enya.