while i wait for my phone to charge.

Hello there.

Originally I was going to only write about once or twice a week, since not everyday weird/annoying/whatever shit happens on the bus. But since my brand new phone charger just took a crap on me and I have to use my USB charger on the laptop to charge it, here I am.

I started taking notes because I wanted to remember all the stuff just from today. Then compile through the week to have a nice well rounded entry. I suppose this will suffice though, since a few things really did drive me up the wall today. One of them was not directly bus related, so I'll save that for the end.


Tween girls.
You know exactly what I'm talking about too. The 10-12 crowd who look like they're 14, talk like they're 16, and dress like they're 18. It's disturbing, really. When I was that age, no way in HELL was I wearing black eyeliner, mascara, booty shorts and a spaghetti strap tank top. NO WAY. One of my least favorite things is the rounds of musical "chairs" they play on the bus. One sits by herself and her friend sits across the aisle by herself. Then friend moves to the seat in front of her while girl A moves to the seat that her friend was originally in. Eventually by the time we reach Springfield Station, they're sitting together. How fucking sweet. Plant your asses, you stupid little bitches. And talking on the phone to your mother in a ridiculous manner is lame too, but you won't understand that until you are my age, you see girls doing that and think "wow, that really wasn't cool of me, I was a douche-ette." I am really disappointed in today's youth. REALLY. My friends and I had our moments, but it was nothing like how kids are today. It's a real bummer. Technology has a lot to do w/ it, starting your 6 year old out w/ a cell phone is a super rad idea. *insert sarcasm here* and you wonder why all they want to do is SEXT and roam around Eugene/Springfield instead of do their homework. I'm guilty of it too, but I am an adult, I work, I pay my fucking bills and most of all, I'M NOT AN ASSHOLE ABOUT IT. Instead of the old slogan "Kill Your TV" how about "KILL YOUR CELL PHONE". We all should give it a shot.

On the subject of Tweens, LTD released the summer route changes since school is out and all of that. The picture they use pretty much depicts exactly what I was just talking about. You can see it here. Girls huddled around a phone with surprised looks on their faces. "Oh my GAWD...I can't believe she like, just texted that to you! Like, your mom needs to chillax." or something like that. I have no idea how kids talk these days because I try to have my headphones on at all times when they start squawking.


Again, this morning we had the typical case of "dude on the phone explaining his stupid problems to someone who apparently can't hear so they have to repeat themselves 20 fucking times". I think that pretty much explains that.



My last part of this isn't really about LTD. Actually, it isn't at all. It's about bicycle riders.
I'm all about hoppin' on the bike and riding around town, Eugene is perfect for it. Eugene is also way ahead of the times with these amazing things called "bike lanes". Have you SEEN them?! They are wonderful! You can go w/ the flow of traffic, use your bike like a car and follow all the rules of the road...I don't know why someone didn't think of this earlier. OH WAIT! *face palm* They totally already did!!!! So, since Eugene is SO fucking bike friendly, GET OFF OF THE FUCKING SIDEWALK PLEASE. I'm not kidding, today on the corner of 11th and Willamette, I was expected to either a.) move out of the way while I waited for the walk sign to come on or b.) have a tragic accident with a bicyclist who refused to steer a mere 2 ft to the right and use the fucking bike lane. This happened 3 times while I waited for that light. By the third time, my blood was boiling and I was willing to take the risk of potentially turning into Jamie The Hulk and snapping either legs or bike chains. Jesus people, really. I'm a pedestrian, I do everything correctly...why the fuck can't you?!

*sigh*

I think I'm too nice by not ever saying anything because let's face it...sometimes hippies on bikes can be insane.


That's all for tonight.