People.. are crazy. The end.
Holy shit. what the hell is going on in my life.
Story 1:
Short synopsis: lost my cell phone
Lesson: dont keep cell phone in pocket
Out last night for my friends birthday at the Kilkenny, having a few drinks and all that jazz. I have my cell in my pocket instead of my purse so I can hear it ring - smart idea right? Well near the end of the night, i go to the washroom and as I stand up & flush the toilet.. out JUMPS my phone... into the flushing toilet. So I had to watch my cell phone go off to goldfish heaven. FUUUUUUUUCK. I was pretty choked about this, not gonna lie. So Nik had to pretty much comfort me the rest of the evening until we parted ways downtown. My problem was that I had no phone.. so couldnt call a cab when I got to my station, so I got to walk the 30 minutes home in the cold (about 0 degrees) wearing a skirt. NOT FUN. Froze my ass off (quite literally).
Story 2: This one takes place over yesterday and today.
Short synopsis: c-train people are fucked up and creepy.
Lesson: someone has headphones on... DONT HASSLE THEM
..1> Yesterday, taking the train from the chinook mall up to brentwood to head off to the Kilkenny, and sitting there, listening to my music and this girl sits down across from me, and asks if I used to work at fruits & passion. I say no, but notice that she has an iron ring on and ask if shes an engineer. Turns out she graduated from mech in '03. so we chatted about internship & school until her stop. interesting conversation.
..2> Coming home from the Kilkenny, after leaving Nik, me not being very sober, sitting on the train, listening to my music and this guy sitting in front of me turns around and starts talking. asks me something or other and the conversation that ensued had to do with him being from PEI, coming out here, starting off living in the homeless shelter and making things work for himself. then the girl across starts talking and somehow the conversation is about all 3 of us not being from here, and working and how there is so much work available here. odd conversation
..3> Today, sitting at the max bell ctrain station,again listening to my music, waiting to catch my train to meet my friend, some guy comes up and sits on the bench beside me, asking what train i was waiting for. So i point that direction and he asks if the other train had come already. it had just left so i told him that and so he asks how long itll take for the next one. i say 15 minutes. then im about to put my headphone back on and he says "has anyone ever told you you're beautiful".. so i mumble thanks and shove my earphone in. hes not done tho. keeps talking and says something about hoping i make it home to my family safely and such. im creeped the fuck out. finally im able to just keep my headphone in and ignore him until my train came, which was a huge relief. this guy was like 30 and looked dirty and had a few nasty scars on his face that looked like fighting scars. creepy conversation.
..4> Coming home from the movie tonight with 2 friends, cait and jan, and cait is telling us a story of some weird guy hitting on her on her way down to the theatre that night. I laugh and say its funny but weird and this black old guy with an african accent says "thats not funny".. im like .. uh whoa scary. so we all look confused and he repeats himself, followed by "he didnt smile", referring to jan. so then he goes off about how jan needed a friend, and this friend would be beer, and that it would give him courage being with 2 girls. at this point, jan missed something and is thoroughly confused, but caitlin and i cant contain our laughter. then he goes off about how he has to make his choice carefully, and that he cant pick the wrong girl. that he should wait and make sure its right or take his time and have one then the other. finally this guy gets off the train and we all just fall all over ourselves with laughter and the feeling of "that was weird!". weird conversation.
..5> On this same train, minutes later, i tell my stories of the previous 3 incidents on the c-train, and that the black guy had been number 4 of the weird people on the train. then another guy stands up and comments on how the african dude was having a flashback back to his days in africa and that us being social made him have this flashback and that he was reliving his days back there and thats why he was saying what he was saying. This guy also said that he knew many people like that. I whisper to jan "this makes 5" and laugh to myself. finally he stops rambling and gets off the train. nosy/fucked up conversation.
People should mind their own business on the ctrain when a)someone has headphones on, they clearly do no wish to be disturbed, nor hit on. and b)when a group of people are having their own conversation.. dont go and interupt with your own ramblings!
Story 1:
Short synopsis: lost my cell phone
Lesson: dont keep cell phone in pocket
Out last night for my friends birthday at the Kilkenny, having a few drinks and all that jazz. I have my cell in my pocket instead of my purse so I can hear it ring - smart idea right? Well near the end of the night, i go to the washroom and as I stand up & flush the toilet.. out JUMPS my phone... into the flushing toilet. So I had to watch my cell phone go off to goldfish heaven. FUUUUUUUUCK. I was pretty choked about this, not gonna lie. So Nik had to pretty much comfort me the rest of the evening until we parted ways downtown. My problem was that I had no phone.. so couldnt call a cab when I got to my station, so I got to walk the 30 minutes home in the cold (about 0 degrees) wearing a skirt. NOT FUN. Froze my ass off (quite literally).
Story 2: This one takes place over yesterday and today.
Short synopsis: c-train people are fucked up and creepy.
Lesson: someone has headphones on... DONT HASSLE THEM
..1> Yesterday, taking the train from the chinook mall up to brentwood to head off to the Kilkenny, and sitting there, listening to my music and this girl sits down across from me, and asks if I used to work at fruits & passion. I say no, but notice that she has an iron ring on and ask if shes an engineer. Turns out she graduated from mech in '03. so we chatted about internship & school until her stop. interesting conversation.
..2> Coming home from the Kilkenny, after leaving Nik, me not being very sober, sitting on the train, listening to my music and this guy sitting in front of me turns around and starts talking. asks me something or other and the conversation that ensued had to do with him being from PEI, coming out here, starting off living in the homeless shelter and making things work for himself. then the girl across starts talking and somehow the conversation is about all 3 of us not being from here, and working and how there is so much work available here. odd conversation
..3> Today, sitting at the max bell ctrain station,again listening to my music, waiting to catch my train to meet my friend, some guy comes up and sits on the bench beside me, asking what train i was waiting for. So i point that direction and he asks if the other train had come already. it had just left so i told him that and so he asks how long itll take for the next one. i say 15 minutes. then im about to put my headphone back on and he says "has anyone ever told you you're beautiful".. so i mumble thanks and shove my earphone in. hes not done tho. keeps talking and says something about hoping i make it home to my family safely and such. im creeped the fuck out. finally im able to just keep my headphone in and ignore him until my train came, which was a huge relief. this guy was like 30 and looked dirty and had a few nasty scars on his face that looked like fighting scars. creepy conversation.
..4> Coming home from the movie tonight with 2 friends, cait and jan, and cait is telling us a story of some weird guy hitting on her on her way down to the theatre that night. I laugh and say its funny but weird and this black old guy with an african accent says "thats not funny".. im like .. uh whoa scary. so we all look confused and he repeats himself, followed by "he didnt smile", referring to jan. so then he goes off about how jan needed a friend, and this friend would be beer, and that it would give him courage being with 2 girls. at this point, jan missed something and is thoroughly confused, but caitlin and i cant contain our laughter. then he goes off about how he has to make his choice carefully, and that he cant pick the wrong girl. that he should wait and make sure its right or take his time and have one then the other. finally this guy gets off the train and we all just fall all over ourselves with laughter and the feeling of "that was weird!". weird conversation.
..5> On this same train, minutes later, i tell my stories of the previous 3 incidents on the c-train, and that the black guy had been number 4 of the weird people on the train. then another guy stands up and comments on how the african dude was having a flashback back to his days in africa and that us being social made him have this flashback and that he was reliving his days back there and thats why he was saying what he was saying. This guy also said that he knew many people like that. I whisper to jan "this makes 5" and laugh to myself. finally he stops rambling and gets off the train. nosy/fucked up conversation.
People should mind their own business on the ctrain when a)someone has headphones on, they clearly do no wish to be disturbed, nor hit on. and b)when a group of people are having their own conversation.. dont go and interupt with your own ramblings!