the bus don't work cuz the ?vandals? broke the... transmission
steven and jenny and paige and i got into the car to drive to roanoke around 11:30, and with a few false starts got there with relatively little trouble. then we drove around in circles for a while trying to find parking and nervously eyeing thousands of "towing enforced" signs (after all paige does have such a hot car). finally we were about to risk one parking lot when we found a FREE parking garage! how exciting! so we walked to the greyhound station and sat around watching surly employees yell at foreigners for a while and jenny and i cried because when we were testing the mace we got a little bit on our hands and then consequently on my nose and all over her face.
finally my bus was ready to go and i climbed aboard only to find lots of greasy male faces looking up at me. i found one female and sat next to her for a little bit but there was this one frightening male behind me that would touch my arm from time to time and then breathe heavily and hit the back of my seat. i was quite afraid until i saw a completely free set of seats. needless to say i was very excited by this and i made myself a little nest and prepared to take a short nap until the bus driver pulled over and got off to look at the bus in a suspicious manner. apparently the transmission on the bus was broken and we had to go back to roanoke to get a new bus. at this point i knew that there was no way i would get a seat to myself again. so i got on the new bus and sat by myself in the aisle seat and tried to look unfriendly, but it didn't work. possibly the most dirty male on the whole bus sat next to me. for a while he talked to me but since i couldn't understand a word he was saying i just nodded in response so he gave up and went to sleep. apparently he needed a lot of room for this. he curled up and took up his seat and half of mine as well.
he smelled funny.
it was quite amusing though to see all of the people clambor to climb off the bus at the stops and smoke cigarettes furiously.
finally finally finally we were in charlottesville. i got off the bus and the bus driver talked to me for a bit to make sure i was ok. he didn't seem to want to leave while i was waiting for my ride. it was quite sweet really. i think we made friends with him when jenny yelled "holy shit" really loudly in the bus station when the snapple beverage hit the plastic with a surprising smack. he ended up telling me to remain in lighted areas and got back on the bus. a nice redneck smoker lady also expressed concern. i told her i had mace and she seemed to approve.
alex was an absolute angel and he came and picked me up and dropped me off at brown and here i am now, not studying, and not sleeping.
all in all this weekend was quite an adventure.
finally my bus was ready to go and i climbed aboard only to find lots of greasy male faces looking up at me. i found one female and sat next to her for a little bit but there was this one frightening male behind me that would touch my arm from time to time and then breathe heavily and hit the back of my seat. i was quite afraid until i saw a completely free set of seats. needless to say i was very excited by this and i made myself a little nest and prepared to take a short nap until the bus driver pulled over and got off to look at the bus in a suspicious manner. apparently the transmission on the bus was broken and we had to go back to roanoke to get a new bus. at this point i knew that there was no way i would get a seat to myself again. so i got on the new bus and sat by myself in the aisle seat and tried to look unfriendly, but it didn't work. possibly the most dirty male on the whole bus sat next to me. for a while he talked to me but since i couldn't understand a word he was saying i just nodded in response so he gave up and went to sleep. apparently he needed a lot of room for this. he curled up and took up his seat and half of mine as well.
he smelled funny.
it was quite amusing though to see all of the people clambor to climb off the bus at the stops and smoke cigarettes furiously.
finally finally finally we were in charlottesville. i got off the bus and the bus driver talked to me for a bit to make sure i was ok. he didn't seem to want to leave while i was waiting for my ride. it was quite sweet really. i think we made friends with him when jenny yelled "holy shit" really loudly in the bus station when the snapple beverage hit the plastic with a surprising smack. he ended up telling me to remain in lighted areas and got back on the bus. a nice redneck smoker lady also expressed concern. i told her i had mace and she seemed to approve.
alex was an absolute angel and he came and picked me up and dropped me off at brown and here i am now, not studying, and not sleeping.
all in all this weekend was quite an adventure.