Sweeter than a drop of blood on a sugarcube.

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I have this on-going crush on a very attractive young woman who rides the same bus as I do when I head off to work in the morning morning. I have never spoken to her and our only interaction has been when she said "Excuse me" when she had to get off the bus the one time we sat together. I have no idea what her name is and have never seen her anywhere else besides on the bus. When I saw 2046, it sort of weirded me out because the way Faye Wong's character (the hotel owner's daughter, not the robot) looked reminded me of this girl, even though this girl is white. I saw her reading a biography about Marc Bolan once and she wears what I call an orange mackintosh, even though I am neither sure it is orange or a mackintosh. Henceforth, I always refer to her as Orange Mackintosh Girl, or OMG.

It honestly starts my day off on the right foot when I see her on the bus, although I never make eye contact with her and usually just stare at the back of her head. Sometimes I spend my bus ride glancing at her hands or at her nose, two of my favourite body parts on women.

This morning, I was listening to Yo La Tengo* on the iPod and thought of her:

"Take a look at that girl with the light shining out of her eyes
She's gotta be somebody's baby, yeah, she must be somebody's baby
All the guys on the corner stand back and let her walk on by
She's gotta be somebody's baby, yeah, she must be somebody's baby
She's gotta be somebody's baby 'cause she's so fine..."

So OMG, whomever you are and whatever it is you do, you brighten up some guy's life.