Tales from the commuter rail, vol 4

So there is this Asian woman who takes my train and also works where I work and I watch for her every day, here is why...as soon as the train pulls up to Ruggles she bolts out of the train and tries to run up the stairs. Tries to run up the stairs not does because there are about 60 people also walking up the stairs and they are usually not in any hurry to get to work. As soon as she gets to the top of the stairs and into Ruggles she then bolts through the train station and down the stairs to the shuttle, then she sits. When we get to Longwood Ave., yup she bolts out of the shuttle and runs into work. There are many reasons I find this amusing, first where the f*#$ are you going? I make it to work at the same time you do and lady I ain't running anywhere at 7:30am. And she is just running to go somewhere and wait, like the shuttle. If you want to get to work that fast then run there from the train station.

Another reason this daily running of the lady amuses me is her look, she has very thick glasses and her hair...oh her hair, its like a mushroom, that is how I would describe it. Its cut very short and is all puffy and big on the top so it looks like an upside down triangle. I wish I was friends with someone on the train, well actually I wish someone I am friends with already took the train because I really don't want to make a train friend, because I want to say to someone "And she's off..." and do a little race commentary every morning. I mean I do that already but its in my head and not nearly as fun as if I were to say it out loud.

Karma came back

A while ago I had written about how I was being tested by the universe and karma and I think I passed. Then it all came back to me. Last Wednesday Erin, Liz and I went to Shecky's in the South End, its a shopping-a-poloza billed as a "Girl's Night Out". Its twice a year, you pay $15 for a ticket and you get awesome gift bags and access to all these vendors who are selling their products at discount prices. They also give you free drinks, they are basically trying to get you drunk so you buy more, very clever.

Anywho, we usually do a dry run around all the tables and see what they have, Erin however broke that rule and bought some really cute jewelry. Then we passed by a table full of bags which I have plenty of but 2 years ago at Shecky's I got the world's most perfect black bag. These bags were gorgeous! There was this beautiful brown leather one, ahhhhh, buttery tan leather, fun print inside, and it was huge! It was $115 but this girl is just starting out so if she was famous this bag would have been like $800, it was beautiful. So I said if we went around and we came back and the bag was still there I would get it. We came back like a half hour later and it was still there so I decided to buy it. Problem! She only took cash or check. Crap. I only had like $40 on me and that was for dinner after and I haven't carried around a check book in like 5 years. So I told the girl it wasn't meant to be but I took a card and promised to buy from there. In my head I was like, shit it will be full price but it was beautiful. So I turned around and walked over to the next table where Erin and Liz were.

Then the girl from the land of beautiful bags came over to me and said: "Do you want to just take the bag and you can send me a check?" I was like..."WHAT?! Really?! Are you serious?" SHE WAS! I asked her if she wanted my name or my phone number or my social security number? She said: "No, I trust you." DUDE! I hugged that bag for the rest of the night and told anyone who would listen how friggin awesome that woman was. I even found the owner of Shecky's to tell her.

I love my bag, love it! I sent her a check the next day and a thank you note. I am so glad she picked me!

Go to her website! http://livemia.com/

Boys need to watch Bridezillas

I am yet again watching Bridezillas because these girls are friggin crazy! And so are the boys that are marrying them (because sorry, if you are 24 you are a boy). So most ladies I know who aren't married are pretty friggin awesome (ummmm including me) and I feel like their boys or other boys in general need to watch Bridezillas so they can see 1) what to avoid and 2) realize how lucky you are! No one I know (including me) would exclude their soon to be husband from major decisions about the wedding, ie. cake flavor decisions, making their friends their slaves instead of bridesmaids and yelling and nagging at their soon to be husbands. Dude with all of these girls I would be like...ummm get the f*&$ out of my house! So boys...just watch to see how lucky you are that you have such wonderful girls who actually love you for who you are. As the Beatles say...All you need is love.

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So I haven't had anything to write lately because I try to be humorous but I haven't had anything that amusing happen to me lately. I really believe what comes around, and I had a few brushes with karma recently:

-while in NYC I was waiting with my aunt and cousin at F.I.T. for Jade to get out of fashion camp (yes such a thing exists) and I found someone's purse/wallet and turned it in to security

-on the plane home I found a man's ring in the bathroom and turned it over to the stewardess

-at CVS the lady in the pharmacy didn't charge me for a bottle of Tylenol so I went to the front and paid for it

I feel like I could have gone the other way in any of these situations if I was a dishonest person so to me I was being tested by the universe and I think I passed.

Other then that its been the usual, work, class (which is almost done!) and some traveling. Right now Mike is trapped on a plane on a runway in Baltimore waiting to come back from a boys weekend.