Wow… It’s been a year since I last done one of these...
Wow. Oops, sorry. Well, for my triumphant return I will talk
about my train friends. What are train
friends? I have no idea who these people
really are, but I see them every day on my way to work and so I made up little
names for them. If I don’t see anyone of
them, I look around and make sure I am on the right train. So here they are, silly names and all:
The Badger: This guy
is always seated, and always clutching his backpack for dear life. He usually is sleeping, or pretending to be
sleeping, but if someone happens to wake him up he glares at them and grumbles. I discovered this once when I accidentally
poked him with my umbrella.
Au Natural: This is a
sweet looking girl, who like the badger, always has a seat. What is unusual about her is that she looks
up. Everyone else looks down while
reading, sleeping or playing with a cell phone.
I call her Au Natural because she is the rare breed in Japan who doesn’t
wear any make up at all.
The Flash: This guy
cracks me up. When the train pulls up,
he gets into position to haul ass to any available seat. He doesn’t wait for people to get off first… Hell no! He charges in and jumps into a seat,
because if he doesn’t, perhaps the world will end. All during this time he has this panicked
look on his face. He always gets his
seat though.
The salesman: This is
an attractive woman maybe in her mid to late 30s. I think she is pretty hot, because she seems
really comfortable in her own skin. She
is always reading something, and usually it’s on her Iphone. I call her the salesman because she is so
comfortable with herself, that her favorite pants, which she wears often, are
these ridiculous checked things that look s like something a 1970s era used car
salesman would wear.
No face: This is the
prettiest girl on the train in my opinion.
Everything about her is perfect.
Something that I found that was really attractive that I never thought
about is the fact that she often reads a newspaper. Odd right?
But I can’t recall a time when I have seen a girl read a newspaper. I find that attractive… I know, I’m
weird. Now, why I call her no face is
because she has no frickin facial expression.
It’s like her face is made of porcelain and if she were to smile or
frown, her face would fall off. That
kind of creeps me out. It’s 7 in the
morning when I see her though, so I don’t blame her for having an expressionless
face of the damned.
Tattoo: This guy
reminds me of a taller Tattoo from Fantasy Island. He is always wearing something tropical
looking and is very proud of his smart phone.
He wears it around his neck and never turns the screen off. Its seems to me he wants everyone to say to
him: “Gee, what an amazing phone. Hence,
you must be an amazing person.
The buzzard: This is
a high school kid who knows exactly what station I get off at, and so when he
sees me, he rushes right in front of me (assuming I got a seat) and waits for
me to get off so he can take the seat.
And those are my regular train friends… Making my morning
commute something…
