Friday, March 13, 2009

The People Who Ride the 10:40pm Train

Last night, I stayed in the city late after work - Jordan and I went to see Watchmen, which was a good, but ridiculously long movie. In doing so, my train options were limited to the 10:40pm train, which I don't take that often. As I got on the train last night, it was definitely a case of the normal people being severely outnumbered by the weirdos. So, as I ate my McFlurry, I compiled a mental inventory of exactly who does ride the 10:40 train.

I couldn't start this list without the weirdo 20 year old couple on the level below me. These two decided that a public train was the perfect spot to make out for an hour. These two were pretty much all over each other and in the moments they weren't making out, they were texting each other. The girl was wearing a bizarrely low cut top and was literally pouring out of her shirt. And believe me, not in a good way.

Then you had weird quasi-terrorist guy. Sitting by himself and yet every so often I'd catch his eye and feel the icy chill of death. There was pathetic beard guy wearing leg warmers and I swear to God - tap shoes. Across the top row from me were Morlock guy and his friend Hobbit Boy discussing nerd things.

It was a strange night and I think it was topped off perfectly well when I was waiting to get off the train and heard a guy make a "One time at band camp..." joke reference. How old is that movie again?

Final reviews for the night:
Watchmen ***
10:40 train people watching ****

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