Midnight train to Jackson
So, last night, I found myself wandering home at midnight. I was like, “Hey, I’ll take the red line!” Riiiiight. Aparantly, there were signs up somewhere indicating that the red line is operating on a one-track system all weekend, starting Thursday. So, it took me about 45 minutes to get from Addison to Jackson. (I was at iO watching a legendary show by The Reckoning.) Yeah, so, it basically sucked. I find myself having almost daily conversations with people that start with, “I hate the CTA.”
But, really, I’m not going to gripe about it, because it is a lot better than the public transportation in a lot of cities. Don’t even TRY to take a bus (or, God forbid the monorail) in Las Vegas. Terrifying.
The funniest part of the evening, though, was when I transferred to the Blue Line (also having work done and going through some kind of delays) and the normal middle-of-the-night crowd was in attendance - the few sleeping vagrants, some loud drunken people, and me - and suddenly, about 11 super spunky old ladies got on! They were all J-crew’d out and laughing and - strangely enough - not visibly drunk. It was truly bizarre.
Anyway, enough about that. There are literally thousands of things to do in Chicago tonight, and I’ll probably go see Spiderman 3. I don’t even really want to, but I will. I didn’t really like Spiderman 2, but that’s a long story for another time.
Peace out.
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