A: According to this lady's cruise bag, there is a place called Flaam. :D
A: Flaam (or flam with a little circle above the a) is a fjord in Norway. Their railway system is called flamsbana, and their port authority, flam hamn.
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2/7/13
Z: I'm dripping on Diversey next to a woman who looks like a mailbox upholstered in mink. She has a crewcut and an umbrella you could spear fish with.
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2/12/13
A: Omgomgomg my cab driver is saying the rosary. I'm gonna die.
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2/17/13
A: Just got an email invite to chicago singles meet-up "swingers ball." I thought it was awfully...progressive of them until I clicked it and it's for swing dancing.
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2/18/13
A: Tourists on the brown line, just about to go over the Wells bridge: "Oh, look at the beach!" "We see beach everyday."
(fyi: you can see the river and some buildings, but the beach is nowhere near visual range of the Wells Street bridge.)
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2/27/13
A: Stopped by DePaul's student center for dinner before an appt. Pretty sure that was a pic of a hogtied woman on that boy's laptop screen. Using DePaul wi-fi. He wins.
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3/1/13
Z: A man on the train platform just quoted the bible while talking about his dick.
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3/5/13
BA to me: Just got soaked by a cab. Thought of you.
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3/11/13
A, 8:08am: Bus driver has yelled at us 3 times to hold onto the rails for our safety. We're going 2mph. I think at one point he must have sent someone through the window.
A, 8:27am: I think the bus driver's lost now. South Water isn't supposed to be on our route.
A, 8:35am: And now we stopped for a green light and he's rambling at me.
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4/8/13
A: It's pouring. Seagull don't care.
4/9/13
A: I just watched a gross woman roll a cigarette on the bus, from beginning to end. I had no idea they sold that stuff in economy bags.
Z: (lost his response, something about watching his dad doing it before and it being impressive she could do so on the bus)
A: I didn't say she did a good job.
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4/24/13
A: Omg, guy on the bus across from me has "i hate my mom" tattooed on his FOREHEAD.
A: If I could only take a pic without dying...
A, to friend JE who loves the meme: There's a woman across from me on the bus, I couldn't figure out why she seemed familiar. She looks like grumpy cat.
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4/26/13
4/26/13
A: Remember the "clean up your pee" message in the train bathroom? It's been corrected for grammar. :)
4/29/13
A: You're missing out. One of the girls behind me is prepping for a lakefront tour guide test. Yesterday they made her change a bike tire 30 times.
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4/30/13
4/30/13
A: Sign in a watch shop that does repairs: water proof test
Later on, different shop:
Z: In 'Heard on the Street' in the latest TimeOut: "Taste this. Is it water or vodka?' Didn't you say that to me? Have we been spied upon?
A: Nah, mine was vodka or plain sprite. Or vodka or gin.
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5/2/13
5/2/13
A, to work colleague: I'm early again. I'm unintentionally getting my shit together. nervewracking.
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5/4/13
5/4/13
A, to work colleague: Just saw a guy with a fantastic t-shirt: sleep now, work later.
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5/10/13
5/10/13
A: Little old lady on the bus, can barely walk, swearing like a sailor. A lot. Almost like tourette's.
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5/12/13
5/12/13
A: Watched a pigeon walk into the middle of the street, almost got hit. He went back to the curb, walked to the crosswalk, then walked completely across the street when the light was red. They're learning.
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5/19/13
5/19/13
A: My neighborhood smells like the zoo. Not just manure, the ZOO. So confused.
A: Also, senior citizen who can barely walk with the phrase "I want to lift and firm my booty" on the back of his shirt.
A: Omg, the front says "My sweetheart likes knee pads and gerbils."
Z: Wow. Those pants are pretty fuckin sweet there, too.
Z: The fountain at Lincoln Square is a bubble bath now.
