{"id":127,"date":"2001-11-27T18:10:00","date_gmt":"2001-11-28T00:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/?p=127"},"modified":"2001-11-27T18:10:00","modified_gmt":"2001-11-28T00:10:00","slug":"more-of-zen-and-the-art-of-bussing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2001\/11\/27\/more-of-zen-and-the-art-of-bussing\/","title":{"rendered":"More of Zen and the art of Bussing."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is part 2 of my stream of consciousness ride through the depths of L.A.<\/p>\n<p>Much better tonight than last night. Last night was the hell ride. We had a driver that went tearing through the first 20% of the ride. If there was only one person at the stop you basically had to jump on in motion. By the time we&#8217;d gotten halfway, the driver had no clue as to where she was on the time schedule. About 1 1\/2 miles from my stop she decided that she was now waaay ahead of schedule and had to make a five minute rest at every stop to prevent being early.<\/p>\n<p>I got off and walked.<\/p>\n<p>But tonight, things are back to *ho hum* normal. Riding busses for some reason stirs something in me. And it&#8217;s not nausia. Well, not usually. It lets me look at people. Real people. Weill, real city people. At least it&#8217;s not the selection of perfect people you get on TV.<\/p>\n<p>I mean&#8230;I love Buffy as much as the next addict&#8230;I&#8217;m trying to get home by 8pm as it is. Last new episode of the first block before reruns&#8230;don&#8217;tya know&#8230;.But let&#8217;s face it. We never had friends that looked like anyone on Buffy. Except maybe Jonathan and the other members of the doofus trio. (Read my lips Buffy fans&#8230;Little Bad&#8230;NOT the Big Bad. My money is still on Willow)<\/p>\n<p>Hell, Willow was the closest to people I wnated to hang out with in School and she is still just too damned pretty to be real. And to all those out there that I care about, have dated, and the like. I&#8217;m not selling anyone short here. Because I don&#8217;t go for looks alone, character emphasises looks a hundred fold.<\/p>\n<p>This still sounds really bad. I think what I&#8217;m going for here is that the folks that look really pretty on TV are typically kinda blank inside&#8230;.and this reduces their potential realness that makes someone really attractive.<\/p>\n<p>But I waaaay digress. Then there are the people on the bus. Compared to the people I care about&#8230;most of these people are down rught scary. Granted, I&#8217;m probably a) Over generalizing and over stereotyping&#8230;.and b) just as scary to them &gt;:-)<\/p>\n<p>My eyes droop for a momentart extended blink. I love when this happens. My brain dances the fine line between conscious and sub-conscious and sometimes un-conscious. Free-assoociation reigns and I have fun correspondances tha my brain puts together. Granted&#8230;as I climb the ladder back up to conciousness (often sudden) I lose most of what my brain has devised. :-b<\/p>\n<p>Sunset Blvd and part three will be next&#8230;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-127\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2001\/11\/27\/more-of-zen-and-the-art-of-bussing\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-127\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2001\/11\/27\/more-of-zen-and-the-art-of-bussing\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-127\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2001\/11\/27\/more-of-zen-and-the-art-of-bussing\/?share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2001\/11\/27\/more-of-zen-and-the-art-of-bussing\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is part 2 of my stream of consciousness ride through the depths of L.A. 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