FRIDAY TRAINSCAPES

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CTA Safari

El at night...

just kind of a cool pic from the other night...

Riddle me this...

What's black and white and smells like urine?


Answer: the North and Clybourne stop.

You can't read this sign.... but...

this is one of the reasons why I take the train... Gas in Chicago is like $4.50/gallon.

Straight Dudes

"Yeah, I'm goin to the gay pride parade... with.. um... my GIRLFRIEND!... yeah, she loves the gays... it's almost as fun at St. Patrick's Day!... What about you?"

"yeah, see you at Steamworks....."

I Saw Madonna's sister on the Subway today

She gets all of Madge's hand-me-downs...
Or maybe this was Stevie Nicks' sister?
I can't tell... all that white lace...
Just like the white winged dove... yeah, maybe it WAS Stevie's sister...

Thoughts???

El El Cool J look alike

Mama said knock you out.

Another Random Hottie on the BROWN LINE

Not that I'm stalking you or anything, but...

this guy was pretty sexy. He got off at Addison. But I know he was leaving so he could run home and write in his diary about how cute *I* was.... I know, right????????

How do you spell "plagiarism"?

I have to finish my term paper on the industrial revolution before class!!! EEEK!!

Hot or not?

I say "hot"

super cute red(ish) head

And then... and then... and Oh my God, then I ...

and then I talked and talked until you just imploded...
OK, so I love this trick... and the truth is.. this trick never works...
The guy and the girl in this picture were on the red line.. and the girl would NOT SHUT UP.. I mean, she barely let the guy get a word in edgewise.. but the big kicker was that she was so LOUD that everyone on the el could hear pretty much every word of her conversation. The guy would respond to her in a really quiet voice.. and I have tried this trick with loud talkers.. as if to indicate that their megaphone voice was not appropriate... but guess what.. dumb girl kept talking at full volume. Poor thing...

We're getting the band back together

So I'm riding the el with my guitar down to my buddy's place in Pilsen.
We're totally gonna rock.

What exactly DID Jesus mean?

This guy was pretty cute.. he was reading "What Jesus Meant."
I hope that was for a class.

Sleepy on the Red Line

Yakety Yakety Yak Yak Yak

OK, this girl was picking up her mom from the airport yesterday and not only did she talk NON STOP, but it was also INCREDIBLY LOUD and she had absolutely no idea that her volume was about an 11. I learned more about this incredibly annoying girl than I ever need to know, including the frightening fact that she is a schoolteacher. Clearly she will now be sending a room full of students out into the world thinking that you have to yell in public transportation. I heard her talk about how her sister didn't trust her to watch the dog. I heard about the gloves she bought to match her scarf. I heard her talk to the woman who did her nails on the phone (also incredibly loud). She was pretty oblivious to everyone's glares and stares around her. I came incredibly close to asking her to shut the hell up, but then instead, I figured I'd just post her picture here for people to see what a loud annoying such-and-such she is.

Oh, and I timed her blocks of silence between inane commentary. She could not go 4 seconds without some new observation. Lemme guess -- your husband/boyfriend seems to somehow spend most of his time in the den watching the game so he doesn't have to listen to you blabber on night after night. MMMMMMMMMM Kay?

Happy Holidays, Miss Loudie.

What is "R.O.C.K. on the C.T.A.?"

So I have a little hobby.. I like to take pictures of people on the CTA. Sometimes I make up stories about them. Sometimes I just think they are good looking. Sometimes I think they are bizarre looking. Usually, I just feel the need to record them for posterity or some virtual time capsule.

In any case, it entertains me to no end. The CTA is part of my everyday life.... and so are these curious characters. Be on the lookout.. you never know if YOU might appear on this blog!