All is well on the Eastern front.
Hey kids, it’s your good friend the world traveler. A little word to ease your troubled minds…because I know you’re dying to know. Things are fantastically novel and delightfully weird abroad. I have to date ridden a train nestled under the armpit of an intoxicated man who smelled like pee, attempted a break-in to my own school slash place of residence using only a bobby pin and a stolen slash borrowed screwdriver, and been hit on by two youths doing shots on a train. It’s all wonderfully amusing.
This is Ace signing off.
Musings from the nocturnal.
Imagine this if you can:
You get to work and there’s nothing to process. The lab is moderately quiet with the occasional buzz of labels printing for what little work is being accomplished. You sit quietly at your now immaculate station, since you had all the time in the world to get it absolutely perfect. The faint clacking sound of the track is a bit hypnotizing and you find yourself starting to zone out when all of a sudden your reverie is shattered by a cry. “YES, YES, YES!” Then, moments later “UGH NO!!!!” Then again, “OH YEAH!” Instantly images of spilled toxic chemicals and air borne pathogens stream through your head. You scan the area with your eyes searching for the source of such ardent cries. Finally your ears direct your eyes to the source when another shout erupts just a few stations away from you on the row over. Everything looks to be in order. No one’s thrashing on the ground in agony or flailing their way to a wash station, just someone busy processing with their headphones on. Plus most of the shouts sounded triumphant. Odd. Then, with your interest piqued, you listen more closely and pick out mutterings under the shouter’s breath peppered with a few obscenities. What in the world is this person listening to!? Using your great deductive skills you come to the conclusion that this most enthusiastic person is listening to the Jazz game!! The shouts continue for the next few minutes while you listen in utter amusement. People are fascinating.
