Busride Passtimes

By the Wanz

            Well, the life lesson of the day is that sometimes when you have a Sunday Funday with the intent of stirring your creative juices, you may just end up getting drunk… oops!

            So for today’s blog, we are going to talk about busride pastimes! To preface, I would say these are things I do on my commuter trip when I used to work up in Seattle and had to commute from Tacoma (a lovely little hour of sitting on I-5).

Here are some suggestions of things to keep you sane and not have you freak and go “Why am I subjecting myself to this hell and torture on a daily basis?!”

1.              Jamming out to some tunes – The bus is the perfect time to just close your eyes, let the music wash over you, and jam out to whatever without judgment. Unless you’re listening to it super loud… or listening to Creed.

2.              Watch a movie or DVD - As long as there’s minimal nudie scenes, this is always mind-numbingly awesome.

3.              People watch!! – Don’t judge me! Hey, you’re reading my blog, you know you would too!

4.              NAPS!! – It’s like you teleport—you pass out and then wake up at your destination! BOOM! Magic. (Just don’t miss your stop.)

5.              Watch some music videos! – Sometimes I get drunk and downloaded music videos, so watching them I’m like “huh, interesting selection DrunkWanz.”

6.              Reviewing my texts from last night – It’s important…

7.              Texting my fellow transitters – Misery loves company!

8.              Reading! – The real battle here is to not fall asleep.

9.              Trying not to have my legs crushed by the douche sitting in front of me – It’s a daily battle…

10.           Facebooking, Twittering, Just Interneting the Shit out of My Life – ‘nuff said.

11.           Illegally eating breakfast – What’s the busdriver gonna do, pull over on I-5 and be like “don’t enjoy that delicious cereal bar that you snuck on board.”

12.           Hating life – Find me one person who actually loves commuting every day.

13.           Coming up with funny nicknames for people on the bus – CuteBusGirl, DirtyHippieChick, Creeper with the Striped Socks, and of course, a “Sandie From the OC”-lookalike.

14.           Eavesdropping on People Conversations – People talk about some weird shit on the bus. And thus, Bandito and I tweet.

15.           Wishing I could just magically teleport myself to work – You would too.

16.           Watching phenomenal youtube videos and making all those around me jealous – Jenna Marbles, DailyGrace, Woside, HISHE, My Drunk Kitchen, and Garfunkel & Oates are all my saviors.

17.           Take another nap – One’s just not enough.

18.           Occasionally doing work on the bus before arriving for work – Because it doesn’t hurt to get paid while transitting. Boom. I was great employee! (Until I got fired… oops!)

Hope you enjoyed my pastimes. This was kinda a random blog. I’ll make sure to stay sober enough to have Sunday Fundray creativity session next week. I’ll be flying into the Bay Area on Wednesday, so I’ll let you know about that funtastic journey!!

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