notes from the bus

I often forget that life becomes more interesting simply by going outside.

Notes from the bus (this past Sunday)

-The sun is out and everything seems more vivid
- A woman with 2 bags full of Christmas ornaments from the dollar store sits across from me on the bus
- A guy who looks kind of like Ben Harper is cleaning a flute on the bus
- Two guys with Irish accents who smell like alcohol get on eating donuts
- I pass a busy Christmas tree lot
- I find myself staring at a black man with a crazy hairstyle. He has a high top fade (an eraser head cut like Kid from Kid & Play) yet the bottom is yellow and it gradually gets darker as it grows up his head until the top of his head is full of orange hair
- The bus progressively gets more and more crowded
- We pass a park, which once seemed like an abandoned lot filled with homeless people with shopping carts and tents. Now it’s a thriving skateboard park because someone had a great idea and created big skating bowls and structures. Now kids from all over the city go there.
- A guy gets on the bus in a fur Elmer Fudd looking hat. It’s a warm day so he’s not wearing a jacket – just jeans, a t-shirt and this crazy hat
- A woman with a black eye gets on the bus looking ashamed and not making eye contact with anyone
- A couple gets on the bus with a baby in a pink fleece jacket. Behind them a guy gets on carrying a small dog that is wearing a pink fleece jacket.