Whew! I'm glad I copied my post in progress before I hit Post... and looked at the clock...
So... Without any further a-doo...
Good Evening!
Not much to report today. I basically rode the Metro and/or the bus and ate. -Not on the bus or Metro mind you - eating that is. I would have a little something there, a little something from some other there, and so on and so forth as I walked around the various neighborhoods I found myself in. Note to self - and DRs - Having foods from four different cuisines/nationalities in a relatively short time span may sound appealing, but... <burp>
But, all in all, it was a nice day - hot, but nice. I didn't really get anything accomplished except for sending out some mail, but then again, there was nothing I really needed to accomplish today.
OH! I did have quite the "human observation" today on the Metro ride into town. Seems a woman got sort of dumped at the station - she got on with her "man", but just as the doors were closing he got off the train. She stayed. In the doorway. As the doors closed on her arm. "Ouch!" She then proceeded to let the doors close on her a few more times as she yelled at the guy who was trying to make his way off the platform. -Actually, she caused enough of a delay, that the train ended up having to wait at the next intersection since the traffic signals had already timed out and were letting the car traffic go by.
Well, there was a gentleman sitting across from her. He just kept looking at this woman. -And I just happened to have a seat with both of them in my direct view. After a few stops, the man asked her if he she needed some help. Apparently, she was counting out change from her purse. Well, after some brief exchanges, the man asked her where she was headed. She said Santa Monica. Then he offered to ride with her and pay her fare home since he lived in Santa Monica too. Eventually, the man asked, "So, what are you looking for in your life? Are you busy right now?" He was trying to pick her up!!!!
Then he started going on about the court case he was dealing with currently - something about social security, veterans affairs, and disability benefits - legal blindness I believe. Then she asked, "Do you know anything about probate?" She apparently was dealing with a bunch of legal stuff of her own - she lost her house, her truck, and she was on her way to meet her sister who was going to loan her some cash.
Well, the man still offered to help her get to Santa Monica. "I'm just looking for someone to have in my life right now. Maybe you could be that someone special to me." He then continued on with some of his legal troubles. They she chimed in, "So where in Santa Monica do you live? Do you live in a nice place?"
Yadda-yadda... They eventually traded phone numbers... And the train pulled into Union Station... And, consequently, my story ends there. But I will say I was tempted to follow them for another stop or two once they transferred trains.
Oh, and, yes, they were talking loud enough for most everyone on the train to hear them - I was three row behind and to the right of them. In fact, some of the riders who were closer to them changed seats during the commute and conversation to move further back in the train. It was scary, interesting, kind of pitiful and fascinating all at once. Here was a woman - who was most likely in her mid-40s, and not really aging that gracefully - who had sort of gotten dumped at the train station. Here was a legally blind man who happened to end up sitting right across from this woman. Put them on a train, and Voila!!! I smell a screenplay!!!!! Panni?
