Terrorists Annoy Me
So last night, Laura and I were getting back from the movies and taking the L train home. That's about par for living in Williamsburg, seeing as how it's the only train that goes there.
So we get on the train, and we're standing, it's really crowded because they ALWAYS do construction on the L train on the weekends. So that's a pain in the ass in itself. So we're standing there next to tons of other people and there's a middle eastern gentleman sitting there on the seat next to us. No big deal. So what if he's got a huge suit case. So then we're just casually looking around and there's another gentleman standing by the door of the train, about 5 feet from the other guy sitting down. He's playing music from a hand held recording device. Strange on it's own, but he too looks a little off. Looks Egyptian, possibly middle eastern. So normally I wouldn't think anything of those two guys, but they were both looking really suspicious. They were both wearing USA hats. And we're not talking like NY Yankees USA, but just hats that said USA on them. Strange. So we're kind of like "What the hell is going on". The little guy with the bag is looking all around, keeps watching what stop we're at and checking his watch. That's fine, you know, if he hadn't been so suspicious I wouldn't have even noticed. So while we're riding the train, we have to end up transferring. Laura and I transfer across the platform. Both those guys get up, and move across with us. Not too strange. But then they get in the exact same spots and get in the exact same stance. The little guy checks his watch again, and the guy playing the music turns it up. At that point Laura is freaking out, and I'm getting a little nervous too. With the bombings in London and Egypt, how can you not? Anyway, so we got off the train and walked the mile home. Not a big deal. We had been walking all day, so it wasn't like a big thing.
I guess my point of this story is that it sucks to live in NYC right now. I feel like a profiling dirty cop that's just looking around to see who looks suspicious.
I was kind of outraged the other day when they announced that the police would be checking bags. I thought "great, there goes another civil liberty" but then I really got to thinking about it and I said "Fuck it...let them search" I'm not a pot head or carrying bombs onto the subway, and if they happen to deter one person that may be thinking about it, then great. I still think that more people are going to be busted for possession or whatever than bombs, but at least it's out there.
Another issue, is I feel like sorry for those guys. They probably are forced to wear those USA hats so that they can try to blend in a little bit, so that they aren't profiled, meanwhile by doing so they look ever more suspicious. I think a Yankees hat may have been a better choice. Oh well. What are you going to do.
So yesterday Laura and I walked from Union Square up the East side, then through Central park (after making a quick stop at the Guggenheim) and then up and over to our old apartment. The old apartment was where we moved out of after we were told that the building was going to be constructing a 6th floor on the top of our 5th floor apartment. We found that out two weeks after moving in. Anyway. Yeah, there's still no construction. Kind of angers me, but I'll keep checking in on it. I hope that it does start, but at the same time, it really doesn't matter because out place in Williamsburg is 10x better anyway. Speaking of which...
So we have these lights outside the apartment. They go on at 8:13 exactly. Every night. It's three 65 watt bulbs. They stay on for 5 hours every night. So I did a little math and found that they cost us a total of around $50 a month in electricity. That's ABSURD. So I called the landlord and told him that it wasn't acceptable and he agreed to fix it. But being as it is... his electrician is in Italy, so he never got around to it. That was about a month ago, or $50 ago however you want to look at it. Anyway, I gotta go and breach that subject with him once again.
So Laura and I went to see the Dukes of Hazard last night. I liked it, Laura thought it was okay. It was filled with bad acting and fast car chases, and other fun things like that. Not to mention a scantily clad Jessica Simpson, so how can you beat that? They even through in a little bit of Super Troopers there, so I enjoyed it. Anyway, when it comes out for general viewing, it's highly recommended for the male type viewers.
Anyway, gotta get back to work.