Plus I occasionally get treated to a few rather amusing sights, such as this one:
I can't tell if this is an ad placement fail or a juxtaposition win.
Of course nature has a way of restoring the money saving/spending balance. Since I am without a car I find it hard to get to the grocery store from time to time, and have seen my fast food intake increase significantly, thus countering the money that I save. Other examples include when I was a young lad with my first car and totalled it just as I got a nice juicy tax return that I was going to spend on some fun youthful past-time. The irony that the few money issues I have are tied to my means of transportation is not lost on me.
I think what I love most about the bus though is the ambience and the lovely conversations that take place that I otherwise would not normally be privy to. Just the other day I happened to be directly in front of a delightful young woman and her companion, and was treated to the following little bit of ear candy:
Girl: So I have all these like, sculptures that I've been procrastinating on. Some of them need to be baked, a few of them still need to be glazed, and then there's this one sculpture I made for my grandma, but then the kiln broke down, so I couldn't give it to her, and then she died, which was really pissy.
Poor her. I felt bad for her and set out to find her a card. Hallmark doesn't exactly make a card for quite these situations. So I went and made her my own. Mine's awesome 'cause there's a dinosaur on the front.
I didn't exactly get a forwarding address, so I hope she reads my blog. It's all about the healing here at Science Fiction Fantasy Stamps.
