thanks

boarded bus 960 today on my way home and sat right down on a sodden seat cushion (sodden thanks to the air-conditioning, which was leaking terribly). i suppose i should have wondered why there were 2 empty seats when a bunch of people were standing, but today was a long day and i was exhausted. the seats certainly looked dry -- the dark colours hide the dampness -- and naturally no one around had the decency to warn me about them. anyway, i (foolishly) decided to be civic-minded and do the job myself by standing in front of the unusable chairs, only to discover that people do not understand the phrase "THEY'RE WET" unless one pantomimes deluges, hurricanes, tsunamis, etc. i did earn a lot of scowls, and i must give particular commendation to one malay girl who trod on my toes while trying to barge past me to claim one of the seats. this, of course, put me in a simply splendid mood for the rest of the evening.

(and then my mom went out and i had to eat at waffletown.)