Late afternoon here in Portland, Oregon.
Listening to SOMA FM. Music to slit your wrists by.
ATM, they are streaming some Cheese-Goth rubbish:
Koph Nia - Hymn to Lucifer (Premix).
I'm looking for the cheapest way to get to San fRancisco from PDX for the Winter break. Flights within my time frame are $50. But they leave at 8am. THat means I will have to get up at 5am run (a good 10 mile jog with my small back pack) to Pioneer square and catch the rail to the airport ($2.25).
Driving the 10 hour trip is a lot cheaper (about $80 in gas 1 way) than plane or train if you have more than 1 person in the car. When we go together, my gf and I usually travel between SFO and PDX that way. But sadly, my gf has decided to go down there a couple weeks early so I won't be able to ride with her. I don't drive.
A 1-way Amtrak train ticket is $147. I often take the train, but I'm not sure if I enjoy the trains any more. At any of the many stops, unlike airplanes where security has gone too far, there is no security and anybody can board and bring on anything. My girlfriend took the Amtrak Starlight line (SFO to PDX) a few months ago and witnessed a brawl (homeless people who got on in Oakland or Sacramento) on the train and a while later, somebody threatened to kill her. And somebody in the seat beside her spent half the night gossiping loudly on their cell phone. That ride was definitely not relaxing.
I've had a number of years of self-defense training so I just relax (Unless there is some loud-mouth sitting near me who is gossiping and will not shut their fscking mouth or somebody poops his pants) and don't worry about the brawls and death threats. But for a girl traveling alone, I can see how the experience can be terrifying. Those things I mentioned happened late at night and, from what my gf told me, the staff didn't seem to be around until things were already out of control. They must have been off duty or asleep. Eventually, they did what they could and called the police...
The police were waiting at the next stop. Dealing with everything (making arrests, taking statements, etc.) delayed the train for several hours.
I haven't seen any problems like that except for being subjected to loud stupid conversations at all hours. And one time there was the man who couldn't be bothered to go to the toilet in the back of the car. He too had boarded in Sacramento. He just stood up where he was, dropped his pants and pissed then shit diarrhea on the floor and on his seat. He got kicked off, but needless to say, that car had to be evacuated
As for taking a bus, I can only imagine the quality of the experience gets exponentially worse in this country.
I've finished work for the day. It's 5:24pm and I'm about to run home. It's a 10 mile run so I will be able to get in some cardio as my commute.
Listening to SOMA FM. Music to slit your wrists by.
ATM, they are streaming some Cheese-Goth rubbish:
Koph Nia - Hymn to Lucifer (Premix).
I'm looking for the cheapest way to get to San fRancisco from PDX for the Winter break. Flights within my time frame are $50. But they leave at 8am. THat means I will have to get up at 5am run (a good 10 mile jog with my small back pack) to Pioneer square and catch the rail to the airport ($2.25).
Driving the 10 hour trip is a lot cheaper (about $80 in gas 1 way) than plane or train if you have more than 1 person in the car. When we go together, my gf and I usually travel between SFO and PDX that way. But sadly, my gf has decided to go down there a couple weeks early so I won't be able to ride with her. I don't drive.
A 1-way Amtrak train ticket is $147. I often take the train, but I'm not sure if I enjoy the trains any more. At any of the many stops, unlike airplanes where security has gone too far, there is no security and anybody can board and bring on anything. My girlfriend took the Amtrak Starlight line (SFO to PDX) a few months ago and witnessed a brawl (homeless people who got on in Oakland or Sacramento) on the train and a while later, somebody threatened to kill her. And somebody in the seat beside her spent half the night gossiping loudly on their cell phone. That ride was definitely not relaxing.
I've had a number of years of self-defense training so I just relax (Unless there is some loud-mouth sitting near me who is gossiping and will not shut their fscking mouth or somebody poops his pants) and don't worry about the brawls and death threats. But for a girl traveling alone, I can see how the experience can be terrifying. Those things I mentioned happened late at night and, from what my gf told me, the staff didn't seem to be around until things were already out of control. They must have been off duty or asleep. Eventually, they did what they could and called the police...
The police were waiting at the next stop. Dealing with everything (making arrests, taking statements, etc.) delayed the train for several hours.
I haven't seen any problems like that except for being subjected to loud stupid conversations at all hours. And one time there was the man who couldn't be bothered to go to the toilet in the back of the car. He too had boarded in Sacramento. He just stood up where he was, dropped his pants and pissed then shit diarrhea on the floor and on his seat. He got kicked off, but needless to say, that car had to be evacuated
As for taking a bus, I can only imagine the quality of the experience gets exponentially worse in this country.
I've finished work for the day. It's 5:24pm and I'm about to run home. It's a 10 mile run so I will be able to get in some cardio as my commute.