38Pitches, The T and Other Things That Have Been on My Mind Recently
10 May 2007 | lecollye
Why do I read Curt Shilling’s blog? I don’t enjoy it. I don’t appreciate him or his politics, and I think that Boston has enough old, white, arrogant, windbags, pretending they are something else–and yet, I still read that stupid blog once and a while.
Dear Guy Brushing His Teeth At Park Street Station This Morning,
That shit is gross. Teeth brushing is a bathroom activity, please keep it there. I don’t care how late you are for your meeting that probably isn’t that important. Keep that shit to yourself.
And while we are on the subject of the train: 1) Dear god, guy with huge backpack and blasting iPod, please wait until everyone exits the train until you begin pushing your way on. I’m bigger than you and not afraid to ruin both of our days. 2) Flip-flops on the train are gross. 3) Please don’t touch me.
While I don’t want to belittle the crisis of epic proportions that is happening in Western Sudan, and I fully recognize that if this were happening to white, Anglo, folks that the genocide never would have gotten to the level that it is at right now—But I get the point already: Fidelity invests in Darfur. They clearly shouldn’t. But I don’t invest in Darfur, nor is any of my money invested with Fidelity. So why do I need to see the unbelievably depressing picture of the starving child as I get of the train in the morning. Shouldn’t those be outside of Fidelity headquarters or offices? How much of the money spent on that advertising campaign could have gone to the people of Darfur?
College students: I know that it is the end of the year. I know that you need to get wasted to get over those rough 10-hour weeks that you have been putting in. Please go back to the suburbs soon, this whole end of the year, being loud and wasted thing is getting a little old–also, Dave Matthews Band, as well as that shitty pop song that you like so much, sucks.
Someone please tell the lady in front of me dropping $50.00 on scratch tickets at 7-11, that she isn’t going to win, “the big one.”
For what seems like the 1000th time since his campaign started, what? Three years ago? I just want to scream, “shut up, Mitt Romney!” I can’t remember when there has been a bigger phony running for office. No wait…I can.
