I Love these kind of stories

Ok. Me and 4 friends were hanging out and tripping shrooms one night and for some reason cigarettes seemed like a life force for us (we were tripping hard, I almost jumped onto a train car to escape; just ride it til it stopped and there I would start a new life). Well while we were in the Wallgreens I cant remember exactly what happened but this is what I do remember...I had to buy a pack for my buddy because he didnt have his ID and so I tell the lady what I want, but I'm starting to like freak out for some reason, I spit it out and shes like "your total is ____" and I give her the cash, and she hands me my change. At which point I start to walk away leaving the cigarettes on the counter and about 3 feet from the door she yells back to me and I turn around and just stare at her, tripping bawlz. I can see shes starting to get annoyed and paranoid and I'm still just standing there staring at her. I realize that I need the cigarettes because they are my life force so I run over to her and pick them off the counter and hastily open them and then lit one in the store, puffing heavily at it.She tells us all to leave immediately or shes calling the cops, so we bolt and ended up walking through the park all night, trippiing hard and pondering life.

Backpacking on a Budget

I've recently been familiarizing myself with 4chan. Transporations is one of image board sections. It was interesting to read one of the posts where someone shared his story about taking public transportation between downtown Baltimore and Six Flags outside of D.C. After seeing others share their adventures with public transportation, I felt obligated to put in my two cents.

Note: For most of my life I've viewed the fact of not having a car as booty. Since the days of high school my outlook of many things (including how I get around). While financial contraints have played a major role, I've learned to try and get the most out of life even without the convience of owning a car


Living in New York City all my life I've been spoiled with having access with the best public transportation system in the world. Of course it takes moments like being stranded on the outskirts of Richmond, Virginia after a cab wanted $101 take me 39 miles south on I-95 to remind myself of this.

I've had quite a few public transportation adventures. There are quite a few transportation systems in the New York City/tri-state region including the MTA subways and busses, New Jersey PATH trains, and the Metro-North, Long Island Rail Road, and NJ Transit commuter lines.

A few years ago I discovered that there were chinatown bus companies that went to cities like Philadelphia, Baltimore, D.C. and Boston at a fraction of the price greyhound was charging (this was before Bolt and Megabus).

While there are several chinatown bus companies that offer service to those major cities, there are also a few that travel to smaller cities like Albany and Norfolk, Virginia. There are other major cities they cover like Atlanta but with the money they charge, you could probably find a cheaper airfare from a budget carrier.

Tying it back in with public transportation, it feels adventurous whenever I start off taking the MTA bus and subway to chinatown, then a few hours later I'm familarizing myself with the SEPTA system in Philadelphia, the METRO system in DC, or the T in Boston.

There are quite a few stories I have and eventually my blog will contain each and every one of them (as oppose to being spead out between facebook, myspace, and livejournal)
Keep an eye out on emanuelross.blogspot.com

Dumbfuckery

I just learned a new word today

Used in a sentence:

I'm a raging alcoholic, so I used to take public transit through and to bad neighborhoods to get to cheap bars. This is in Chicago, on the Red Line train which runs 24/7.I've seen people do drugs, pickpocket, robbed others at knifepoint, urinate, fight, and punch the lighting systems... all in the same train car as me. I've never had any problems personally, I just sit there with my headphones and ignore whatever dumbfuckery is going on.