An Early Morning Adventure on the CTA

So I got on at Jefferson park this morning and I think it was like at Addison or Belmont that this crazy guy gets on. He’s like at least 45 balding, totally overweight, I am talking large boobies overweight here. He's wearing a dirty, sweaty shirt that says Polish in large letters, baggy paints and a hoody, he of course sits next to me with his really loud headphones and listens to some not so great dance music. All this while I was trying to read of course. As if listening to the music too loud wasn't enough he has to dance in seat, so he starts flailing around, swinging he’s arms, bouncing up and down, and then he starts singing along to the music. Suffice to stay that everyone on the train was giving this guy strange looks and chuckling. But the best part was when I got up to get off of the train, I noticed he was wearing glow sticks around his neck and had an empty bottle of Dasini water in his had. The guy looked like he had just left a rave and was coming down off X and just realized he had to go to work so he jumped on the train. Made me glad my days at partys like that are long gone. Always an adventure on the CTA.

Orb at the Metro

So Monday the 28th James and I moseyed on over to Wrigleyville to see the Orb at the Metro. This is the second time we've gone to see the Orb at the Metro, the last time was like 3 or so years ago. Anyways this time it was not as crowded, probably since it was a Monday night. We took the bus down Irving and since there is a universal law that if you are running late the bus will surely breakdown/have a crazy passenger/get hit by a car/generally be really slow/ or some other such thing that will slow the bus down, we left early to get to the Metro. We thought it would take longer on the bus, but traffic was good, and since we weren't running late the universal bus law wasn't in affect so we got there totally early right as the doors open.

James really wanted a t-shirt, since the one he bought at the last Orb show shrunk a lot after it was washed and was bequeath to me. So I was like I am sure the shirts are like 20 bucks, but no the Metro I am sure puts a mark up on their shirts and so they were all 30 bucks. Sorry but I am not paying 30 bucks for a crappy t-shirt that has a bad silk screening job on cheap cotton that will probally shrink too much in the first wash. So he will just have to find one on the internet (or maybe I will be nice and buy one).

When the music started at 9pm it was just the skinny guy (Alex I believe) He spun for an hour. Which was kind of annoying because we came to see the Orb. Oh well I liked some of what he played so I eventually got up and when to the dance floor. That was a lot of fun, I haven't danced in awhile, and I do enjoy it. Now my legs hurt though cause I haven’t danced in so long. Oh well price you pay for fun.

Finally at 10 the other guy came on and started to play some orb songs. Well James seemed to enjoy the orb music and grooved to the beats. But at 11 we decided it was time to go (past my bedtime) so we left early. Unfortunately we hadn't counted on the spinning for an hour before the actual show. So we got home around 1130 and went to bed. And I was up for work the next morning.

Overall we had a good time. The t-shirts were overpriced, we shouldn't have bought our tickets via Ticket master (we mistakenly thought the show would sell out), and I wish they hadn't spun for an hour first. But I did have fun dancing, and the smaller venues are much nicer. And it’s always nice to do something during the week with my husband. Next week we are back at the Metro for a concert I wanted to go to, can't wait.