The best news all week

[nfotxn]

Man, I am so happy today. Why? Because I found out that my bus which regularly goes over the bay by means of the oh-so-scenic industrial causeways will now be speeding over the Skyway bridge across to burlington easily cutting 45-60minutes out of my commute every day!

I meet the most interesting people on the bus. Like last Friday there was this dude who looked just like Cheech talking about the "awesome skunk he smoked at lunchbreak". He was wearing what looked like Mechanic's cover-alls which explains a lot about car repairs.

What's interesting about Hamilton is that even in the west end around the university and medical centre is that on public transit you're hard pressed to see anyone in so much as business casual. It still is after all these years very much a blue-collar town which actually makes me feel really at home. I'm not particularly sure why.

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[jenneferre.livejournal.com]

Other people might not appreciate the goodness of a shortened express bus ride, but I sure do!! That's awesome, Brodie! I am so excited! I hope that will help motivate going to school even more!

As for the blue collar thing... I think I have an entirely different standpoint. Here in Toronto I live in the middle of Yorkville and campus. Thus the people I see are students and uppermiddle class businessmen. (and the little french kids that play outside my window and go to school across the street) When I am in Hamilton, I get scared. It scares me to see the types of people saw on the bus after Renzo's party on Saturnight. It worries me that I, or my friends, or my family members will end up like them. Shadows of their former selves, years of disappointment and hardship etched into their faces, gharish makeup and hair, cheap revealing clothing... I feel happy that I have made my escape, or at the least the first step toward escape. And hope that those close to my heart will do so as well. And pray to goodness for those I encounter who have not.

[nfotxn.livejournal.com]

But don't you also feel there's a certain honesty in that? That these people are less likely to have taken advantage of others or made the best of a difficult situation to get where they are? Not to generalize anyone but most Torontonians, downtown at least, probably come from pretty privaledge circumstances. People like you and I where our parents work really hard to help us make ourselves in the world are the minority.

I don't think I'd feel more comfortable with those who didn't come from that background.