Riding the bus

Paul Krugman is right.

2011-09-12T11:10:00.000-05:00

I believe Paul Krugman is right. September 11TH is painful reminder that the conservative ideology is dangerous. George W. Bush , Dick Cheney et al held and continue to hold on to the view of American exceptionalism.
As I watched the the second plan hit the World Trade Center I knew that the united states constitution was done for. The USA Patriot act, wire tapping of american citizen's phones, exposing the identity of a CIA agent, ignoring the FISA court, international treaties, torturing prisoners and rendition are all examples of a list of of losses that continues on and on.
I did not mention the loss of the many lives from that day or the those killed in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and any other place we are fighting wars. To do so would support the justifications of the very people that use September 11TH to further destroy our hard won constitutional rights.
What we lost on that day was freedom. Plain and simple.

One year later.

2011-04-16T11:40:00.000-05:00

Well it has been one year since I quit my job at the Saint Louis Science Center.
I took six months off before I looked for other employment. I worked in my studio most days, got out of bed when I wanted to etc. I will never again waste my time working at a place that has poor leadership nor will work for an abusive boss again.
Ten years is too long to learn the value of ones self. I will never make that mistake again.

Twelve Days

2010-04-11T11:45:00.000-05:00

Has been twelve days since I quit my job. still getting used to it. Monday I start working in the studio.

Jobless by Choice

2010-04-05T00:44:00.000-05:00

So as I wrote in my last post that I quit my job. I resigned at 4:00 P.M. on March 31st 2010. It felt weirdly good to leave on my own terms. When I told my supervisors supervisor that I was quitting he was shocked. I didn't tell my supervisor that I was leaving and I didn't give a two week notice either.
My supervisors supervisor ask if there was any reason why I was leaving. I told him the main reason was that my supervisor was my former intern and that I was the reason we hired him on after his internship and a short stint at a post facility. I had been there almost ten years and he had been there only about four years when he was promoted to supervise me. We are a two person department. I had never had a bad review and I didn't think it was fair that he was promoted over me. I have more experience in the field than he does and I have more education than he does. I even wrote him a good letter of recommendation after he left his internship to work at a post production facility. He worked at the post facility about six months and couldn't take it anymore and called me to see if we might be hiring. I said in fact we were looking to hire and I would recommend him for the job. I did and he was hired. Almost immediately he started to undermine me. etc blab blab.

Quit my job today.

2010-03-31T22:08:00.000-05:00

I quit my job today. I worked at a museum for nine years and nine months. I quit durning the worst economic down turn since the depression.

crisp morning

2009-11-03T21:08:00.000-06:00

Crisp morning commute. the ride to work as uneventful but that is good. no close calls or agressive drivers.

from bus to walking to bike.

2009-11-02T16:45:00.000-06:00

I have not written for a very long time but I'm writing now.
several years ago I got sick of fixing junk cars to get around. I was spending major cash and depleting my bank account. I decided to start taking the public transportation. In Saint Louis public transportation sort of sucks. For starters there is not any 24 hour services. If you miss the last bus or train after midnight then you walk or take a cab. The last few years have seen service cuts and higher fares. So i ditched the bus and took to my feet for a couple years. Rain or snow or humid summer I was walking. I decided I needed to be able to get places a little faster so I bought a bike. I put one on layaway at (didn't know you could do that did you?) at Big Shark a great bike shop with very knowledgeable staff. Here is the link http://bigshark.com/ Check them out.
so i have been riding to and from work and around Saint Louis.
more later.

Walking time.

2008-12-17T10:46:00.000-06:00

Long time no post.
Today I made the decision to walk to work instead of taking the bus. The public transportation system authority has announced major cuts to bus service and metrolink commuter train service and fare increases. The cuts come on the heels of a failed bid to increase taxes to support public transportation in Saint Louis. The reasons Saint Louis County voters gave for voting against the half cent sales tax increase are legion but it is my opinion that racism played a big part in peoples vote against. I live in the city and was unable to vote on prop M. I would have voted for the tax increase. I believe a city needs good public transportation to be vibrant and useful to the citizenry. Here is a break down, a 25-cent fare increase for MetroLink and public transportation buses, starts Jan. 1, 2009.
One-way fares will increase from $2 to $2.25 along the light-rail line, and from $1.75 to $2 on Metro buses. Both fares will increase again by another 25 cents July 1, 2010.
Monthly bus and train passes will increase from $60 a month to $68 a month. And passes will increase, again, to $70 on July 1, 2010.
I can no longer afford the monthly pass so now I walk. Great job Saint Louis County residents! Great job Metro for not doing a better job managing money!

Public transportation

2007-11-04T11:04:00.000-06:00

Ridding public transportation in the Saint Louis metro area is a good place to observe and study race, class and humanity as a whole.

Start of a thought. I hope to expand.

Day Off

2007-09-12T14:39:00.000-05:00

I took a day off from work today. I will call it a sanity day.
I had planned to catch up on reading but so far I have only eaten lunch.
I need to shower before I do anything else.

Still wary

2007-08-21T20:03:00.000-05:00

Still feeling a little off.
Work, home and restaurant to eat.

I have been think that I need to work on myself. I need a new goal. I have been sort of directionless for the last seven years.
more on this as I figure it out.

Directionless.........

Buying Stuff

2007-08-18T22:23:00.000-05:00

Today I visited my parents, ate dinner at a restaurant and bought stuff at target.

Still sad.

Still

2007-08-18T03:45:00.000-05:00

Work today.
Home.
coffee shop.
Sleep somewhere during this time.
Still sad.

Sad.

2007-08-16T19:27:00.000-05:00

We had to put our cat to sleep today. She was real sick.
Her name was Chloe and she was a real character.
We were very attached to her. We miss her very much.

Arrrgh!

2007-07-30T20:39:00.000-05:00

Well I feel like crap. I might be sick. I hope it is not west nile or............
My job is getting on my nerves.

If anyone was wondering.

2007-06-14T22:56:00.000-05:00

I moved from North county. I used to take the number 16 bus, the metro link and the 59 just to get to work.
The 16 was called the City Limits passed throught the Wellston loop before turning down Hamilton.
I really like the Wellston loop building. Hamilton used to be an interesting street some of the old abandoned buildings that I liked were torn down.

Moved to a new location.

2007-06-14T22:43:00.000-05:00

Well I moved. I sold my house and moved to an apartment. I moved to south city. I ride a new bus line. The line is the 95 Kingshighway. The 95 lines is very differnt. Not bad or good. Just diffent.
The sun was real hot today.

Mothers Day.

2007-05-13T11:51:00.000-05:00

I have to call my Mom. She is cooking dinner for her mother and her mother in law. No one is cooking for her. She does so much for others.

A new start?

2007-05-12T17:56:00.000-05:00

Blogging is hard!
I have tried several times to write something interesting. My original idea was to write about riding the bus but I could never commit to words the things I have observed. I don't really belive it to be all that interesting. I have decieded to take a differnt aproach. I am not sure what that approach is or will be but I will let you know when I know. I might end up writing about the bus trips after all.

The bus ride today

2007-05-07T09:46:00.000-05:00

Uneventful. Preferable.
Not very meaningful.
Most people seem to be real tired.

Looking around.

2007-05-05T13:09:00.000-05:00

Slow day still raining. No bus ride for me today. I will be riding in a car. I am hunting for new studio space and a new place to live.
I don't have anything more to write.
I am bland, boring and other.

Looking out the window

2007-05-04T14:23:00.000-05:00

Crap... It is raining. The gound will be wet and mixed with trash. Wet paper always sticks to my foot on days like this.

Back after a long time gone.

2007-04-01T21:14:00.000-05:00

Well it has been along time since I wrote last. I'm not sure if I even have anyting to write that might interest anyone.
I think I will use this to improve my writing.
When I first started to write this blog I had visions of creating a memoire of my riding public transportation. I have been riding the bus and metrolink for 18 months. The things that intrest me might seem to be too exploitive if I were to write about them. I will have to think about how or if I want to share any of this. For now I will just write random things.
I don't even know if anyone has seen this blog.
Anyone out there?
Later.................

A long time no post

2006-11-24T17:29:00.000-06:00

I has been along time since I have posted. Well not much to say other than I have been riding the bus for alsmost a year.

New bus pass

2005-11-27T13:59:00.000-06:00

My post have been sporatic but I guess the busy life is what it is.
This blog was suppose to be about my adventures riding the bus. I suppose it will be eventually but for now it is just a day by day of my life. I guess it will include the bus.
Not much to write about today.
Got up, ate, watched TV and added songs to itunes.
Yesterday I bought a bus pass for December. Shopped for groceries.

A year of riding the bus

2005-11-19T20:05:00.000-06:00

Well I finaly did it. I broke with big oil. I got rid of my car!
I'll explain later but to keep this short. My car is dead and I refuse to buy new. Used cars are a money pit and I decided to get off that track. In September I started taking the bus. October I bought a monthly pass and now I'm hooked.
More later.