- The bus system here is awful. Awful, awful, awful. It costs $2.50 to ride a bus that only comes every 40 minutes(-ish). I had to ride the bus to work for the first time yesterday, and the driver didn't even know the name of the stops I was looking for. Are they on autopilot? Awful, I say. Maybe I'm just accustomed to a much higher standard of public transportation (three cheers for the MBTA), but I very much don't like it.
- Hawaii is far too far away. How is it even America? Most places that ship things within the U.S. don't recognize Hawaii as "within the U.S." I hate it.
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| Hawaii is outside of three standard deviations of the rest of America. |
- Speaking of Hawaii being really far away, a six hour time difference, really? Basically everyone I like and want to talk to when I get home from work is already in bed* when I get there. Also, I forgot my phone today, which is the worst thing that could happen, because I wasn't able to call my family on my lunch break and they stress out when I don't call every day.
- Walking to the bus stop today was like walking through a minefield of giant slugs--like two inches long and a half inch thick giant. I'm just glad I saw a bunch chilling out on the sidewalk before I could step on any, but gross.
- It's been raining in the mornings lately. It's not normal "America" rain, though, the kind that falls on you from above. Hawaii rain is like being spritzed from multiple directions by crazy high winds rendering an umbrella useless.
- I went to Wendy's today, and a Frosty was $1.49. Dear Hawaii, in America, we pay 99 cents for our Frostys. Check yourselves before you wreck yourselves.
Whenever I say a bunch of really crabby things, I have to say one good thing just to keep my karma in check. So one good thing is that I still really like my job. Being elbow-deep in bones and formaldehyde powder is a good way to forget one's troubles. Also, the lab doesn't have any windows, so I don't really have to acknowledge the fact that I'm in Hawaii while I'm there.
*I guess an underlying cause of this is that I don't really have any friends here yet, but it took me over two years to assemble the dream team of friends I had in Boston, so it's a little much to ask for me to do the same in a year here.
Other good things about Hawaii (to do a better job at balancing out your bad list)
ReplyDelete1. LOST was filmed there. I'm pretty sure the answer to all of your problems is to just watch all 6 seasons of LOST. Then you can pretend you are friends with all of the characters. Then, boom, your no friends in Hawaii problem is solved. Sort of.
2. Everyone else is jealous you are there.
3. I would not think about visiting you if it was anywhere else. (Okay, if it was anywhere else far away. Like Nebraska.)
4. At least you have a job that pays enough so you can buy frostys.
5. You will get in really good shape by having to walk everywhere when the bus is late.
6. Don't look at MBTA with rose-colored glasses. It really sucked.