5 People You Hate On Public Transportation
By Amanda Pini
1. The Screaming Child.
No matter how many times daily (two) I ride public transportation I can never understand these children. Living in a city like DC it makes sense that not everyone has a car or can afford to drive to work in the mind-numbing traffic we’ve got going on here. What doesn’t make sense is the lack of preparation on the part of the parents. Can you keep your child quiet for the short time you’re on the bus, or is that impossible? Or can you not bring a three-day-old infant on the bus at all? I don’t have children because I don’t want to hear them cry when I’m trying to zone out with a good book during my commute in the first place.
2. The Person Who Won’t Let You Exit.
If you’ve never ridden the metro or bus during rush hour, I suggest never trying to open that can of worms. Because during the hours that everyone is simultaneously attempting to get somewhere as quickly as possible, there are a few constants, and one of them is that you will probably never be able to get off the train. One of the unspoken and unwritten rules of public transport is that you let everyone get off before you board. It’s common sense. The less people trying to squeeze their way into a 10×10 foot space, the more room there will be for new people trying to do the same. It’s practically a law of physics. And yet, there are still those people who push you out of the way to squeeze their bodies into the space you are still occupying. You know what? I hate those people. If you let me get off, I won’t be forced to push you out of the way, therefore causing a domino effect on the whole platform.
05.25.2013 - 2:39 AM
It’s always my dream to be in a band that doesn’t stick to one genre only. I want to be in a band that could switch from punk to pop, from funky to post-hardcore, something like that. I feel that it is a more enjoyable experience to be able to do those kinds of things. I mean, yes it is fun to be able to make music with your friends. But it really gets old and the fun factor is fading if you are playing the same genre for several years. It is a bit suffocating to be confined in a single genre, to be honest. Like I said, it gets old and the quality of music that we were producing is declining.
From the start, I want to cover and make a lot of songs similar to the ones by Maroon 5, Green Day, Blink-182, My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Paramore and many more. I even want to play songs with funky electronic beats like those from Skrillex and Daft Punk and some songs by some artists like Justin Bieber, Justin TImberlake, One Direction, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran and a lot more. For me, it gives me more freedom when it comes to how I approach and execute songs. It also gives me that sense of contentment, fulfillment and happiness whenever I am able to cover or do songs from different genres.
I don’t know. Maybe I am just bored that’s why I wrote this. But nah, this is really what I want to do with my life as a drummer. I want freedom.
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