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Mediocre Superpowers

If you could pick one superpower that was "handy" but not earth shattering, what would it be? For example you could not choose to fly or throw flames, but you could choose to have your thumb light like a Bic. It will not let you save too many lives, but it's great for camping.

My roommate would choose the ability to write in the air. Leaving little bright colored words behind to dissipate after a few minutes. I'm going with the flaming thumb though. It's a good party trick.

The Crazies

Before I left for Los Angeles everyone had said that the train would be full of crazies. I thought I knew what they meant when I went out there.

Oh how wrong I was. The trip back to Chicago was filled with so many more crazies. I could never have imagined. Everyone on the train was drunk. I mean everyone. I swear I saw an eight year old stumble past me holding a Bud Light.

An example of the crazy would be a young man spontaneously calling an old man a "fucking prick". It had something to do with the order in which they descended the stairs.

Of course there are others who are not necessarily crazy, just annoying.

For example, the very young man wearing jeans, t-shirt and a cashmere suit coat. I swear only people in bad movies dressed that way.

There was also a young man endlessly hitting on a much older women traveling with her seven year old twin daughters. To make it worse, this women was responding to the mans sexual advances.

It was a good trip.

My Likes

I was going to make this a list of my likes and dislikes of L.A., but it was turning into a comparison to Chicago. That's lame, so here, instead, is just what I liked.

Lessons Learned

I have learned many lessons traveling across the country on the train. Here are but a few.