Filthy Hilarious

There is this thing that happens on pretty much every bus ride here and that is that someone gets on the bus either selling something completely useless or asking for money. Occassionally they try to entertain you with some ridiculous thing and usually they fail. And it's not that I care if they use the money for drugs or for new sneakers or if they take the money and eat it, it's just that if I start giving money then I will feel guilty for not giving everyone money and then I'll spend all of my goddamn coins feeding people's drug and/or coin eating habits. So, I've been sticking to my guns on this policy that I will not give money to people that come on the bus asking for it, unless of course they're selling something I have some interest in — but that almost never happens.

Today, though, I broke the seal. This completely filthy but hilarious looking guy came on the bus with his guitar and started singing this song about the government and how they're screwing everybody over and blah blah blah. I'm sure he took this very seriously and, actually, he had a really good singing voice, but for whatever reason I found the whole spectacle incredibly funny. I felt obligated to give the guy some money because I was genuinely entertained and he seemed really grateful in an I'm-crazy-and-on-drugs way and I loved it. Although now I'm kind of pissed because I'm going to have to start developing a whole system of selection in order to decide who I can and can't give money too and knowing myself this will involve a lot of time and effort.

I suppose I am just a sucker for a man with a guitar.

On a side note, I FINALLY found a student that understands my Seinfeld references and now I can rest in peace.

Is anyone disturbed by the things that disturb me in life? It's tough to see them in print, I gotta tell ya.

Loves,
E