shmee-tee-eh?

As I write this, the el car I'm riding is groaning over the strain of several million too many passengers. This train system should have been revamped years ago. It's hard to imagine where all the fare money goes. How many millions of riders paying how many more millions of dollars for the pleasure of commuting for work or school or shopping? Where is this money going?

The workers, for one thing--but they're probably underpaid. And renovating train platforms, for another. So that, when it's all finished, we can wait on a stylish, modern platform for the ride that's 20 minutes late because the tracks and trains haven't been properly maintained for decades.

Ah, progress.

If you think things are bad now, how do you think it will be if we actually get the Olympics in 2016?

hot hot heat

It's getting hot. People get cranky when they're hot. What are we going to do when we find out this global warning thing is for real? Will we devour ourselves in an orgy of bickering and hostility?

For folks who live in hot climates, naps are the norm. So is sweating. If it keeps getting hotter, we're not going to be able to sustain our workaholic lifestyles. Our culture is going to have to become okay with slowing down and resting. And sweating. If we're going to survive, that is. And we will. The nice thing about overpopulation is it gives the human race as a whole pretty good odds for longevity.

Maybe global warming is god's way of telling us to get some sleep.

supernumerary

We're in in the middle of preview #3 for TROILUS AND CRESSIDA here at CST. I like it here. Sure, there's a lot of waiting around and I don't really do that much, but when else am I going to have the opportunity (at this stage of my career) to be in the same room with so many seasoned professionals? It's been such a pleasure to watch them do what they do as we move through this rehearsal process. Oops... time to go move some scenery.