you never learn anything new driving around in a car but on the bus you become your own studs terkel. rip studs

I met this dude on the bus rocking mountain bike gloves, a canadian tuxedo and a halfro, he made end stage alcoholism look like so much fun, and he was wearing one of those dumb ass perry ellis shirts that are oxford but with a white collar, like he was cracking all his friends in the squat up when he was getting dressed that morning all "lookit me, I'm a white dude! got any chablisw? no? ok king cobra's fine. where the fuck did I park my benz?" when they say die laughing, that's exactly what homeboy was doin.' we're talking about a dude that doesn't know we're in a recession, hell he probably wouldn't notice a thermonuclear holocaust. God knows what it would take to disturb this dude's equanimity. if he goes around being this chill he's going to be the only wino with a bunch of disciples following him around. if you can take personal tragedy and turn it into a fashion statement that's a)spot on, social criticism wise and b) hilarious then you have done the impossible, flipped the3 dominant paradigm on its head and actually found a way to win at losing. it changed my whole perspective. suddenly I'km in love with the world and everything in it