I guess I look like a baller

This morning I was right in the front of the train. Only the kid in the picture was in front of me. It is kind of a fun spot to be in, if you can’t get a seat, because you can look out the window at the tunnel (depending on what kind of train you get). I normally like to read on the train, but the magazine that I brought today, just arrived yesterday, so it was still in the plastic, and everything. I didn’t want to go through all the hassle of unwrapping it, and having the stupid little cards falling out all over the floor as I flipped through for the first time. It’s ok though, because I took this picture. It is one that I have wanted to get for a while. It seems like usually when I get this spot, I don’t have my camera with me, or it is too packed to try to get a decent shot.

The real reason, that it was fun to have this spot, this morning, is that the train engineer try to recruit me to his MTA basketball team. Hahahahah, I haven’t played basketball in like 1,000 years. It was so funny though. I was just standing there, and the engineer door popped open and I saw that he was talking to me. At first, I thought he was asking me to move. Then I could see that he was still talking to me, so I took out my headphones. He was like, “you play ball, man?” I told him that I hadn’t played for a long time. He then told me that I should come play with the MTA guys some time, and asked me where I was getting off. I told him that I probably am not very good anymore, and that it probably wasn’t a very wise decision to try to recruit me. I also told him that I would be de-traning at Chambers. He closed his door again and went back to driving the train. About 15 minutes later, his door popped open again and he gave me this flyer about where to meet up etc., for basketball. I was cracking up. I don’t intend on playing, but I was flattered that, to someone, I gave the impression of having some sort of athletic ability. You could pretty much say that it made my morning, in the most middle-aged, white guy, pathetic type of way. Hahaha