Sore Throats

I always used to think people that complained about being sick were just a bunch of candy-asses. Well now I'm eating my own words, well I would if I could actually swallow enough to eat anything other than broth.

Being sick blows!

I was just about over this thing, but some how managed to brilliantly re-infect myself. I like to think of this time around as the germs just taking a little victory lap, because they will not be back for a long long time.

Sweat...On Trains...On Me

It's not even all that hot out today, yet I still arrive at work a swampy mess.

What's the cause? Extremely horrible train car choice and a splash of bad luck to boot. While the Red Line is usually a little mild, the air conditioning units typically do an adequate job to at least keep the majority of sweat at bay. Today however was an entirely different story...and this isn't the first time.

So long story short, my new strategy for summer and other warm weather commutes will be to closely examine the body language of passengers as the train enters the station. Then, I will be sure to avoid the cars that are nearly empty and passengers that did decide to stay look like they could keel over from heat stroke at any given moment.

The other solution of course, protest the CTA until they install free deodorant dispensers in every vehicle! But then again, there's the risk of a previously mentioned (dig through the archives) irritant.

Apple Earbuds, more like Earduds...

Yes...that was horrible but it needed to be done. I completely love my iPhone and every iPod I have ever owned and if I could afford it, I know I would love a MACBook Pro. Although apple needs to learn how to make headphones, reasons follow below:

• The plastic material sticks to everything
• They don't stay in your ears
• The microphone on the iPhone set is horrible and catches on your clothes, it's called seamless integration apple, make the cord one seamless piece! Not that hard!
• They get dirty instantly. Nothing like looking like a dirtball fresh from the jog on the train, while you're next to hottie McBusiness Skirt everyday!
• No neck slide or cord corral, whatever that piece is called on every other pair of headphones on the market.
• The audio and bass response is horrible (i know they are packaged headphones, but damn.)
• This is actually a 50/50 gripe but the iPhone headset actually is covered, but only for a year. I'm on my third set in less than 7 months...guess I'm screwed in a few months.

I would never use them except they come in handy when multitasking on conference calls. I'm going to have to find something more sturdy.