Bus Ponderings

My morning bus rolls down Main St. and Hastings every day and I am always kind of amazed that when we pass Victory Park and the cenotaph, that the wreaths laid down on Remembrance Day are still all there. Hastings/Main is known to be the worst postal code in Canada yet the drug addicts, homeless and other crazies all seem to respect the cenotaph and the wreaths, good on them really.

Ghetto Santa

I trudged through the snow yesterday to get groceries at my beloved local mall; It’s technically called Kingsgate Mall but everyone lovingly refers to it as Hellsgate Mall because it’s pretty damn ghetto. I was stopped in my tracks though when I caught a glimpse of the mall Santa. He was perched on the shoddiest Santa chair ever surrounded by the most pitiful picket fence I have ever seen in my life; it’s like they pulled all the props for the area from a reject bin behind Goodwill or something. Santa’s beard was matted and nicotine stained; in fact, I think he is the dumpster diver that I see behind the Best Western most mornings…nice to see that they have hired locally. Anyhow, if you want this years Santa picture for your kidlets to be extra entertaining, bring them all down to my mall, it's well worth the drive!

Here fishy, fishy, fish

Since when did fishnet stockings become ‘office appropriate’ hosiery? I work in the downtown core and I am seeing a lot of fishnet as of late. They look cool for going out at night and all but in the office they tend to look a bit trashtastic. Unless you’re one of those escort lunch date with a CFO sorta girls, I’d leave them behind if I were you.

Heil birthday cake!

I am all for human rights but I am starting to see why some states chose the route of forced sterilization at one point in history. WTF were these parents thinking? Hopefully they are putting aside a little bit of cash from each welfare cheque for little Adolf to change his name when he is a bit older because I can see that name being a barrier to finding gainful employment. Hopefully his sister with the middle name “Aryan Nation” will fare a little bit better…

Strange Vancouverites

Umbrellas in the snow ranks right up there with another strange Vancouver tradition of those crazy ass full face visors that Asian people wear here all summer. Have people never heard of wearing a hat? It seems kind of absurd to walk around with an umbrella because of a few snowflakes falling from the sky doesn't it?

Shiny happy people

Typical 'Couv weather this morning, it was absolutely pissing down rain and the trolley bus pulls up with it's usual 'bus full' sign on the front, grrr. However today, a whole whack of people got off at Broadway so the bus driver actually let us board the bus, hooray! The bus driver greeted each and every person with a genuine "Hello, good morning" to which most people stopped in their tracks, rubbed their eyes and actually greeted him right back. People were thanking him as they got off the bus and nobody was pushing and shoving, I can easily say that it was the nicest bus ride I have had in ages. You rock Mr. Bus Driver, thanks for making our commute a nice one.

It just ain't right

This one should be filed under my 'what the fuck' file, if such a file existed. We were driving through traffic today and pulled up alongside a typical family minivan. Upon closer inspection though, I could see that besides a mom, dad and children in the van, there were those naked lady stickers plastered all over the sides of the family van, what the???