Bus Took Forever.

Am heading into the city to have lunch with Lilly (despite it now being incredibly late), to give Josh his guitar cable that Ben bought him, and has been sitting in my room since Black Sabbath, and to fix the bond cheque and deposit it into my account.
I arrived at the bus stop 4 minutes after the bus was due, and the next bus was 25 minutes away. I wasted that time using my phone's Internet connection. As is typical, the next bus was 10 minutes late. Why couldn't the first bus have been that late?
I've not heard from the Perth job yet (but didn't expect to). I'm still not 100% on the work roster though, so I'm applying for other jobs as I wait. There are some interesting ones going. I'll keep you all informed as things come up.
Meanwhile, I'm hungry.

Listening to: Opeth - Still Life (album)
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It's C-C-Cold!

Catching the bus this morning. Allan (Leanne's Dad) has to drop his car off for service, so wasn't able to drive us in - not that it's "us" this morning anyway, as Leanne is now struck down by that same terrible sickness that made me cancel Friday night (sorry guys), as well as take the day off work.
So it's just me on a bus. Luckily it wasn't a long wait, because it was another frozen hose morning. My hands are only just now thawing. I'm wearing my headphones over my beanie.
Cold, mang.

Listening to: Jamiroquai - A Funk Odyssey (I thought I'd warm my bones with FUNK!)
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Heating

I don't understand why in winter heaters heat places (in this case, my bus) to Summer temperatures, while in Summer the air conditioning drops the temperature to Winter temperatures. Are people just contrary?
Yags, this bus is warm.
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You Motherfucker!

The bus driver just pulled away with me running after the bus. People had barely alighted by the time he pulled away, motherfucker didn't even wait 10 seconds.
No real reason to complain though, the next bus is due to arrive in <5 min anyway - it's just that it's cold here, waiting.

Listening to: Traffic noise, as my beanie is getting preference over my headphones.

I might add, that by the time I'd finished typing this up, another bus had arrived. Yay! I'm defrosting now!
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Missing badge

Hmmm.
Upon leaving the bus just now, I realised one of the badges on my bag is missing (a little round rust-mark tells me this).
I don't know what one though. Will I miss it?

Listening to: The sounds of the city.
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Wish I could take a photo

There are times when I see something that would make a good photo, but I either don't want to look like a knob when I take my camera out, or I don't think it's a good idea to photograph people I don't know.
I wish I could take those photos, they're often interesting.
Just then for example, there was a group of 4 or 5 people sitting together on the bus, all asleep. It looked awesome. I wanted a photo. But I didn't get one.

Listening to: Traffic Noise (I haven't put my headphones on yet... and probably won't today, coz I don't feel tired, and I want to read)
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And we're in the Tunnel!

We're in the Lane Cove Tunnel! We stopped at Wynyard today, so now I know the two aren't related. But it doesn't answer my question as to WHY we don't take it every day. Maybe they only take it when traffic is bad? Maybe when they're running late (but of course that doesn't explain Monday)? I don't know. I'm not sure I'll EVER know.
Mysterious mysteries.
Of course, it's now 4:40pm, so there is no chance of me getting to my stop by Monday's 4:25pm anyway, so there are no celebrations for taking the tunnel anyway.

Still listening to: Basement Jaxx - Remedy
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Headphones

I'm listening to Basement Jaxx right now, and I'm missing my old headphones. I want better headphones. I think I should put them on my list of things to get. This time I think I'll try and get a portable pair though.
I also realised that lately I've been neglecting to put my "Listening to" information at the end of my posts. I shall endeavour to remember to put it in from now on (I bet you all missed it!)

Listening to: Basement Jaxx - Remedy (an old favourite of mine. Funktastic)
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Where are the Regulars?

I don't recognise anyone in this bus queue. Wouldn't there be people that catch this bus everyday? So why have I never seen any of these people before?
Odd.
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"Single Today, Thanks"

So it seems that Hillsbus not only offer weekly tickets with no discount, but also return tickets are discount free. Now I understand buying a rail ticket return for the same price as two single journeys - it's a pain in the arse lining up for rail tickets, and you can miss your train by doing so - but bus tickets? What the hell advantage does it give? Especially when there is the risk of losing the ticket during the day.
This is annoying.
Anyway. Why did I buy a single today? Coz I'm meeting Leanne at West Ryde tonight to finish the cleaning. Fun.
After such, we are going to the shops to pick out a pair of glasses for her (and so I can spend that $100 David Jones gift voucher burning a hole in my pocket... as well as some of my pay).
But will we have time for both? Leanne's Mum (Jenny) wants to go early, so we'll see what happens. It's not like I wasted any money buying a single today, anyway.
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No Tunnel Today

No tunnel today. What the fuck?!
This sucks.
I'm not happy with the driver's explanation. I want to get to the bottom of this.
At least some guy juts got on in Lane Cove... that makes the journey less superfluous.
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Bus Mystery Solved?

I just asked the driver if this bus goes via the Lane Cove Tunnel (like my Monday bus did) and he said that it depends. The supervisor decides and radios the instructions in.
Odd way to run a bus route, and I don't know how that will affect TC.
So I will find out in about 10 minutes if this will be a quick journey or not.
Also, there are seats to spare today, where yesterday there was standing room only. This is weird.
I might also add that the bus was about 10 minutes late.
I love buses.
We just stopped at Wynyard. I don't know if that's an indicator of an express or not. I also don't know why the bus WOULDN'T take the Lane Cove Tunnel; it's not like there are any stops between the Harbour Bridge and the M2 anyway.
Blargh. Annoying. And confusing.
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Different Bus on the Way Home, too.

I don't know how I did it, but despite catching the 610 at 4:05pm from the QVB, the bus didn't go via the Lane Cove Tunnel, and took an extra 25 minutes to get to my stop.
Funnily enough, when I looked at the timetable yesterday, it said that it arrived at the M2/Oakes stop at 4:50pm, but I was pleasantly surprised when I arrived there by 4:25pm... but today my bus arrived at 4:50pm after taking a different route home.
In fact, Leanne called me at 4:20pm, and I'd only just crossed the Harbour Bridge... when the day before I was nearly at my stop.
So I need to figure out what happened.
I don't remember if the bus went via Wynyard yesterday... I don't think it did.

No Discount

Me (to the driver): "What's the best way to buy tickets?"
Driver: "Whadaya mean?"
Me: "Like, is there a weekly or anything?"
Driver: "Yeah, there's a weekly, but there's no discount."
Me: "Oh."

Ah fuck.
So it's $9.60 a day then. Fun.
Looks like I'll start getting a lift in with Leanne's Dad (and maybe back?) when he returns from his business trip. Of course this means getting in later (and subsequently leaving later), which sucks, coz I really like the early starts/finishes. And it means a potentially awkward commute. As well as no music. Hmmm.
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Got a seat.

Yay!
I got a seat! One of the little dinky disabled seats, but a seat nonetheless!
The bus is packed though. If I were up the back, and were confident that little or no people would see me, I'd take a photo for you.
I look forward to getting my new phone so that the photos not only look better, but they upload quicker (in 3 high speed areas).
Anyway. I'm going to read now.
By gum, I'm hungry.
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Waiting for the bus

Waiting for the bus
Originally uploaded by JadeMonkee.

I'm standing in the middle of the M2 waiting for my bus to arrive. Unfortunately I was 2 minutes later than yesterday, so didn't get the same bus, which sucks because it didn't have many people on it, and a bus to North Sydney just pulled up (not my bus) that was packed. That'll annoy me. Especially as it means I can't read, and a little moreso because I'm enjoying this book so much.

So I continue to wait. It's only been 10 minutes, but it shouldn't be much longer.

I hope.

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