Monday

I wish New York City buses paid more attention to traffic laws.

I wish the Long Island Railroad realized a train “running thirty-two minutes late” is a train that nobody in their right mind is waiting for when they have to get to work.

I wish I knew why my subway was so empty this morning (and a little bit this afternoon). Was today some kind of holiday?

I wish I hadn’t needed to sit through a two-hour training session on the new user interface for one of our internal systems. But at least that interface does seem like a genuine improvement.

I wish I could sleep late tomorrow and not worry about my commute, or buses that run red lights, or trains that don’t come, or training sessions that eat up the afternoon.

Oh, wait, I can. Tomorrow I work from home. I do so like Tuesdays.

September songs

My monthly mix for September, if you’re interested:

  1. “Early Train” by Lucy Wainwright Roche (feat. Girlyman)
  2. “The Way it Seems to Go” by Rachael Yamagata
  3. “Splitter” by Calexico
  4. “I Wanna Go Away” by the Very Best
  5. “Restless Farewell” by Mark Knopfler
  6. “I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night” by Ulver
  7. “Do Wah Doo” by Kate Nash
  8. “American Tune” by Paul Simon
  9. “Lake Marie” by John Prine
  10. “Who” by David Byrne & St. Vincent
  11. “Keep Me in Your Heart” by Warren Zevon
  12. “One Lovely Day” by Citizen Cope
  13. “Stone Rollin’ by Raphael Saadiq
  14. “This Old Porch” by Lyle Lovett
  15. “Think I’m in Love” by Beck
  16. “Wheel Inside the Wheel” by Mary Gauthier
  17. “Your Name Here” by the Dirty Gems
  18. “Blown Away” by Sivert Høyem
  19. “Bleed Like Me” by Garbage
  20. “Sailor & Widow” by Keren Ann
  21. “Storm Across the Sea” by Chuck Prophet
  22. “The Zombie Song” by Stephanie Mabey