a new train character

so now that i moved further south from center city i am taking a different train.

i'm now taking the broad street subway rather than the market street el. and as i discussed with rose last night, the subway is definitely a lower calibur ride. the trains are more run down, although they now have a new pa system that uses a british female voice (so awkward and funny in philadelphia, because i think it pisses people off when she says "doors closing"). so the train itself is of a lower calibur, but the people. oh, the people. they are on a much higher calibur, comedy-wise (of course). and by that i mean they are so, so, so entertaining.

there is one character i have in mind while typing. i have seen him twice in two days--standing in the same exact spot, wearing the same exact clothes and giving the same dead stare. he's creepy. it's so hard for me to explain. he looks like he was maybe on the fringe of being a "hip" dude in the 6os (meaning he really tried but never made it there), but then when he hit the 80s, he just stopped trying. are you following me? if not, let me give you specifics:

i have to start with the hair. it's long and straggly, but bushy. oh and it's three-toned: orange and black mop top and grayish (probably natural color) straggling frills down the neck, past the shoulder. it's sick. and not in a good way. moving on in the hair department: he's got a soul patch. and a goatee. for some reason this makes me think he was like a 60s south philly soul band guy? weird, i know.

moving on...the clothes. TIGHT, in a word. the pants, in particular, made me throw up just a little in my mouth. yes, ladies, you could see it all...if you wanted to. and if you were sitting and he was standing (as it were), you couldn't avoid the junk. especially if you were giggling about the fact that he was wearing white jeans with hightops. i should also add that the pants didn't actually zip all the way up or button at the top...they were held together by a belt. AMAZING. but it was topped off with a shirt and tie (tie undone, of course--he's way too cool). but it just seemed like everything probably had a layer of smoke on it. eww. oh, an i guess the tie wasn't the real topper...the suncoast video nametag/lanyard was.

the dude was in a haze the whole time. i think he was drugged. but he got off at the city hall stop both days. so i am guessing you could find him in suncoast video at the gallery. that's my next stop. you should check it out too.

if you go, ask him if they sell horror videos, because he was a fucking fright.