a fight, a funny man, and an earthquake

yesterday was an interesting day.

a fight
i witnessed a fight on the T (well at the station, not on the train).  like start to finish, i saw it all.  it was crazy.  and so dumb.  a group of teenagers was walking right in front of me at the same time another group of teenagers were walking the other direction.  one of the guys says, "they are all blue." (he was talking about the new advertisements for surface that recently hit the T).  anyways, one guy from the other group found that insulting (???) turns around and starts yelling at the kid and cussing at him. so the two groups approach each other and are in each others faces, yelling calling names... you know, being real mean.  so shoves start to happen and then two of the kids start throwing punches.  (and what are we all doing at this point while we wait for the train??.... just watching.) so the kid that said, "they are all blue" is backed into this wall getting punched in the face and trying to flail at this other kid.  eventually they get tired and end up hugging each other - you know, like boxers do in the ring.  then one of the girl says you guys are just hugging break it up.  and they do.  and then a policeman comes and everyone scatters... except for the kid that said "they are all blue" who now has a bloody face.  he is still there and the policeman asks him what happened and he says, "i fell down." and then my train came.

a funny man
while hopping on the train, some older guy with a baseball hat and a silvery goatee says to me, "i'm glad nobody got seriously hurt." and i respond "well not physically at least, but maybe just their egos."  he continues to follow me and sit right next to me (no buffer seat here) on the train and as he sits down says, "don't worry, i'm not trying to pick you up."  i said oh that's ok, you can talk to me.  and apparently that meant that i wanted him to keep talking to me.  we chatted about this and that and next thing i know he is calling me and exceptionally beautiful woman and saying that i probably don't need to worry about buying my own $12 martinis. and then we got to his stop.

an earthquake
later that night at my internship the building started shaking, we are on the top floor.  i suddenly silenced my co-workers... and asked if that was normal.  they said no, and didn't seem to be bothered by it in the slightest, but i was intrigued.  i found out later that there was an earthquake in maine.  BAM! i felt my first earthquake. how cool!  i have always wanted to experience one.  too bad it was rather uneventful... or maybe that is ideal.

yesterday was an interesting day.