What’s That Smell?

On the train ride home, I tried again to do a bit of work (unsuccesfully). I had made enough progress during the day that I felt I could get away with just doing more work when I got home.

Near the last two hours of the train ride, I noticed a sharp, smoky smell in the air (someone was smoking marijuana in the bathroom, but it smelled like they were standing right behind me). I turned around in my seat, and looked back some… and this huge, black dude who was sitting across the aisle from me did the same, in synch (he was also holding a cellphone up to his ear). We then turned back and locked eyes, looking directly at one another. And then we broke out into a huge, shit-eating grin and laughed out loud together.

One of the funniest moments I’ve had in a long while. Totally fucking hysterical. The instant we looked at one another, we were both deadpan with fairly serious expressions on our faces. And then, when we realized the other knew… it was nothing but sheer laughter from then on out. For the next few minutes, I had a smile glued on my face, and had to fight from laughing out loud.