Logical Eccentricity

Instead of getting to work at 8:45, like I usually do, I got to work at 10am. Why? Three very simple reasons, signal issues, cancelled train, and a minor accident at Jamaica. I’ve got no idea what the signal issue did, it might have actually caused the accident. But the cancelled train caused me to get on the next train from Hicksville, which was packed as a result; this happens anytime you try to crap people that usually go on two different trains onto one train. We’re all packed in this train, and it starts making extra stops to pick up more people (again because of the cancelled train), and it gets even more stuffed in there. As a result of these frequent stops, we get to Jamaica later than we should have. Had the train gotten there closer to the scheduled time, we would have gotten to the station much faster. But basically we were stuck at Jamaica for a good 40 to 45 minutes. I can’t wait till I move off Long Island…

And another reason why I want to move off Long Island and to New Jersey: the LIRR only has one tunnel going east and one tunnel going west out of Penn Station. So if a train breaks down in the tunnel, everything behind it gets messed up.

Apparently there was a broken train earlier this evening and as a result every train was delayed for 30 minyuea as they tried to fix the problem. At least I knew about the issuse through Clever Commute and was able to enter the station from the back and not get stuck waiting. But that is beside the point.

How would I fix this problem? Simple, dig more tunnels. I know they are building a tunnel for the west side access but that won’t be done for 5 years. Till then build another tunnel. What’s more, the economy is crappy, use this as a massive public relief project; anyone that wants a good paying job can come and help dig this tunnel. I’m sure we can get it done.

Either hopefully I’ll be moved out to Hoboken early next year and won’t have to deal with these problems.

This was a great weekend, unfortunately not a lot of sleep but lots of fun. Friday evening after work, my co-workers and I did a little bit of yoga. This was the first time I have ever done yoga, and the exercises destroyed me by the end of the hour and half. I was dead tired by the end of it; despite the tiring nature of it, it was a great deal of fun.

Afterward, I joined up with some other friends for Friday night happy hour and to celebrate a friend’s birthday. We were out celebrating till like 1 am. I managed to get on a 1:50 train out to Long Island that was supposed to get me home by 2:46. Unfortunately, the LIRR never runs on time. My train waited at Jamica for over 20 minutes, and then we waited for another 20 minutes at another station. All for absolutely no reason at all. In the end, I got home at almost 3:30.

After sleeping at most four hours, I got up at 7:45, drove over to the AT&T store and stood in line to buy a new iPhone. I thought the store would open at 8, but they actually opened at 10. So, with only four hours of sleep, I was sitting/sleeping outside the AT&T store for 2 hours. I was like the 20th in line this morning, so I wasn’t even the first one into the store. I didn’t get into the store for another 30 minutes after they opened up.

In the end, I got a new 8 gig iPhone 3G. It is wonderful; and I’m glad I waited for it. The applications are awesome. I’m waiting for a Wordpress app so I can post from the phone itself.

Hopefully within the next couple of days I’ll have time to write a complete review on the phone with my thoughts all.

I guess there is a first for everything. In all the time I have been taking the Long Island Rail Road, we have never been stopped at a station because we are ahead of schedule. But that’s exactly what happened last night. Apparently the train was going fast enough that we waited an extra three minutes at a station to get back on schedule. Cool, no?