first of many (hopefully)

it seems i try this "blogging" thing once ever(y) [is it ever...or every?] so often, usually with the result of utter failute 'cause i get lazy (big surprise).  however, this time is different (ha!) - i think i have some sort of inspiration (a muse if you will).  lately, i have been hearing from a lot of people in my life, "how do you survive on the train?" or, "i can't believe you have survived this long on mass transit!" or my personal favorite, "i really admire that you are so willing to take the train."  so it got me thinking, do that many people not know what it's like to take mass transit every day?  i guess in dallas that answer is a resounding no.  and this, my good people, is why i have started blogging again.  as many of y'all have experienced (in various text messages), there are often goings on in the DART system that simply must be shared with people.  from the drunks urinating on the bus and the wretched smell that soon followed, to the lady screaming bible versus on the train, and the general thuggery that i witness everyday; this is my life.  it is not a survival game and far from something to be admired.  it is something i do and have done since the inception of the DART rail that carted me between Mockingbird and Pearl station during high school - and now carries me from UTD, home, to DFW (work), to Ft. Worth, to the zoo, and anywhere else i decide to go.  what i hope to do is start each blog off [which will by no means be everyday] with any tales of mass transit that have occured over the past "x" amount of days - and then continue on with life in general (since both blend together so well *smiles*).  this is it for now - comments, questions, concerns can be addressed to laura perna (cause she cares more than i do).