The Ultimate Compliment

Oh, the small pants. I know the pair. Back left corner of the closet. Sort of teasing you. Sneaking out from behind the lovely loose max studio dresses. Occassionaly being tried on. Even worn from time to time (much to your chagrin around lunchtime). Oh, small pants - we banish you! And to celebrate, we snack. Especially this time of year.

Speaking of the time of year - I did some shopping today. Met a colleague at Nordstrom for lunch and the line was almost all the way back to Petites. Yikes! There was an angry husband in front of me in line who literally could not believe how long the line was. Yes, he mentioned this to me multiple times. In general, it's always interesting downtown during the holiday season. You can count on seeing at least a few cars going the wrong way down a one-way, people struggling with the ticket machines for MAX and the occassional bike/pedestrian run-in. Today I saw something new though. A nice middle-aged woman driving a blue subaru got caught on a red light in the middle of the intersection. You could tell by her apologetic waving and shoulder shrugging that this was an accident. She had no idea that when the light turned green she really couldn't actually proceed forward due to congestion. So, she proceeded only to be stopped. And stuck. Well, things got worse when the MAX train got ready to roll through the intersection. Let's assume the MAX driver was not having a good day (or alternatively is just a complete ass). He hit the horn and hit the gas - barreling into the intersection. I really thought for a minute that he was going to hit her. Just in the nick of time she was able to scoot forward just enough to get out of the train's way. But barely. Everyone on the street was a little in shock. Even us jaded office-workers who know Tri-met's good and bad side were a little shocked. I saw a few people write down the train number (#120) and mutter about how they were going to call and report him. I don't think they were going to call-in a compliment.

Speaking of compliments... I received the Ultimate Compliment today. I ran into someone who told me they thought my most recent status update on facebook was really funny. Yes, this is the ultimate compliment. It's what I most hope for when I post status updates - that someone will laugh. I am that easy. I'm guessing the grumpy MAX driver is not.