" Well they done got me hyped then"

Sometimes I abhor riding the Turner Field shuttle to school. To explain, I have to drive on the traffic ridden highway past the school, park at the Turner Field blue lot, and then taekwando my way onto the bus when one finally comes to pick us up and then drop us off on campus. If I get on the bus, I may have to stand and hold the roof railing which is about 200 feet off of the ground and pulls my arm out of is precious little socket. But If I'm "Lucky" I'll get to sit down. " Lucky" because I usually end up sitting next to some funkbox with stank breath, stank flip flops with foot juice running off of them that sends a stench through the bus at each turn, a clankity clank texting problem, a farting problem, or the WORST.. a booming voice shouting into a cell phone reciever about a trip to the gyno or how they " beat that heffers triffilin' ass". All of this aside, riding this abomination helps me save about $600 a semester in parking, so I do it, and I get over it, and I make myself proud.

Today was a standing day. I was lugging three honka jonka text books purchased with one of my arms at the books store, whose line spilled out on to piedmont road.( Its cool, God thought it fit to grace me with a spare arm, and it was this extension with which I held onto the roof railing) I was exausted from the Autism lab and class and was praying that I would miss traffic. I was standing in front of this girl who seemed sort of familiar, but I never say anything to people like that because I mean, what if they don't remember me, or.... its not them, or I only dreamed that I knew them. That would be... awkward. So I didn't say anything. She kept looking at this african american boy's magazine who was sitting two people down from her. Obama was on the cover and she asked him if she could see it. He obliged her and passed it down. Then he says

AA Boy: " You voting fuh him?"

AA Girl: " Not necessarily, but I juss wanna get up on who all is running so when someone wins, I know why they won. I mean.... I prolly won't even vote. What's the point?"

My Face: Uhhhhhhh?

AA Boy: " I mean... I'm not voting fuh him juss cuz hes black... you know what I'm sayin'? Cuz I mean, juss cuz he black don't mean he's gonna change thangs."

AA Girl: " So who are you going for?"

AA Boy: " Shoot, Hillary son! Shes got all of Bill's Ideas and hes supporting her and I mean... Bill was the first black Prez anyway.. you feel me? I mean, she's the only one who seems real, shes going around the the hood and kissin black babies and what not, and I mean... shes gonna help us out. I can guarantee you every black person on this bus is gonna vote fuh her."

My Face: ...

AA Girl: " You know thats all just hype right? Its all for show"

AA Boy/ Raging idiot: " Well, hell... they done got me hyped then. Shitttttttt"


When I got off of the bus I RAN. Just to make sure that I was alive and everything.

And that... Is why I am loathed to ride the shuttle.