Hiro's Wacky Adventures Part II: A Day in the Life

[Hiro]

Due to certain facts about my life currently, I was stranded without a ride home back from class today. I walked over to the nearest bus stop to wait for my sister as I've been doing the past few times. I texted her. I texted her again. Then I called her. No response. I figured she was asleep (she was) so I just sat around the bus stop trying to figure out what I should do.

An hour passed.

By then I figured maybe I should just walk home. That would take an hour. I'd have about 2 hours at home, then then I'd have to walk to school again for another hour. Not really worth it. So I sat around some more. Every 5 or so minutes a bus would arrive, drop people off and pick up others, and so on and so forth. I had nothing but my phone and my music, so I would text no one in particular, post some shit on Twitter, and doze off for a few minutes here and there. Around 11:30 or so (1.5 hours of sitting at that bus stop) a police van rolled up to the stop, and a cop walked out. Looking at me and a kid who had just sat nearby, he asked "Have either of you seen a man sleeping around here?" Somebody had called the police on me. I stood up and told him I had been here for a little while. He came over to me and laughed. "I was expecting some old hobo sleeping here." After handing him my ID to prove I was a student, he said "Have a nice day" and drove off. I went back to sleep.

David eventually responded to one of my messages, and we had a conversation for a good while. Finally, something to keep me sane. I listened to probably 2 or 3 full albums while I was sitting around. I took my glasses off after a while, as they were getting uncomfortable. Shortly afterwards, a girl walked by me. She turned and waved at me, and I waved back. Shit, who was that? She looked so familiar, but seeing as I was blind I had no clue who it was. A few minutes later, a girl came my way from the direction mystery girl had come from. She looked the same. Same clothes, same hair, etc. Was that her? But who was her? She went across the street and laid down in a patch of grass. Even with my glasses back on, I wasn't close enough to tell if that was her, whoever she was. Well, I turned out to be staring at a stranger for the past 10 minutes because the actual mystery girl had returned. Aw lame, that girl. Just some friend of a friend, a person I'd seen and talked to maybe twice. She didn't acknowledge me this time, as she sat around the bus stop much like I was. Ten or so minutes later, her and her friends walked away.

Boredom.

Oh my god, how long do I have to sit here? Why am I even sitting here in the first place? Because, Grant, you have nowhere else to go right now, nothing to do. If you weren't sitting here like a vagrant all day, you'd be wandering campus aimlessly, like a vagrant. I counted the time left until my next class. Two hours to go until I can sit in my class for a half hour before it starts! One hour! These headphones were really starting to hurt my head, and I smelled awful. I had planned to be home at 10, I wanted to take a shower today! Oh well. Why was I wearing a thick sweater and a heavy knit cardigan, it's t-shirt weather right now! Whatever, even though I had transformed into a hobo today, I was comfortable dammit.

Thirty minutes to go. I was starting to get antsy, ready to get up and go at a moment's notice. The umpteenth bus pulled in. Yet, this wasn't the ordinary quick-stop. The bus driver opened his door and walked towards me. This cool black dude I recognized from when I rode the buses last year, probably in his thirties. "Hey man, I've been driving all day and I've seen you sitting here for a long time. You've got to have been here for at least five hours. Is everything alright man?" I responded, "Yeah it's fine, I'm just hanging out here."

"Alright then. Here, have an apple." My face lit up and I thanked him. As he placed this green apple on the bench next to me, he said "take care", got back in the bus, and drove off. I looked at the apple. It had a few bruises and some weird black marks on the bottom, but I had been starving all day. Besides, this beautiful man gave me a gift for my troubles, and I wasn't about to turn down this offer. It wasn't overly crisp, and it certainly had some nasty mushy spots, but this was food, and I can cut it some slack as I'm sure it had been sitting in that bus all day. I don't think he'll know how much I appreciated that apple.

Once he left I started to get paranoid. I didn't want that guy to see me here again, I didn't want him to take further pity on me, or worry more people. I wanted to be gone so the next time he passed through he wouldn't see me, but see that he had helped me. 10 minutes to go. I sat in anticipation for the time to pass so that by the time I left, I would arrive at my class just as the doors opened. I couldn't take it anymore. I left a few hours early. 10AM to 3PM at a bus stop, and at long last, I had my freedom.

I stopped by another building on my way to go to the bathroom and refill my water bottle, which ate up a few minutes. Walked into class and it was nearly empty, as would be expected an hour in advance. I sat down, and now that I had wifi I could actually use my phone to dick around online. Class eventually started, I learned nothing, and left class without incident. My sister had finally woken up, and she came and picked me up and took me home. Been blogging and blah blah-ing since then.

So yeah, that was my day.

[The Hand That Fisted Everyone]

Walking for hours is wonderful. You should try it sometime. I used to walk from my house to the town library back when I lived in Kinston. That took maybe an hour/hour and a half. Worst part was this highway intersection, but I never had any problems.

Also, I'll spend hours walking around downtown Asheville, or well I used to. Now I've explored quite a bit and would like some new nooks and crannies to be exposed to.

[Hiro]

Walking for hours is wonderful. You should try it sometime. I used to walk from my house to the town library back when I lived in Kinston. That took maybe an hour/hour and a half. Worst part was this highway intersection, but I never had any problems.

Also, I'll spend hours walking around downtown Asheville, or well I used to. Now I've explored quite a bit and would like some new nooks and crannies to be exposed to.

Yeah, I'm thinking this opportunity is going to present itself to me a lot more in the near future, so I think next time I'll just wander around town.

[YPrrrr]

Damn that sounds awful, sorry you had to wait around like that... Hopefully it wasn't too cold?

[Hiro]

Damn that sounds awful, sorry you had to wait around like that... Hopefully it wasn't too cold?

Why was I wearing a thick sweater and a heavy knit cardigan, it's t-shirt weather right now!

It was chilly for maybe the first half hour, but after that it was pretty warm.

[applesauce]

Yeah you should have walked somewhere interesting. Or at least took a long nap in some nice grass.

[Hiro]

Yeah you should have walked somewhere interesting. Or at least took a long nap in some nice grass.

I'm allergic to grass, my eyes swell up and get itchy 

[applesauce]

I'm allergic to grass, my eyes swell up and get itchy 

Oh no that is terrible. I love to sleep in a soft blanket of grass in a park.

[The Hand That Fisted Everyone]

I'm allergic to grass, my eyes swell up and get itchy 

I used to be the same way. I took allergy shots to get through this.

A huge shot in my arm once a week

fucking lame.

[piano moths]

You should go on walks grant flagstaff is nice

[Hiro]

I used to be the same way. I took allergy shots to get through this.

A huge shot in my arm once a week

fucking lame.

I think I was offered this once in middle school, but it was too much effort. It would have been an hour long drive up to a couple times a week, and it was rather expensive too if I remember correctly.
I wonder if I could try for that again

You should go on walks grant flagstaff is nice

Oh I've walked around Flagstaff before, and it is lovely. Just not usually by myself with nowhere to go and not for distances as long as it could take me. Still, I am going to try that a little more now.

[Cookie]

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[Andria]

I'm with everyone else in this thiread, as said just walk. Aimlessly walk. It may sound boring at first but maybe carry yourself a drink or something next time if you can't afford to buy your own food.

Also if you get the chance, maybe get a tiny funny looking card and just give the guy a thank you note if you can find him again.

[Hiro]

I'm with everyone else in this thiread, as said just walk. Aimlessly walk. It may sound boring at first but maybe carry yourself a drink or something next time if you can't afford to buy your own food.

Also if you get the chance, maybe get a tiny funny looking card and just give the guy a thank you note if you can find him again.

I don't use the bus system anymore, so I don't think I'll ever be seeing him again anytime soon.
Still, enough about the walking thing. I've walked before. Why I sat there that whole time, I'm unsure.

[Hiro]

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Thanks man, I'll be sure to share if anything worth telling happens. Most of my days are pretty mundane: go to school, come home, internet, sleep, rinse, repeat.