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Deal Breakers and Shit Lists: the Public Transportation Edition

Stand in front of the door while I – and a mass of rush hour commuters – are trying to get off. It’s rude on elevators and it’s just obnoxious when I haven’t had enough morning caffeine yet.

Eat a meal on the El or bus. Beyond the obvious smells and sounds that come with you eating something in a confined public space, eating on the El or bus causes me great concern for your health. You realize someone has urinated on the seat you now use as a table, right?

Conduct a private conversation (lovers’ quarrel) while sitting next to, across from, or down the aisle from me. I’m very sorry for the loss of trust you had for that cheating bastard but at least pick a place to fight that doesn’t involve so much background noise. Eavesdropping isn’t the same if I can’t hear his side, too.

Technobsessed: Cinemagram

Well, now that Instagram is available for your friends with Android phones, it’s probably time for me to tell you about my favorite new iPhone app of the moment, Cinemagram.

For readers of A Little Bit Ginger on Tumblr, you may have noticed that I tend to entertain myself by taking pictures of random things I see like bad fashion choices (leggings are not pants!), delicious food, or delicious booze. Sometimes, with the help of Instagram’s filters, they might even look kind of artful.

But thanks to Cinemagram, I can capture the joys of drinking with movement, like Len and Emily taking shots before hitting up class.  (Don’t worry, we’re just studying improv, not learning how to be surgeons or anything.)

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