Today I went to
DC for the first time I can remember. Man, what a
city. From here at
GMU, in
Fairfax, my friend
Rob and his
extremely beautiful+
smart+
nice+
rich girlfriend drove to the
Metro Station. I bought a $5 day pass rather than two $2.80 tickets (one for ride there, one for way back). The ride over on the
Metro was pretty uneventful, it was fun looking out of window at people though.
We arrived at
Union Station late for the movie
Bambuzal (we're supposed to watch it for my
Reading Cultural Signs class). Union Station used to be the old train station, but was converted into a Metro Station/
food court/
mall/
movie theater. The building itself is huge- the ceiling is maybe 2-3 stories high, huge
statues are all along the wall, and it goes several floors underground too. Being in such a gigantic place with so many people all running somewhere was definitly an experience.
The
movie was okay... had some really funny parts, but otherwise I wouldn't have watched it if it wasn't required. We talked afterwards about it, none of us knew what to make of the
ending. It seemed as though the writer couldn't figure out an ending that would tie up the movie's theme, so he (WARNING:
SPOILER) just
kills everybody.
After the movie we walked around
Union Station some more. I found some
payphones and got their numbers (I have a collection of payphone numbers- don't ask). Again, Metro ride back was uneventful- I mostly stared out window thinking about
religion (and it's relationship specifically to
humans) while Rob+Jessica played with his
cell phone. On the way out of the train station I gave my day-pass to this older
black woman who was on her way into the station. She had her arms full of bags and looked really
exhausted. After I gave her my pass she was stunned and then this really
happy expression came over her. I felt really good from that. I almost wished I had more than one
day-pass so I could hand more out.