grey haired girl

i’ve been taking the train more to and from work because of the weather.  it’s really nice to ride the train after a long time of riding my bike to and from the loop.  on my way to work there was this man who seemed pretty angry.  he was holding a newspaper with rod blagojevich on the cover yelling, “THIS IS NOT FUNNY!”  he was walking around and holding it close to random people’s faces while saying it.  i thought to myself, “well, i didn’t think it was funny until just now, thanks to you.”  the look on the people’s faces that he held the newspaper in front of and yelled was hilarious.  then i remembered that i also thought it was funny last night when my roommate was drunk from wine and doing an impression of what the conversations rod was having on the phone must have sounded like.  she was swearing up a storm.  “that motherfuckin’ seat is a fuckin’ gold mine, motherfucker!  daddy’s not giving that shit up for fuckin’ nothin’, no fuckin’ way!”

anyhow, on my way home from work i saw a girl that was definitely younger than even 30, yet she had granny grey hair.  i guessed she was probably really close to around my age.  i had seen her once before, but she was on the same train car as me this time and sat at the other end from me.  i spent the whole way to logan square wondering why her hair was like that.  she was fashionably dressed and pretty.  i assumed, because of how young she looked, she must have dyed her hair grey. then i wondered why she would do that.  not that it looked bad, it was just weird to me.  she reminded me of a superhero or something, someone who could possibly have telepathic abilities.  so i looked at her and when i thought she might have noticed me, i asked her, in my head, “why is your hair grey?”

i usually think it’s a bit silly when adults dye their hair wacky colors, but grey totally works.  i think this girl is onto something, like is she crazy or just so cool that i can’t even possibly wrap my brain around it? i bet anyone with pink or blue hair would be totally jealous of her.

p.s.

hump day jam.