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Mock Trial Trip Log: Entry #1
Feb. 8th, 2007 05:39 pmI was disappointed to find that Portland, thus far, looks just like Spokane. We have a gorgeous view from our hotel window, of a one way street and a parking lot and a Shell station, in the most aesthetic configuration. On the bus trip, we stopped in the Dalles, which looks nothing like it does in the Oregon Trail. No greenery and trees, and you couldn't see the river from where we were. Just a long, yucky strip of dollar stores and fast food places, and some suspiciously birthday cake colored Mexican restaurants.
Besides a perpetual stomachache (which I find eases in fetal position), I'm feeling pretty not-bad. The bus ride was leavened by Flyboys (ngh) and Tombstone (happy-face), because the bus is an upscale bus with a dvd player and cute little television screens. I repect that kind of innovation. It does lead me to wonder, however, why other, simpler luxuries are neglected. For example, why is there uncomfortable hard tubing running along the inside wall of the bus, right where a sleepy passenger might want to rest their shoulder?
If I designed a bus, the walls would have cushions. People would pay more for the window seats. Maybe I would have little hinged head rests on the aisle seats too, that would swing out and keep your head stably wedged between it and the seatback headrest. I hate falling asleep on bus aisle seats. It leads to floppy heads and sore necks, and is just a crabby idea.
Also, buses need more leg room. And there should not be plastic handles on the seat in front of you, where you might want to curl up your knees. Seriously. What's the point of those handles at all? Whole trip, I felt no compelling need to grab on to something in front of me. I did feel a compelling need to curl up in a vertically oriented fetal position, and ended up with bruised knees.
But the little televisions were a nice touch. I guess they figure that thoughtful planning, although technologically cheaper, just wouldn't be as consciously appreciated as the little glowy screens.
I should be an engineer. I'd fix all the buses.
Besides a perpetual stomachache (which I find eases in fetal position), I'm feeling pretty not-bad. The bus ride was leavened by Flyboys (ngh) and Tombstone (happy-face), because the bus is an upscale bus with a dvd player and cute little television screens. I repect that kind of innovation. It does lead me to wonder, however, why other, simpler luxuries are neglected. For example, why is there uncomfortable hard tubing running along the inside wall of the bus, right where a sleepy passenger might want to rest their shoulder?
If I designed a bus, the walls would have cushions. People would pay more for the window seats. Maybe I would have little hinged head rests on the aisle seats too, that would swing out and keep your head stably wedged between it and the seatback headrest. I hate falling asleep on bus aisle seats. It leads to floppy heads and sore necks, and is just a crabby idea.
Also, buses need more leg room. And there should not be plastic handles on the seat in front of you, where you might want to curl up your knees. Seriously. What's the point of those handles at all? Whole trip, I felt no compelling need to grab on to something in front of me. I did feel a compelling need to curl up in a vertically oriented fetal position, and ended up with bruised knees.
But the little televisions were a nice touch. I guess they figure that thoughtful planning, although technologically cheaper, just wouldn't be as consciously appreciated as the little glowy screens.
I should be an engineer. I'd fix all the buses.