Bus ride on early mornings ? Could be quite amusing

Oh, well, I am an early person. I love getting up early and go out. Even if I have to go to work, I don’t mind. To reach the Office, I have a few possibilities : the tube, buses or walking.

I stopped taking the tube for three main reasons : claustrophobia, smells & people. First of all, honestly, I am a bit claustrophobic when I take any subway. I nearly have a heart attack and I do panic quite often especially when the tram stops in the middle of tunnels ! It happened to me a few times and I really hated that feeling ; Secondly, I cannot understand how a person can stink at 7 am. Sometimes it is rather disgusting to smell those odors of transpiration, (bad) perfumes and any other aroma. The closer we are to summer season, the more I avoid the tube. Thirdly, I hate crowded places. I don’t feel secured whenever I am in a packed out area. I spent a few years attending to soccer games with about 40,000 persons but I didn’t feel that way. Nowadays, I like being surrounded by a restricted number of people.

About walking, even though I like walking around and have a long walk during holidays, I am not going to sweat before the arrival to the Office and stinking all day long !

That is why I much prefer taking buses. It is not faster than subway, but, apart from some jam-packed lines of buses, you are not going to be dozens in it. For instance, my daily bus capacity is about 25 persons on mornings and not more on evenings. It is a melting pot of persons : workers, retired, pupils, students or, for some reasons unknown, tourists !

Nevertheless, they are regulars on this line : same morning, same hour, same people. It is funny to observe that any morning this lady would come at the same hour, doing the same act before getting on the bus, sitting at the same place without any problem, as all the others do the same thing. I am the wildest person in the bus, I guess. I am changing my habits and my way of sitting in the bus and I noticed that they do remark that : each morning. One of the men is used to look in my direction and whenever I don’t sit in my “supposed” seat, he is quite disrupted.  

Then, another fact is that I am doing a game with a student. Wherever I sit, he tries to be in front of me. He can’t do it sometimes and it is obviously not funny for him. Our game has been lasting for a year and half. We never talked or even greeted. We are just looking alternatively to each other, pretending not to mention the other and, above all, not to notice that we are doing that. I wasn’t aware of that until an elderly lady talked to me a few of months ago. She was at the same bus stopping waiting for our bus to come and she said “Hello”. I replied nicely and she told me without any other introduction “Would your boyfriend be on the bus ?”. I was like “Hello ? my boyfriend doesn’t even know which bus I am taking a ride in !”. 

But she added “Well, not your boyfriend, but your boy-soon-to-be-friend”. As I was a bit perplexed, she explained to me that theory of “our game”. I told her that I never noticed such a diversion and thought that she was imagining that. But the fact is that she was right. As soon as I came on the bus, he looked the opening gate and looked where I was going to sit and then, changed of seat to be in my area. The morning after, I arrived late on purpose to be sure he won’t be able to change seat. But he spent the 20 minutes of ride watching to me through windows reflections

This morning was even more interesting. He stopped in front of me, staring at me during the whole ride and each time I was looking to his direction, he pretended to have a look outside the bus. The elderly lady told me again that he didn’t stop looking to me.

Which is even more surprising is that I can recognize him without having a look. I know his way of walking, his way of behaving when he comes on the bus and even his breath. I don’t need to observe carefully inside the bus I just know whenever he is in or not.

So, the bus ride on mornings is amusing enough. All I know is that he is a student and looks like a sweet boy. He could be my kid. I think that I am entertaining him.

So far, I have nothing else better to do on early morning bus but gaming and listening my MP3 !!

Why I love British Boys !

I have to be honest about that topic. I love England. I don’t mean United Kingdom (even though I have a personal affection for Ireland and Wales), but I love England. I’ve been a fan of England for more than 30 years now. I feel like a British citizen and whenever the God Save the Queen is on air, I sing along and loud, as proud as I can be.

As far as I can remember, I’ve always felt for British boys. When I was 12, I fell in love with a British lovely boy who lived nearby Brighton and my second boyfriend was Welsh. And even if some of my boyfriends were French (very few indeed), they weren’t that French in their attitude and style (will go further on English attitude later).

Whenever it comes to classy boys, I have to admit that British boys are the best. Walk through any British cities (Needless to say London, of course) and you will get it. They are so stylized, not afraid to wear a trench or a hat ; Millions of miles away from many (southern) boys in France. So, after my post on “actors”, a reader (thanks to Jamie, a cute Britboy !) emailed me to ask whom British I fancy the most “but Jude Law”. He mentioned “Jude” twice in his email, probably because I’ve already said that Jude Law is the perfect guy.

But I have to say that I pretty like a few more. Jamie asked me “my very fave actors or singers. Only”. Here it goes. Please be indulgent to my choices :

First of all, number one, out of the competition: Jude Law…. It is obvious on that picture, isn’t it ?

(first time I’ve seen him on screen : Shopping 1993, boring and stupid film !)

Among the actors :

Paul Bettany. I’ve been looking to him for more than a decade and can’t decide my mind on how much gorgeous this guy really is. Probably more than Jude Law but in the lower version of sex-appeal… anyhow, he is enough sexy for me !

(first time I’ve seen him on screen : The Land Girls 1998, too romantic for me !)

Ben Whishaw. Yes, I know. Some of you are screaming at full volume and saying that I have obviously a major problem with my lenses (or my brain… most certainly both !). Each time I noticed that guy to my best friend, she looked to me pathetically… I can listen clearly her thoughts “Lisa is totally out of her mind !”. Once she even said “He looks like nothing at all”. But I quite like that kind of “nothing”.

(first time I’ve seen him on screen : Mauvaise Passe 1998 / La tranchée 1999)

Rupert Penry-Jones. I was still under the shock of the end of season 2 of Spook, this tremendous BBC series (French title : MI5) when the season 3 popped up. I was addicted to it already (and still) when I noticed a lovely blond actor casting to be the new “hero” of the show. I still don’t know if I’ve liked his character or the actor, but he is one of the cutest men I’ve seen…  He performed in others series or films and I still like him… well, well, well…

(first time seen on screen : Spook  2003 season 3)

It seems that Spook is quite a great show and that producers knows my tastes, because they casted after the death of Penry-Jones’ character another actor (British) I’ve been admiring for a few years : Richard Armitage. Though, he appeares on another TV series at the moment “Strike Back” (seasons 1-3) with another lovely British actor Andrew Lincoln… Let’s say that it is total bliss to watch at it !

(first time seen on screen : MacBeth 2005)

Benedict Cumberbatch. I have to say that the first time I’ve seen him in The Last Ennemy, I was a bit amazed by my taste. I myself thought that I had a serious problem… I can’t say that Cumberbatch is the prettiest man of earth, but he definitely has an elegant figure and a fascinating face that make him look like cute. At least, to my own tastes. I’m glad that he turned out to be in THE BBC series Sherlock… And it seems that I am no longer the only one who find him cute !

(first time seen on screen : The Last Ennemy 2008)

That is done for actors (Needless to say that a few more British actors could have been added… Don’t let me go on that subject : Think Ewan McGregor, etc...)

So, now, singers…. I have to admit that the singers I deeply like are only “a voice” for me. I don’t judge a singer for his beauty and sometimes, the voice is the only thing I notice from a singer…. Apart from those four guys ! Honestly, I firstly noticed their voice (mainly for the 2 last ones) then saw that they were quite my kind of men.

Graham Coxon. Well, if you ever meet me, you won’t be surprised by number 1 ! I’ve been admiring this nerd-like and child-like-voice guy for years! Years? I’ve been into Coxon for 22 years by now. 22 years of admiration and finding him “soooo cute”. If you don’t know me, you might be horrified at this #1 … But you know, I think that Graham Coxon is just so charming as a man and as an artist. In fact, he became over the years “my graham”.

(first time I’ve heard him … well, basically, I saw him in march 1990 and heard him speak in November 1990…)

Damon Albarn. Well, let’s be honest… Apart from his voice whose I first heard, no one can deny that Damon Albarn is a very gorgeous man. He was back in the 90’s and it would be a lie if I ever pretend that I didn’t notice that lovely boy on stage. He was cute, gorgeous, and divine (whatever you name it) but not my cup of tea. But I wasn’t blind, so…. Lately, I’ve seen him quite closely and at 44 years old, he was still quite magnificent.

(first time I’ve heard him : march 1990 ; Saw him on stage : june 1990)

Bill Ryder-Jones. This cute musician was then in The Coral and I didn’t hear him sing, but playing guitar and trumpet. He was very young and very sweet. I noticed him because he looked like one of my former boyfriends and it was a nice souvenir. I first heard The Coral in 2002 with single “Good Bye” and then, saw them in Paris supporting Blur Think Tank tour in 2003. I noticed him on stage that year.

(first time I’ve heard of him : 2002)

Alex Turner. Alex Turner… Or should I say Arctic Monkeys ? Because, I didn’t notice what Alex Turner looked like until I saw him a TV show in 2006. And obviously, he was NOT my kind of men. First of all, he was still a teenager and then, I didn’t really notice any of them. I liked Turner’s voice and his way of singing with his northern accent. Months after months, he was still the Arctic Monkeys singer and a voice. I finally opened my eyes in 2009 and the “Crying Lightening” video. He is not the most gorgeous guy I’ve seen, but he’s got this je-ne-sais-quoi which is familiar and pretty mysterious.

(first time I’ve heard him : late 2005)

So, right, to sum up it short, I might have very strange taste in men. Then, I can like brown hair or blonde hair but mainly blue eyed (Turner & Coxon are the exception!). I like them tall, quite slim and obviously with a kind of androgyny. Basically, it might come from my 80’s years and all those David Bowie, John Taylor, Robert Smith, Dave Gahan, and Martin Gore whom I liked and admired…

Oh My God, they are all British !

See, I can’t help ! If British boys could rule the world, I would be the happiest girl on earth !