today is much warmer. i can actually get to school without stopping to thaw out my legs.

*develops inescapable urge to rant*

first off, no ride to finch station today. okay, so i take the bus. 15 minutes to finch, no problem. arrive at finch, go downstairs, and....wait. and wait. and wait. at this point, i'm 10 minutes late and beginning to get peeved. turns out the subway system isn't working from finch to sheperd stations (about three stops). being the epitome of effeciency, the ttc announces that shuttle buses are available to take everyone to sheperd station. of course, a mad stampede for the bus level ensues. and the escalator to the bus level is broken. again. it's been broken for the last 3 days. this is the time that i'm glad i walk fast. it's really quite frightening, seeing little old ladies clutching their bags and purses plowing through a crowd of mostly high school students. once on the bus level, we have to wait somemore for the shuttle buses to arrive. by the time it gets there, i'm 20 minutes late. it takes another 5 minutes to navigate through the traffic onto yonge street. okay, patience, patience..... surprisingly, i get to school withough throttling someone.

the point of this rant: i hate the TTC. they SUCK. usually service is okay. buses on time, trains on time, everything is hunky-dory. but come winter, and the whole thing crumbles. delayed trains, broken escalators...urgh. another reason to leave toronto for university: to avoid having to take the ttc to school everyday.