Track pants lady. I named my blog tranckpantslady in her honour. Who is she? She is a busker (spelling??) and she plays her guitar in the tunnels connecting the City Centre Mall East with the Churchill LRT station. On any given weekday lunchtime there are people playing music in the tunnels. Sometimes a guy I like to call Willie Nelson plays. He's old and has a big gray beard and he could possibly be homeless but his voice is amazing. It echoes through the tunnels and it sounds really good. It really cheers me up when I hear him and I always give him a few dollars because I appreciate his music. Sometimes a young native guy belts out rock songs and plays his guitar so loud that I think he is going to break some strings. He makes money too.
Track pants lady however is always in her own world. I cannot make sense of any of her music and there is rarely any money in her guitar case. I admit that I have walked by her many times and smiled at her but have given her no money. She looks middle aged, possibly some gray hair although I think she dyes it black. I have only encountered her once outside of the tunnel: we were on the bus and she was just sitting there quietly. She looked pretty happy. Sometimes she stares at people who walk by and they look creeped out. One day she was wearing a huge pair of sunglasses but acting otherwise normal (as normal as she can be).

So in conclusion I don't know why I named this blog after her.
6 comments:
Hello, I got here via the 'next blog' button, you must record some audio of this track pants lady for us to study.
Laura, I think you are a genius and I think Trackpants Lady would surely enjoy the fact that she has a blog named after her. I do agree that you should record some audio tracks of her but also of the others. I guess I could go to the tunnel too since I do live in the same city as you. Keep up the good work my friend and don't ever let anyone tell you Engineers can't write! Sorry for the epically long comment.
By the by, would you mind writing a little about the pictures you post if it isn't too much trouble. I'm just a curious person and sometimes my curiosity gets the best of me.
You failed to mention the mass quantities of orange-coloured mystery drink she always has with her in milk jugs. Dreamy.
Doug
Epically long comments are awesome! Keep up the good work!
DOUG!
STOP HIDING!
Why are you not on MSN? Do you hate me????? :(
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