The Bus Is Kind of Fun

Because it is an extra-super-quiet day here at the National Yiddish Book Center, I have decided to make a nice long list of all of my Bus People, if only to help decode my tweets. I have two buses, and they are full of regulars, and this means an awful lot of Bus People.

First, actually, I should mention Chinese Walking People. They are this little old Chinese man and woman, and they go on walks in the morning, and I usually pass them on the way to the bus. They always smile and say good morning, which makes me happy.
Belchertown Bus:
Slouchy Guy- my favorite bus person. He always sits at the front of the bus, and I frequently sit right behind him. He slouches a lot. Being near him improves my posture dramatically.
Slavic Lady- she looks kind of Slavic. I think she is a professor at UMass, as she seems a bit old to be a student, but too young to be the sort of person who has decided to take summer classes and go back to school. I heard her speak recently, and she had a Hispanic accent. I still think she looks Eastern European.
Bicycle Guy- I don't think I've ever seen him ride a bike, or bring a bike on the bus. He looks like the kind of guy who bikes a lot, though. He is very tan, and smiles a lot, but he has one of those faces that would make him a slightly evil, but maybe redeemable, prince in a Disney movie. This makes me feel very confused about him.
Reading Guy- I haven't seen him in a while, which is sad. He's always reading something that he seems very fascinated with, and I like him almost as much as Slouchy Guy. He may have simply moved to the back of the bus, where I don't sit and thus don't see many people.
Fish Bag Lady- She has a bag with skeletal fish on it. She also has hair that seems to fluctuate color wildly between blonde and gray, so much so that I thought she was two different ladies with the same bag for a long time.
Dour Woman- She tends to look rather dour, and she moves kind of stiff, like she's in pain. I guess the pain makes her dour.

Puffer's Pond/Atkins Corner Bus:
Jemaine Kid- He looks like Jemaine from Flight of the Conchords. He has an awesome retro bike. He even talks like Jemaine, except with an American accent. He is friends with
Joachim- I don't know why I call this guy Joachim, but I do. He is a Hipster in every sense of the word. He carries a neon teal-and-purple 80s duffle bag. He wears skinny jeans, and rolls them up when he bicycles. His bike is also quite 80s, just like everything else Joachim owns. He has another hipster friend, too, but I don't see him often enough to have named him.
Biker Girl- She actually has a bike that she brings sometimes, and her legs look like she is a serious biker-person. She has pretty awesome shoes that I am frequently fascinated by.
RISD Girl- She goes to RISD, which I know because I overheard her talking to Biker Girl about it. I'm pretty sure she works at Eric Carle. She eats yogurt sometimes, and she reads her Bible on the bus, which makes me lump her in with
Catholic Lady- Catholic Lady does her rosary every morning while she is waiting for the bus and while riding the bus. Once I saw her reading a book, and it was about Catholicism.
Bread Guy- He brings these HUGE bags of bread on the bus. I don't know what he does with all the bread, or where he's taking it, or even where he gets it, but dude has a lot of bread.
Fantasy Novel Girl- Fantasy Novel Girl only rides in the afternoons, and not all that frequently. She is a pretty stereotypical teenage geek girl, with her big t-shirts and long hair and glasses and reading of fantasy novels. They might be science fiction, but I think I saw her wearing a unicorn shirt once.
Hipster Hampshire Girl- She goes to Hampshire, but I don't know her name. She's not as much of a hipster as Joachim, but she definitely belongs to the Prescott/Dakin J set.

Those are all of the Bus People I can think of right now. I have some other people that I haven't really assigned identities to yet, but I may as the summer goes on. Bus People occupy a large proportion of my summer time thoughts, mostly because I don't think much during the summer.