The elevators at some of the subway stops have been down for a long time. I realize they are putting in new elevators but it has taken an incredibly long time to get done and must be such a hastle for handicapped people. I can't even imagine. Here are the official down times.

LaSalle Station August 8 - October 7, 2005
Humbolt Station August 22 - October 25, 2005

They have a "solution" listed on the NFTA website.

Customers can use the "Call for Aid" panel by pressing the emergency button once. The customer shall inform the police officer of their location and that the elevator is inoperable.

Customers calling from the train platform level will be advised to board the next train and proceed to the next station with a working elevator where they will board the #8 Main bus. If a bus is not scheduled to arrive for over 30-minutes, customers can use the "Call for Aid" panel to request alternative transportation.

Customers calling from the street level will be informed to board the next #8 Main bus to be transported to the next station with a working elevator. If a #8 Main bus is not scheduled to arrive for over 30 minutes, a police officer will dispatch a vehicle to transport the passenger.

Quoted from: NFTA - Metro: Routes & Fares

I also found lots of other links about the Buffalo subway system while looking for this info.

Here are some
Official Site -
Inside Metro Tunnels -
(WIKIPEDIA - Buffalo Metro Rail)
Pictures -

While I was at UB today I heard some crazy smashing noises coming out of the student union. I thought there was a car crash but it kept banging and banging.

For some reason they were smashing cars. Only in america.

I ate lunch at the Korean place and the visa vultures were lurchng again. The bitch tried to get me to agree to an over 20% interest rate. I told her to fuck off. I wanted to spit on her bt I decided to refrain. If I was on campus more I would set up a stand next to telling the truth about interest and what it means.

I cannot stand how they prey on the freshman who don't understand. They think it's a free sandwich plus $1000. It kills me that the school condones this. I am sure they get a nice kickback.



Here is a video of it.

::DOWNLOAD MEDIA::

Basra and I ate lunch. He ate hey, I ate a turkey sandiwch at Globe.

Two nights, (e:lilho), (e:mike) and I went to Ambrosia for dinner. We got there just as they were closing but they still made a yummy meal. We all got hot chocolate with whip cream. (e:mike) and (e:lilho) got yummy ones with plenty of whip cream.



I, however, was denied whip cream. I was going to cry but decided to act like an adult. (e:hodown) used to love whip cream. It saved our friendship a couple times.



(e:mike) spilled his water all in our calmaris and all over (e:lilho). You can see the water at the bottom of the dish.



Then I got a turkey club sandwich.



Then we went to spot and I computed while (e:lilho) played on the site via her cell phone. Her and (e:mike) have twin cell phones but seeing as (e:mike)'s mom doesn't pay for his cell phone service, he doesn't have the internet.

First we tried to find emily at the Bus Station. We never found her. We left a message for her so that she could find us. She didn't find the note.

We went out to quote for the (e:ladycroft)'s friend's friend $1 drink night. It was nice to meet (e:sbruger). To bad (e:southernyankee) wasn't there. Now we are off to Allen St. Hardware.


After quote we went to Allen Street Hardware. (e:jesse) bought us lots of wine and then we bought sandiwches. Their grilled chesse sandwiches are good.



Afterwards, (e:matthew) went home because he hates dancing and we were going to go to the warehaus.



It wasn't open to the public. It was totally empty and they closed down.



Last night we went to Groove. I think that it was called groove because of the big sign on the side. (e:ladycroft) called it opium lounge
[inlink]ladycroft,80[/inlink] in her journal.





(e:jesse) got really annoying and started running away to different places downtown. We spent the whole night looking for him - turned out he ran out to Founding Father's. No more (e:jesse) when going out drinking. Maybe this is some sort of nordic defense mechanism as (e:terry) used to do it all the time.

When we finally got home (e:emilyjane) was there and (e:matthew) had found her. We all got in a giant fight with lots of screaming and doorslamming. I fell bad for emily, she probably thinks we are insane. Hope she has fun in New Mexico. Multiple attempts at taking the car away from the house which I was totally not cool with. Eventually, we all made up and went fish shopping.