CDTA

She's pretty good

Keeping it simple...

First off, I want to thank you for being honest, it seems stupid, but that's pretty hard to come by nowadays. Secondly, the way it's phrased, mainly the vocals don't match the track is your main complaint, not the track itself. Is that correct?

Can I get your guys thoughts on these? The first one is a WIP, but the other one's i'm ready to upload, so any critiques or criticisms before I do? https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/104442750/13%20%28WIP%29.mp3 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/104442750/Lights%20Remix%20%28Draft%29.mp3 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/104442750/Heartless%20Remix%20%28Draft%29.mp3 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/104442750/Clementi%20Opus.mp3

So I had a fun weekend... Saw TSO on Thursday with a friend of mine, and on Saturday got 2nd place at the VEX Robotics competition @RPI. So not bad....

Yep, not embedding properly, and I don't have enough time to post something worthwiole in its place, my apologies.

I'll be visiting the city for 3 weeks next month!

You know, when the bus is so crowded that the front doors AND the back doors can't open.

Defnietly taking the 114 to school now. I can leave 10 minutes later, and I still get to school on time. Yeah, sometimes the 18 and 114 don't have seats, but still worth it, as it's a much shorter trip. (Especially if I can connect to the 6 tripper that picks up over there, as that'll actually get me to school faster than the tripper that picks up in my neighborhood) Something that seriously bothers me up here..... The bus will be packed, and then you realize there are actually seats in the back. People REFUSE to stand in the back. This is NOT GOOD, as on the LFS, the driver doesn't have control over the back door, so you are forced to push yourself through ~25 something people.

Gah, I just remembered I forgot to those isometric sketches for homework D: Good thing I have a study hall today... On a completely different thought; Ok, so daylight savings was extended to november so that it would be safer for kids during halloween, right? But how is that safer than sending kids to school in darkness for 2 WEEKS?

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/104442750/Homecoming%20Queen%20WIP.mp3 So homecoming is today, and I decided not to attend, so this seemed like the most appropriate thing to remix; (Jamie Brown-Homecoming Queens Got A Gun)

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Thats why I actually perfer it when the ops ask what i'm doing, because there was this op on the 41 last year, who had no idea what the hell I was doing, and he actually asked a fellow student about it later in the year, but they were really bothered by it, because they didn't know at first. (Of course, I tried to photograph the other 41's instead more, so that he knew I wasn't doing it just to him)

There's no public schedule or anything (probably why it has 0 riders) but it's there. I don't know the hours or frequency though. Also, you can't walk to/from Crossgates, so that's why that's there.

So, yesterday, as part of the robotics team, we had to run demos of the robot for the parents all night since it was open house night. We were in the cafeteria, and everyone was surrounding the table of boring old food, and not paying attenion to the awesome frisbee-shooting robot with AI! What is this? It makes a significant amount of noise too, with the hydraulics and all. Later, the hydraulics broke again, so with RaChaCha tommorow (Robitcs competition in Rochester, hence the location change) we finally just replaced it, instead of trying to fix it again, and then the battery died, so it was pretty much in-operable half of the time. Also, i'm really looking forward to waking up at 2AM tommorow, as we have to be in Rochester by 7AM. Lots of other stuff has been going on too, such as starting high school, but i'll talk more about that when my internet comes back and i'm not restricted to school computers. ====================================================================================== Ah, I forgot to mention.... As some of you may or not remember, a B/O on the 116 slapped me for taking pictures of him (his bus in reality, but nevertheless), almost a year ago. So, I was taking pictures of the trippers afterschool, and he saw me with the camera approaching his bus. Luckily, he stepped out, so I knew it was him before I took any overthere, and I told him "Yeah, I know". So yeah, he's still doing the 116 surprisingly. I'm glad I found out this way though, instead of taking pictures when they're pulling out, having him get in an altercation again, and blocking all of the other buses from leaving. (The 116 is the first to pull out) I still want to know WHY he has such a big deal with pictures anywhere in his vicinity. He seriously reacts like he is a wanted criminal who is facing souvier charges. But I mean civil service isn't really where you go when in hiding. I would ask, but it's gotta be something serious, so i'd rather not.

They do. But they do have the 10,11,12,114,190, and 712. In case you don't know there's a free shuttle run by CDTA from Crossgates to Walmart, so you can take the 114 and 190 over there and transfer. Since tonight is Friday, would you mind taking a pic for demonstration purposes, as I can't due to an event I have early tomorrow. Edit: I meant of the crowds.

It's accepted by the people. And they do have some sense of crowd control, as during the PM Peak, (at least going towards Crossgates) they run two buses per trip. Also keep in mind the bus wouldn't be so crowded if people would actually take those two steps. In addition, CDTA loses quite a bit on those trips because UAlbany students get on for free. (IIRC)

Yeah, it's like that round the clock. Once during Dayglow there was a 60 minute delay on the 12. But then again, that's why SUNY gets 6 buses. And the reason why that hasn't changed, is beacuse that's normal and accepted up here. (Whenever I say that 15 minutes is an asanine amount of time to wait for a bus, people look at me like i'm crazy.) Believe it or not, outside of track season, the 905 is DEAD on Sundays. You got about 4 people a bus, with most stops being skipped. You actually have more people on the 355. ============================================================================ And now for your reguraly scheduled updates; Troy is now all Gillg, with the NABI's being used very sparingly. (There are still some in service on some days, as only the hybrids in the new order are fully functoning) And CDTA is now putting LFS's on night shifts, as most of them have been overhauled, meaning security cameras are now on them. LFS's are actually becoming quite common in my neighborhood. (13,100)

So, here's an update: CDTA has just recieved about 20 Gilligs to replace their NABI's, and so far they have been complete lemons. I have been talking to a few drivers, and they have told me that they break down constantly, and the computers have gone haywire. The sinage is terrible, the trip computers have no idea what they're doing (A driver on one of the school trippers was told she was 10 minutes late, when in reality she was five minutes early.) In other news, 325H is no longer doing the NX, but is instead now in regular express service in Schenectady. You haven't gotten any Nova's? I know you haven't been up here long, and they aren't too common on those routes anymore, but I am still rather surprised. IIRC, the signs don't show the orgin, but on the 12 it does say "Crossgates" because it goes from the Wal-Mart to Crossgates.