Cube-ing it on the 6

HAPPY FRIDAY OUT THERE!

This is way cool. I ride the 6 train (subway) to and from work every day and the other day when I sat down I found myself engulfed, and thoroughly entertained....and I'm not talking about the people who sing for money. I used to think that was sooooooooooo cool when I first moved here, but now it's just plain annoying.

Okay, so I sat down and across from me was a young guy (about my age) in shorts and a t-shirt. He was Asian and had a Louie Vuitton "man bag" (actually pretty much every guy carries some sort of bag with them here, usually ones messenger style where the straps lay across the body and the bag sits at their hip or behind....it's just practical since we don't have cars to keep our sh$#%t in). So, he sat there with his headphones in his ears and now the cool part......and a Rubik's Cube in his hands. I found myself drawn to watching him rapidly twist the cube in all directions. When as I looked around, I noticed that I wasn't the only one intrigued......like the whole train was watching him. This guy twisted and turned around and about this colorful cube so dang fast!!!!! He was doing it so fast, and so nonchalantly....like he just sat kickin it listening to his music, moving the cube, and looking down at it every few seconds. I wasn't sure if he had some methodical plan in the way he moved the pieces, or if he was just playing around with it, passing time as he rode the train.

Then low and behold, and to the excitement of us all, he solved it! The kid next to me yelled out...."he solved it!" However, the guy (whom I must note had just achieved a dire feat that many of us had spent hours in the 80's trying to accomplish, but all we really did was accomplish getting ourselves frustrated to no end) didn't even blink an eye!! He just kept on moving the cube at rapid pace. I mean, the guy didn't even pause for effect nor take a second to look at the thing to see it all lined up. I mean...I would have held this thing up in the air and let the Angels come down with a ray of light displaying my cube....but no.......just another ride on the subway for this guy, and for us.

Now that was cool.