Guitar Hero

To pass the time on the train to and from work I read a book or sleep. Other people that don’t like to read or sleep make pointless loud phone calls to prevent being alone with their own thoughts. Obsessively sending text messages to everyone they know is another common way they can do that. The people that have expensive gadgets can check the weather on and some people catch up on their favorite sitcoms or watch action films on their laptops.
Yesterday the middle aged man that sat next to me was watching his laptop and tapping his foot. At first I thought he was watching some bad country music video, as there was a bland looking man on screen with a cowboy hat playing the guitar. When I looked back 20 minutes later it was still the same man playing guitar on screen and it appeared the man sitting next to me was either playing with himself or trying to figure out the fingering for guitar chords on his left hand and randomly strumming with his right hand. Either way it was mildly disturbing and made me wonder what thing that I did not accomplish when I was younger that I’ll be attempting while commuting in middle age.
I’ll probably be one of those old people that goes back to school and asks annoying questions in lectures. Riding the train I’ll be able to whip my text books out and highlight things. I can’t wait.