February 19, 2012 scottcjones

[It’s already day 50–crazy, right?–of my “Man Vs. Donkey Kong” experiment. So why am I playing a level of Donkey Kong (Game Boy, 1994) each day for 101 days? Find out by starting back at the beginning.] Around 7 p.m. the train pulls into Albany where even more people attempt to cram onboard. We ran out of seats over an hour ago, at the Amsterdam stop, so now people stand in the aisles or squat on the floor. People sleep everywhere on pillows made of rolled-up jackets. The air smells like urine and burned coffee. This is always the way…