Given the extensiveness of transit available in this city I am sometimes curious as to how routes (bus and subway) which are just lines on a map to an outsider evolve into everyday commutes for it's residents. To this extent I would like to get an extent of what routes active members here have used most often over the course of their lives and what they have been doing with their lives to necessitate that usage. In other words i'm inviting posters to post a transit themed autobiography to frame a boarder discussion. I'll start with mine to facilitate things.
During my younger years pre-10 years old I happened to live in much discussed neighborhood of Co-op City (Section 4 if anyone cares). I didn't use public transit all that much given the majority of adults in my family drive (and vastly prefer it over public transit) and from what I can remember the only bus service I used frequently around that time was the Bx28 (I actually remember when RTS buses ran on it).
For a two year period after elementary school I lived over at Clason Point. This meant less in the way of Bx28 usage since i'm in a whole different part of the borough and Bx39 usage instead. To my surprise I never had problems with the Bx39 in terms of ridiculously slow trips or waits that were long as hell. Most of my 39 usage was to/from the 
at Parkchester so the subway starts to have an impact on my bus usage which it didn't really have in previous years.
Then comes eight grade. I end up moving back north in the Bronx to a place in Baychester (which is walking distance from my old place in Co-op) so I end up re-acquainted with the Co-op bus routes but now add some route known as the Bx31. Given the school I went to the Bx31 ended up being the most utilized bus route of mine for a while but then high school comes around and I end up going to Truman (in Co-op City) so I can now walk to school and not worry about any buses. Let's just say my Bx31 usage dropped a lot. While I didn't have to take buses I ended up making a group of friends that I would hang out with and they did utilize buses (particularly the 12). This is when I started to become a frequent 12 Select user which I still am to this day.
Post high school I ended up continuing my education at Baruch College. This now meant that the subway (which I did use on occasion during my adolescence) would become my primary mode of transport. Given my proximity to the 
and Baruch was actually the smartest choice I could have made for a commuter school in the city. Going away for school wasn't a thought given my burning desire to stay and enjoy the greatness of NYC. My commute experiences would vary slightly given my classes didn't start at the same time every day. The vast majority of time my first class of the day would start at 9:30 am. I actually preferred it this way since i'm an early riser. What I would do is bus it to the 
at PBP in the event I needed to commute down during the AM Rush. If I was able to commute off-peak I would walk to and get on at either Baychester Av or Gun Hill Road (I use the latter stop 90% of the time). Those bus rides to the is what got me started with using the Bx23/Q50 and continuing my Bx12 usage. Coming back from said classes my ideal option was to take the to PBP and xfer to the 12. Given my transit intelligence and the penchant for delays on the Lex I would commute with the aim of entering the Bronx ASAP and busing (or walking) from whatever train I ended up on in the Bronx. The majority of northbound trips may have finished with a or but I would end up walking home from the many times and even on a few occasions taking the 12 from Jerome off the 
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Late in my junior year of school (about 1.5 years ago) some lightbulb went off in my head that told me I had a lot more options available to me than I was utilizing. I started getting a lot more flexible with my commutes. I would on occasion take the 
to Flushing for a Q50 (it's surprisingly quick), grab a BxM7 and walk from Bartow and Co-op City Blvd (not much of an express bus fan so never thought of it as a regular commute). Plus I wanted to lessen my usage given I find the R62a presence a little problematic.
Now I am a soon to be graduate of the school that was either the origin or destination of these various commutes. I honestly am curious myself as to how my commute patterns will evolve in the future. I've lived in the same location for the past 10 years and have seen an evolution of my commute as I have pursued different things in my life. The Bx31 was my lifeblood at one point and now I don't have a need for it. I have no clue which of the Bx12 bus, train, train or either I will be frequently using a year from now and beyond. For now though this is the transit biography of Jubai and he would like to read yours if you're willing to share.
If a mod can repost this in the subway section and edit the title it would be appreciated.