Saturday, October 29, 2005
Saturday, October 15, 2005
Thursday, October 13, 2005
Theories On What The People Upstairs Could Possibly Be Doing Because It's So Loud
throwing boulders
practicing their role in STOMP, just the stomping part
bowling
working on a chain gang
slaying a dragon
pacing in cement shoes
being stuck in the plight of the mythological Atlas, except having to roll the whole world back and forth across their apartment
boxing. with the floor
training for a hard walker's marathon
inventing a machine that quadruples the force of gravity and applying it only to their feet
sumo dancing
practicing small space marching
emptying their consciences by taking their weighty dark secrets and making them into real weighty objects. then throwing them on the floor very hard
Soaked
The weather in New York is just nasty right now. It has been raining since Saturday and just continues. One of my roommates just walked in from out in the elements and said, "It's not nice outside. I never want to go out again." Friends, it is this bad.
I spent much of yesterday out in the elements mailing things for work, and I picked possibly the worst day in a while to check out a new grocery store just north of us close to Harlem. It was on this grand day out I met my new nemesis. It was not nature itself or a fellow citizen piloting a taxi through a lake sized puddle and spraying me with a tidal wave collected rain. No. It was one of my own, one that I trusted, and he buckled under the pressure. In all honesty, he just wasn't built for this, the powerful gusts, these mighty expectations on his frail frame.
Rest in peace, my fallen protector. May there be sunny skies for you up there in the great beyond. And may your lifetime warranty work to bring one of your brave friends to me soon.
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