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When I was 4, I used to gently place rocks on the hood of my dad's 1964 Mercury Marauder, so it looked like it was vandals throwing them at it. I thought I was so sneaky for years, until he finally told me that he saw me do it every time.
- _salisae_0
hmmm .. no
vanilla :/
- mayo0
but it's still awesome that they put your logos on cakes for you both.
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um. you dont get it. its a tool that doesnt work. A brand new Viao that crashes my app every other time i ask it to do something.
anyway, i'm eating a FUDGE COOKIE right now. but i dont have any milk :(
- _salisae_0
had to one up me now didn't ya
i suppose a miniature paraselene jumped out of every bit as well
- mr_snuggles0
hahaha>!
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i could go for some white macaroni right now, with butter & parmesan. steaming hot.
big o'le plate.
- _salisae_0
hohoho!
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paraselene just jumped out of my logo
- kingjulien0
I walk by the same homeless folks each day on the way to my office. They've finally realized that I don't have any money to give them, but I think they appreciate the fact that I at least acknowledge their presence, generally with a quick , "Good morning" or "What's up man?" or my favorite, "Today is a good day to die."
Yesterday I saw this yuppie couple give one of the brothas in front of our gallery a twenty-dollar bill, which was quite generous, in my opinion, except that it came with a stern lecture about what he should do with the money. The young professional finished his condescending talk with a, "Don't spend this on alcohol or drugs! I mean it!" which the homeless guy agreed to, because he knew it was the only way to keep the money.
I don't know about you, but I'm uncomfortable with those who give gifts with strings attached, and I can't understand why one feels the need to moralize when making a kind gesture. Seriously, twenty bucks is great and all, but what do you think is going to happen with that money? Do you think he's going to put it away for safe keeping, or invest wisely, or flip it into a hundred with a few shrewd street deals? Do you think he's suddenly going to dust off his resume and purchase some a new suit and get a good job downtown, one with benefits and two weeks of vacation a year? Do you think it'll last more than twenty-four hours?
I remember my Jewish aunt in LaJolla gave the Mexican barista at her local Starbucks a Queen-sized bed because they had recently purchased a new one, and she knew this woman needed as much help as she could get. It was done with sincerity and compassion, and her heart was in the right place. However, a week later when she found out the woman was pregnant for a 6th time, my aunt felt the need to lecture her about being responsible and practing safe sex. She had the best of intentions, sure, it just came across as elitist and a tad pretentious, and I felt embarrassed when the woman looked down and apologized for disappointing us.
No, I'm not going to be one of those tits who lectures people about what they should do with their money or how they should live their lives. If you stay on the street and want to numb yourself with drugs and alcohol, hey, it's tragic, but I understand.
Hell, I've done that enough in my life, and I have a job and an air mattress to sleep on.
In fact, I was thinking about buying some H myself at lunch and giving it to the dude on the corner, the one who always calls me "daddio" and once showed me a photograph of his baby daughter, who had passed away ten years ago - which led to the downward spiral he's currently on - because he knew I cared enough to listen to his stories. I know this may be enabling his behavior, or worse, it might be magnifying his addiction, but at the end of the day, he'll have something to forget how wet it is tonight, or how cold the winter will get, or how another guy got stabbed in the Tenderloin this morning, which means, unfortunately, that it's only a matter of time before the streets get him too.
They get everyone eventually, and the least I can do is say, here, man, I hope you have nice dreams.
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when I was in high school I was walking down the street with my dad and a bum asked for some money so he could get some heroin. My dad gave it to him.
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Fuck sakes,
That was hot KJ, Hot as coals in fact. But then again, it might be cool, cooler than Tom Cruise as Coal Trickle in Days of Thunder.
You decide,
- grunttt0
kj - i couldn't help but laugh a little about your aunt and the mexican barista.
i mean really she gave her a bed and giving the girl a nice place to lay down... and get pregnant. you're aunt should feel a little bit respsonsible.
- mr_snuggles0
tom–pouce
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I am sick of people calling me a hack
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hack!
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see?
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sometime i run
sometimes i hide
sometimes im scared of you
but all i really want is to hold you tight.