one time back in philly i was working for a landlady named tamara. i did maintenance on her properties. There was this one place where she recently had to evict this ex postal worker. He was a diabled Vet and he went off the wall and stopped paying his rent. He had his curtains up all the time so nobody could see into his apartment.
I had to paint over all of the stuff he painted on the walls. The bathroom was covered in this swirling river sort of pattern and all his poems were written on the walls. i only remember a few of them.
"pissing in the snow outside my door. what a straight hole it makes."
"oh the toad! it looks like it could belch a cloud!"
and something about pretentious art kids that made me smile..but i can't remember.
some people might've shit their pants when i destroyed some original outsider art, but hey.... I really wasn't about to object on some moral grounds. painted over, back to white walls. ready for a new tenant.
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that reminds me of the pogues.... "at the time i was working for a landlord and he was the meanest bastard that you have ever seen..." "...lend me ten pounds, i'll buy you a drink and mother wake me early in the mornin'"
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this week has been a weird blast from the past. for my apprenticeship classes in the carpenters union i was helping on a display at a career day outing for highschools. i saw old teachers and my old guidance counselor. it was pretty cool because we had a station where kids built tool boxes and we talked to them about carpentry. it was pretty cool because some of the tech school kids, some kids from the juvie hall, and even some young punks were really interested. i couldn't believe how so many young people had this respect for us. i'm used to getting yelled at by my boss, or some alternative-gothic types thinking i'm boring because i don't have an artsy job.
i think some high school girls and teachers came up to flirt with us cuz we're all these sexy young guys in our 20's with well defined biceps. maybe we're just flattering ourselves, but either way it's kinda funny.
an apprentice instructor used to play soccer with my uncle at rocky hill high school. he knew that whole side of my family. weird huh? he told us that we were hand picked to do career day by the apprenticeship coordinator. i don't know how we got on that list. maybe because we're all guys in our 20's with sexy biceps.
and that's my update......finally i can match heresy200's wit with a description of my stats.
I had to paint over all of the stuff he painted on the walls. The bathroom was covered in this swirling river sort of pattern and all his poems were written on the walls. i only remember a few of them.
"pissing in the snow outside my door. what a straight hole it makes."
"oh the toad! it looks like it could belch a cloud!"
and something about pretentious art kids that made me smile..but i can't remember.
some people might've shit their pants when i destroyed some original outsider art, but hey.... I really wasn't about to object on some moral grounds. painted over, back to white walls. ready for a new tenant.
***********
that reminds me of the pogues.... "at the time i was working for a landlord and he was the meanest bastard that you have ever seen..." "...lend me ten pounds, i'll buy you a drink and mother wake me early in the mornin'"
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this week has been a weird blast from the past. for my apprenticeship classes in the carpenters union i was helping on a display at a career day outing for highschools. i saw old teachers and my old guidance counselor. it was pretty cool because we had a station where kids built tool boxes and we talked to them about carpentry. it was pretty cool because some of the tech school kids, some kids from the juvie hall, and even some young punks were really interested. i couldn't believe how so many young people had this respect for us. i'm used to getting yelled at by my boss, or some alternative-gothic types thinking i'm boring because i don't have an artsy job.
i think some high school girls and teachers came up to flirt with us cuz we're all these sexy young guys in our 20's with well defined biceps. maybe we're just flattering ourselves, but either way it's kinda funny.
an apprentice instructor used to play soccer with my uncle at rocky hill high school. he knew that whole side of my family. weird huh? he told us that we were hand picked to do career day by the apprenticeship coordinator. i don't know how we got on that list. maybe because we're all guys in our 20's with sexy biceps.
and that's my update......finally i can match heresy200's wit with a description of my stats.
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