I am sure everyone knows today is 4/20, but it is also passover. Making it Puff Puff Passover lol Believe it or not, I am not that much of a stoner, JustBlaze is more of a referance to my ridiculously long last name then it is to smoking. Everyone slaughters it when they try to pronounce it so I would always say, "Just Blaze is fine".
Today is also opening day for my softball league, Im not looking forward to it as much as I have been in previous years. I have been playing really shitty at our practices, defense is off, can hit for shit. If I keep this shit up, I am not going to be playing much.
On my way to work yesterday, I saw one of the most heartbreaking things ever. There is an interchange I need to go through where 3 different highways branch off at the same place. As I was about to pass through it, I noticed something in my lane, it was to late to swerve to avoid it, so I drove over it hoping it wasnt high enough to hit anything on my car. Noticed what it was at the last second, a duck had been hit trying to cross the highway. She was upside down and her little webbed feet were kicking in the air like crazy. This alone made me sad enough. The part that broke my heart was that she had about 6 or 7 babies that had followed her out on the highway and didnt know what to do and were now frantically running around their mother waiting for her to lead them off the highway and trying to avoid traffic at the same time. By the time I realized what was going on it was to late to do anything because I was through the interchange. I considered making a u turn, but the way the road was, I would have had to drive about 4 or 5 miles to get back to that spot. I am the type of asshole who would have stopped traffic and run out on the middle of the highway even if I could have saved one of those little guys.
I just didnt have the heart to go back all that way, only to find all of them smushed on the road. I actually cried a little, poor little guys never had a chance.
I have a real big soft spot for animals. I used to volunteer at the Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange. It is somewhere between being a zookeeper and a paying customer. You get to see alot of behind the scenes stuff, but dont get too overly involved with the animals, but more so then the average Joe paying to see it all. For the most part, you stand in front of the exhibits and answer peoples questions. One of the coolest things about it was walking the penguins to the other side of the zoo to their night time enclosure. The little buggers were smart, they did not need to be lead, they would go straight for it and wait in front for you to open the gate to let them in to their sleeping quarters. If there was a way I could go into a similar field to help animals without all the schooling, I would do it in a heartbeat. A.D.H.D. makes it ridiculously hard to read and focus, and I hate the prescription drugs that help it out. Feel like a fucking zombie, makes me lose personality and just makes me boring. Give and take I guess.
I decided that I am not taking the Subaru camping, it would be alot easier to rent something for the weekend as the Subie will probably not be able to hold alot. I went out driving through the richy neighborhoods last night looking for peoples unwanted junk. I found a wicker chair and matching end table. I figured it would be cool for camping and it would further solidify the idea of renting a truck. I get both items in my car, drive back home and find the chair would not come back out. I end up cracking my windshield and tearing the passenger door in the process of getting it out. All this after I spent $50 to have the Subie detailed while I was at work. What a fucking kick in the dick. This was actually the second vehicle I damaged trying to get something out of the back seat in 2 days.
When oh when will happy days be here again?
Today is also opening day for my softball league, Im not looking forward to it as much as I have been in previous years. I have been playing really shitty at our practices, defense is off, can hit for shit. If I keep this shit up, I am not going to be playing much.
On my way to work yesterday, I saw one of the most heartbreaking things ever. There is an interchange I need to go through where 3 different highways branch off at the same place. As I was about to pass through it, I noticed something in my lane, it was to late to swerve to avoid it, so I drove over it hoping it wasnt high enough to hit anything on my car. Noticed what it was at the last second, a duck had been hit trying to cross the highway. She was upside down and her little webbed feet were kicking in the air like crazy. This alone made me sad enough. The part that broke my heart was that she had about 6 or 7 babies that had followed her out on the highway and didnt know what to do and were now frantically running around their mother waiting for her to lead them off the highway and trying to avoid traffic at the same time. By the time I realized what was going on it was to late to do anything because I was through the interchange. I considered making a u turn, but the way the road was, I would have had to drive about 4 or 5 miles to get back to that spot. I am the type of asshole who would have stopped traffic and run out on the middle of the highway even if I could have saved one of those little guys.
I just didnt have the heart to go back all that way, only to find all of them smushed on the road. I actually cried a little, poor little guys never had a chance. I have a real big soft spot for animals. I used to volunteer at the Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange. It is somewhere between being a zookeeper and a paying customer. You get to see alot of behind the scenes stuff, but dont get too overly involved with the animals, but more so then the average Joe paying to see it all. For the most part, you stand in front of the exhibits and answer peoples questions. One of the coolest things about it was walking the penguins to the other side of the zoo to their night time enclosure. The little buggers were smart, they did not need to be lead, they would go straight for it and wait in front for you to open the gate to let them in to their sleeping quarters. If there was a way I could go into a similar field to help animals without all the schooling, I would do it in a heartbeat. A.D.H.D. makes it ridiculously hard to read and focus, and I hate the prescription drugs that help it out. Feel like a fucking zombie, makes me lose personality and just makes me boring. Give and take I guess.
I decided that I am not taking the Subaru camping, it would be alot easier to rent something for the weekend as the Subie will probably not be able to hold alot. I went out driving through the richy neighborhoods last night looking for peoples unwanted junk. I found a wicker chair and matching end table. I figured it would be cool for camping and it would further solidify the idea of renting a truck. I get both items in my car, drive back home and find the chair would not come back out. I end up cracking my windshield and tearing the passenger door in the process of getting it out. All this after I spent $50 to have the Subie detailed while I was at work. What a fucking kick in the dick. This was actually the second vehicle I damaged trying to get something out of the back seat in 2 days.
When oh when will happy days be here again?
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So sad.