Saturday, May 07, 2005
Yo gangstas!
Sorry for not making too many appearances (online or otherwise) in recent days... I started work this week and maaan... it is a killaaaa! Continuous physical work ... planting, weeding, watering, malching, sweeping, cleaning, trimming, etc. And I know it sounds like pussy little garden work, but trust me ... when you're doing it all day, every day for hours on end it gets a little tiring. Case in point: on Thursday, we weeded Harwood. Like, Lakedriveway to fucking Rossland.
It's ironic that I now spend most of my time retrieving abandoned 40s, 26ers and other empties galore from our former haunts. And trust me, at least half of the garbage out there consists of bottles, butts, dime baggies, water bottle bongs and busted lighters. So next time you're all out and about, kindly DO NOT throw everything everywhere, or smush that bed of flowers... because I am the one who has to wake up at the crack of dawn the next day to pick that shit up. #1 way to figure out that littering is NOT cool: being the person who devotes entire shifts to picking up after others.
All in all, my job is pretty cool though ... I get to spend most of my time outside, get to drive an Ajax truck around [ and through the parks mother fuckers! ] and don't have to stress about managers watching what I'm doing 24/7. And the pay is much better than good ol' minimum wage.
It's just a little tiring right now, since I'm used to spending all day in a lecture hall [ not the great outdoors ] so fear not, I will make my return soon ... just let me adjust :).
I'm going downtown tonight ... yeeeeah. So maybe see y'all sometime this week if work doesn't kill me first? -- T
:: posted by tams . //, 8:47 AM