Garbage Mountain

Hello to all you sports fans.

How are you? Good, good.

I was awoke this morning by another crazy thunder storm. I mailed a letter to the city, demanding that the loud thunder showers be stopped. I'm trying to freaking sleep here. Ok, maybe I didn't do that. When was the last time anyone actually mailed a letter?

It was a humid night last night, hence the thunder showers, and I had trouble sleeping. I'm one of those sleepers that loves to have a blanket, even though it may be much too hot to justify it. Last night was one of those nights. I was sleeping away with a giant fleece blanket over me, just fucking dieing of heat. I woke up and thought to myself, what the fuck am I doing? I gently placed my beloved blanket beside the bed. (I tossed the mother fucker as far as I could). But then I couldn't get to sleep again, because I had no blanket. F me. I made it. Tough life, tough life.

I am going to see Alice in Chains in September. My friend Cliff T is coming out, (and hopefully Cat) ALL the way from Vancouver just to visit and see AIC. I'm super excited. I have a cool surprise for them. I would tell you what it is, but those ass holes might be reading this.. so for now we all have to wait. Sorry.

For those who haven't heard, Toronto is now over two weeks into a 'City worker' strike. From what I can tell, 'city worker' is a nice term for Garbage man. So, that means that all the garbage from all the people (Toronto really isn't that big), is just sitting around, trying not to stink. FAIL. Now, I'm not a microbiologist, but when you take an endless supply of bags, stuffed full of rotting shit, and you add in two weeks of summer heat, you get......... (drum roll please).............. A REALLY DIRTY SMELLY PILE OF SHIT. And its not just one Pile. Throughout Toronto there are fenced off "garbage drop off areas". This is where the average family has to go and drop off the weeks left overs. Nothing says family fun like hauling your own remains to the local 'drop off'. The kids love it! Where is jimmy? JIMMY? Oh.... there he is, he's just playing over there on Garbage Mountain. "Jimmy! Don't eat that!" Kids grow up so fast these days.

The garbage cans that line the street are oddly enough, full. They were full two days into the strike. Now its getting brutal. The idea of a garbage can is totally thrown out the window when you can NO LONGER SEE THE CAN! Its a pile a shit with a metal bin near the middle somewhere. That's not right. The streets are covered in garbage. It's gross. The worst part is, the stuff causing the worst mess is the news papers, empty water bottles, and cans. Now, in the fine city of Vancouver, the homeless collect cans and bottles like it's going out of style. It think they have to sign a wavier before they can become a hobo that says they must try and collect cans at ALL TIMES no matter what. Every thirty seconds, a hobo goes through a garbage can in the downtown core. Its a fact. I like it, because at least I know that there isn't one mother fucking bottle or can that isn't recycled in Vancouver. Obviously, it's the only real source of income for these people, other then being a whore, which does pay better but is a little more on the desperate side. Now, my point is, how could all these cans and bottles just be blowing around the city of Toronto? Does Ontario not give you the 5 cents for returning a can? A Vancouver hobo would have a fucking stroke if he saw all this shit up for grabs here. Five cents is five cents, but I swear one could make a killing these days just collecting cans. Maybe one day, I will be desperate enough to consider such an act.

Ok, I gotta go take out the trash (throw it off my balcony). Talk to you later.