April 22, 2007
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Thursday night, Rich gave me a Cubs mug. It seems he is going up the ladder in giving me shit that I like. Its funny as hell, I mean, his son just moved into a house, so you figure he could use things like mugs, but yet, I win out. I think we should play a game and try to guess the next thing he gives me. Then again, its not like he is buying me brand new shit, this is just stuff that he has owned for years that he found in his basement or garage.
Ahhh, Earth Day, in some ways its one of the more important days of the year. Its a day when you should do something good for the earth, such as picking up litter or planting a tree. Or in our case, getting rid of 4 bushes. Now don’t get me wrong, the bushes I most want to get rid of are George and Jeb, but we all know that’s not going to happen. So, instead, we got rid of the bushes in our front lawn. See, I have a goal of replacing my shingles and siding on my garage. Before I could do that, I need to get rid of some dirt on the side of my garage. Since the bushes in my front lawn are pretty much dead, my thinking is that we could remove the bushes and replace it with the dirt on the side of the garage and then plant something where the old bushes used to be. Sounds simple enough, right? So, I asked Mark to come over to help us, shit its the least he could do since he is the one that put the dirt on the side of the garage. He brought some shovels and other things and we also borrowed stuff from our wonderful neighbor help remove the bushes. I have to be honest, there was really nothing exciting or even remotely interesting about this whole project. Sure, I can tell a story about how we dug straight down to hell and found a shrine dedicated to my mother’s sister or that the bushes transported us back in time to the days of the old west. But, neither of those stories are true (although, if there is a hell, I’m sure the shrine would be there). Instead we just dug and clipped the branches while listening to the Bulls game. My neighbor across the street had the Bulls game on his big screen in his garage and it was funny to see how far ahead the radio was compared to the tv. Come to think of it, what kind of dumbass sticks in big screen in his garage? Then again, knowing this thug ass kid, he probably stole the tv from somebody and keeps it in the garage so they never find it. Of course, watching tv with the garage door open aint too bright, but then again, neither is doing things to get yourself into prison, which he has done.
We got 2 of the bushes up yesterday, leaving John and I to finish the other 2 today. It was much hotter today then it was yesterday, so much hotter that I gave serious thought to trying out the new AC. One of the bushes came out pretty easy, the other one we had all sorts of issues with. After a couple of hours, we finally got it up, which if you didn’t know any better, sounds really dirty. After two days of digging, pulling and trimming, my back and legs are pretty damn sore. Shit, this whole thing is really boring. I’m going to stop now.
