G and I finally fell asleep last night despite the screaming and yelling and radio blaring and endless two-way pager conversations coming from the group of teenagers who congregate outside our bedroom each night, and were awakened barely four hours later by a construction vehicle --I don't know which kind; the Bash-Bang 3000-- pummeling holes into our brain pan via the asphalt. I wouldn't be complaining if this were the first night of its kind, however this is the fourth night in a row we've enjoyed the kids-till-two-construction-at-six cycle; so needless to say I'm fecking knackered and in a piss-poor mood. As my friend/neighbor Shelia used to say, "I could carry groceries home in these eye bags." I could haul off the road work debris in these bags. So since I'm useless until either the kids or the teamsters move along, I'm packing it in for the weekend.
Weekend suggestions:
If you're a fan of human rights and live in NYC, you should get your booty out to The Wedding March this Sunday. You don't have to be gay, or even sympathetic to the cause; just a stickler for things like expecting the US Supreme Court to keep its word when it has ruled that "marriage is a fundamental civil right."
Try to cope with stress (cuz it's baaad).
But don't get high, get Metaphysical.
And don't be an asshole.
Have a good weekend.
Posted by Antigeist at May 21, 2004 01:47 PMThey love to do roadwork in the wee hours around your nabe, which was formerly our nabe.
I remember the delightful Metropolitan Ave. resurfacing a couple years back, conducted between the hours of 1 and 4 am nightly for a few weeks. Seriously.
First they literally scraped every inch of surface asphalt from the street, for blocks at a stretch. Then they brought in new asphalt, and some concrete, and put it all back. Some crazy mob-related diversion of tax dollars? Or a legit road project? Who knows the ways of NYC Public Works?
My advice: invest in earplugs.
Posted by: Maximus at May 25, 2004 04:34 PM