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Tuesday, June 14, 2005 Hell Week Continues Summertime sucks. We've gone from cold, rainy and raw to hazy, hot and humid without any in-between. On top of the suck weather, the summer brings out the construction crews who have nothing better to do than to dig up whatever road they just paved. I swear they do it because they can't stand smooth asphalt. So you get potholes, uneven pavement, those giant slabs of steel that cover the hole—I'm so sure that someday one will slip and a bus full of orphans will crash down on the gas main, sparking it up into a horrific barbeque of human tragedy. I pass at least three of these DPW-dance-a-thons on the way home. Car bumping up and down or around cones or whatever the fuck they leave there when they're done. And fucking Mansfield has the worst shit left in the road. Passing through the intersection it suddenly sounds like I've got something stuck to the car. I don't really think about it because there's a lot of other funky noises. As I drive on, I still hear it so I think about pulling over to see what it is, and suddenly it's gone. I'm hot and sticky and irritated. I forget about the sound. Later, we have to switch the cars in the driveway so Tine can get out first. And outside, waiting for her, I remember about the noise and I go to take a look and the fucking rear tire is flat. Much swearing ensuing. Slanderous blame of Mansfields' Three-Stooges-Dept-of-Public-Works. Seriously, WTF? So, now it's about 8:15 and the light is fading and I have to change the tire, which is sitting on the muddy road. The humidity is up around 80% so every move I make results in a river of sweat. Which elicits more swearing. This brings on the mosquitoes for some reason. Fucking droves of them. Then, the flashlight dies. More swearing. Tine comes out and douses me in OFF and stands by in case the car come crashing down or something. Which is about the only thing that didn't happen. After about a half hour, I finally get the donut on and I'm covered in sweat, mud and repellent. Even the ensuing shower isn't as good as it should be, the high humidity manages to suck any benefit out of it. NEXT! posted by Evil Wayne | 9:37 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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