{"id":138,"date":"2003-07-12T23:45:40","date_gmt":"2003-07-12T23:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/?p=138"},"modified":"2003-07-12T23:45:40","modified_gmt":"2003-07-12T23:45:40","slug":"hitting_the_str","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/?p=138","title":{"rendered":"Hitting The Streets"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had to bug out of my apartment for most of the day because I had my carpets cleaned. One thing about living in a condo is remembering all the assorted and utterly asinine bylaws that were drawn up by a bunch of retirees and anal retentives. Like the Rule about no “renovating” after 1 p.m. on Saturdays. My asshole neighbor made certain to remind me of this Rule when the nice young people cleaning my carpet were still not done by 1:05. So now I have an official Complaint filed against me. I’m not sure what this means, but I suspect I have to go before a Council of Elders and impale myself on a ritual dagger or something like that. I think my asshole neighbor has mutant super-sensitive hearing because he’s also complained about my ventilator and other equipment sounds. My asshole neighbor probably agrees with Michael Savage’s remark about this country being taken over by the “cripples.”<\/a>
\nDid I mention my neighbor is an asshole?
\nBut the good thing about today is that I was out on the streets, taking in the scene. I saw 28 Days Later<\/a>, which was a lot of fun. Even the soundtrack caught my attention. Danny Boyle and I seem to like the same music. I had never heard of Underworld until I saw Trainspotting. And my goodness, there were all kinds of beautiful people walking around downtown tonight. I felt like Quasimodo in comparison. Lovely women with brilliant smiles in summer dresses or denim shorts with legs that go on and on like a song that you just can’t get out of your head. An absolutely stunning Hispanic woman with ringlets of auburn hair standing outside Orchestra Hall with her boyfriend, looking bored. The two women walking ahead of me, all dressed up in clubbing apparel. One had on a Hello Kitty backpack, which up until now I thought was just a club kiddie stereotype. Guess not.<\/p>\n

[Listening to: Here comes the rain again – Akyra – (3:40)]<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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