underpants and overcoats: the spectrum of human existence

i feel guilty for not going to work today. i wonder if i'll even get paid. oh well. it would be such a big deal if only i didn't have to spend so much money on this stupid christmas party. well its not stupid, i've just concluded that i hate spending money. i'm a cheapo. that's why i've been wearing the same crappy coat that's falling apart for 6 years. its also WAY too big which i only just realized. i need a new one. a real new one. not just one from value village. i was noticing today all the people with nice coats when i walked downtown (instead of being at work-ugh). i think i'll try and wear this one for a little while longer than try and find a nice coat on sale. melinda has a really nice coat, so does laney and rhonda.

so, let me fill you in on the pine street block gossip!! ok, well we have this neighbour - dusty - in our row of houses (my house is in a block of 4 attached row houses). he has this really awful truck that we've tried on several occassions to have towed. hahaha. i know, it sounds awful, but its this dumpy old beater truck that the entire neighbourhood unloads their trash into. its so run down he can't even drive it. it sits in our laneway taking up a parking spot, right beside our backyard. anyways, there's the background story on the truck. well we'd given up because melinda had a confrontation with him where he was yelling and swearing at her in the street and he said he'd sue us if we towed his truck. then a week or two ago, gloria -my foggy-minded neighbour - was in tara's and starting talking to melinda and told her that dusty and his woman had a huge fight a dusty left her. now, that dusty is a real s.o.b., but i still feel bad for lisa. then the other day a tow truck came and took dusty's truck away!! wow!! that's so awesome. here's a pic melinda took of them towing it away!! man, i wish i'd been here. its so satisfying.
today when i was outside shovelling i saw his car drive by. i wonder what that was all about. lisa's boys dug her car out of the laneway today. i was very impressed with them. i stood at the top of the stairs looking out the winder watching them, utterly amazed. they were little power houses. thoses little gems. hahaha. no, but seriously. i have to give them credit for being there for their mom. as i watched them i thought "maybe boys aren't so bad after all"

after dusty had driven by i got reminiscing about him. remembering all the times with dusy. the time i went to his door to ask if he knew who'd abandond their car in our laneway, and was surprised by his effeminate voice. the times he'd smoke a joint in his backyard. the time when he was having a joint and he overheard all of melinda and irina's risqué conversation. the time he dumped all the trash in the park. the time he was threating melinda. aww dusty. gone are the dayz.