Published Sep 26, 2007
I had to move the trash to leave the house the other morning. Not my trash; I may occasionally put up with a bit more mess around the house than I should, but fundamentally I’m a guy who color-codes and labels everything. No, it’s my neighbor, My little alley has turned into a caricature straight out of Sanford and Son.
It starts right when you come in; for anyone who needs it, there’s a little extra emergency store of building materials right next to the front house. Also, part of a bedframe. Also, a car seat.
(This is actually the bit I had to move to get the car out; plywood can project surprisingly far into a driveway. The bedframe made unintentional art when it was away from the front of the alley.)
Like I said, that’s the emergency store of building supplies. Further back, in front of the garage, that’s where we keep most of the building materials. Enough to build… another garage.1
We’ve also got a lot of tires, so you know where to go if you need a deal on some new wheels for your ride, bring your rims and we’ll hook you up. In fact, we’ve got a car back here with three new tires on it already! Yep, come on by, first three tires’ll be on in a day, and the other… we’ll get around to it.2
In case that’s not enough tires for you, we have a few more. Plus a camper shell. And a portable-sized dumpster!3
I know, I mock, I mock. I mean, it is a bit absurd. And new stuff comes in all the time — when the china cabinet left, the half-bedframe came in. Next, I expect… a dining room table? Perhaps, a banquette?4
But it’s hard to complain, because, really, it is all in good fun. When you’re partying, well, there’s a tendency to leave a bit of trash about.
1 Actually, since I don’t have a unit in the garage — and the roof is just this far away from falling in — I’d sure like another garage.
2 Just not in the month that the cars’ been sitting there jacked up.
3 Pickup service not included, sadly.
4 Thank God — and I’m not kidding about this — the piano never made it out of the bed of the pickup truck parked out front.
Just one of the sacrifices you have to make when you live in “barrio mas macho”.