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June 09, 2007
The Last Saturday in the Neighborhood
- We have new neighbors in the house behind us, where the drunken lady who used to hear imaginary dogs used to live. These people, they sit outside all night. As in, from dinnertime until, I don't know. I can often still hear them talking when I go to bed around midnight. Or, rather, I can hear the one booming know-it-all voice that overpowers all the others at such depth and volume that it took me a few nights to realize that it was a live human being and not someone blasting "The O'Reilly Factor" through a PA system. They also have some rather sinister, angry-acting pit bulls that have probably been trained to eat the faces of liberals.
- From the house catty-corner across the street, where the illegal tattoo and piercing parlor is located. The dad, with his face tattoos, stood on his front porch a few minutes ago, tall boy in his hand, yelling, "Get out of the street! I swear, I'm not putting up with this shit all damn day again!" at one of his Razor-scooter riding sons. Oh, did I mention that the son is six months younger than Clara Jane?
Last week, Tattoo Face and Wife-Type-Baby-Momma person had some loud outdoor arguments regarding his relationship with another female-type person. At one point Tattoo Face stormed off down the street, while Wife-Type-Baby-Momma yelled, "Where you goin'? I'll bet you're gonna down to talk to Brandy."
Of course he's going down to talk to Brandy. What else would the third party in the Tattoo Face/Wife-Type-Baby-Momma infidelity scandal du jour be named?
- Why in the world would a 23-year-old man take up pipe-smoking? All I know is it seemed to be a great bonding activity for him and his four-year-old.
- B. and Clara Jane got lunch from the ice cream truck today. While walking back to the house with her cookie crumb-coated ice cream bar, Clara Jane sighed, "I'll never see that ice cream truck again." I'm going to introduce her to MacArthur Park to help her cope with any moving-related melancholy.
- For dessert, B. and Clara Jane are on one final weenie run to Woofie's, one of the few things we might miss about this neighborhood.
- If you live in St. Louis and ever shop at the Value Village thrift store on Natural Bridge Road, please note that because of the 2033 boxes of donated goods we've provided them, from now on they will be exclusively carrying nothing but my old crap. But down go looking for Clowny. He stays with me.
- Shouldn't I be packing?
Posted by Robin at June 9, 2007 12:34 PM
Comments
Re: the last dot....
I was just thinking that same thing except insert cleaning instead of packing.
Posted by: Amy in StL at June 9, 2007 01:24 PM
That Brandy, she's a fine girl.
Posted by: allison at June 9, 2007 03:46 PM
I think we have the same neighbors, or they fell from the same family tree.
Posted by: Kathy at June 9, 2007 04:55 PM
Can you go visit your old neighbors and tell us about them? I'm almost positive your new ones won't be nearly as fun.
Posted by: Lisa V at June 9, 2007 05:07 PM
"But my life, my lover, my lady
Is the sea...."
Um, yeah. Just continuing with allison.
Posted by: Blossom's Dad's Ho at June 9, 2007 08:40 PM
I want to know what it takes a person to have - what sort of character and all - to get face tattoos. It's got to be a certain amount of idiocy mixed with bravery. Or a lack of feeling in one's face.
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