4 Random Thoughts

1. One blog I would really love to read would be by an unapologetic drug addict. I suspect many drug addicts actually have very mundane lives, contrary to popular belief. And that’s what I would like to read about: waking up, eating Cheerios for breakfast, going out to score, coming back to the apartment, shooting up while watching SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS, passing out on couch, waking up, feeding cat and changing litterbox, going downstairs to check the mail in the hopes of getting that disability check to buy more drugs with, sitting on the toilet while constipated and doing a New York Times crossword puzzle. I just think it would be interesting because I bet drug addicts have their own routines too. Whether they’re criminals, prostitutes, or supermarket cashiers, those bills have to get paid.

2. Some of my former boss’s clients were really ghetto. Like, on bogus disability, government assistance, food stamps and what have you. They were mostly black and lived on the South Side. Some of them went to the clinic every day to get their methadone. All in all, they were a pretty interesting bunch and I truly enjoyed dealing with them. One of the clients, Robert W., was a vagrant and lived with his mother. But usually he was sleeping on a friend’s couch or his girlfriend’s. It was almost impossible to get a hold of him. Whenever I called his mother, she'd pick up the phone and sound drunk as a skunk. This would be at like 9:00 in the morning. I doubt her son ever got my messages, but I did usually manage to track him down at one of the seven or so numbers we had for him. He even had a cellphone which belonged to his brother who was in prison. I talked to him a lot because we kept having to reschedule his depositions. So I finally scheduled it and made sure he knew he had to show up or the case would be dismissed. Anyway, it was an interesting deposition because opposing counsel had a videotape of him walking perfectly fine across a supermarket parking lot when he was supposed to be disabled. Oops.

3. In the Goddamnit category: my car, which has finally come out of the shop after more than 2 months getting fixed, makes this annoying squeeking/whistling sound whenever I turn the steering wheel to the left or when I accelerate from a stopped position.

4. I’ve been buying perfume lately because I like the way the bottles are designed. Mark Jacobs’ Basil and Calvin Klein Summer. Sure, they smell nice, but the bottles look fantastic. It’s all about the bottles. I can’t wait to see what they’ll look like side by side in my new bathroom. As a total nonsequitur: I love my iPhone so much, I don’t know how I ever lived without it. Possessions are such wonderful things to have.