"welcome to the wonderful world of steel." that's what patty said to me years ago when i was a painter. the job was repainting a water tower. it was nasty, they were sandblasting all day, then spraying on the paint immidiately after they sandblasted. raw steel rusts pretty quickly from the moisture in the air.
i was the asshole at the bottom of the tank, shoveling the mixture of rust and blasting sand out the tiny manhole. they call it slag.
i hated that job. i hated the people i worked with, and i was glad to be gone in another week. they had me shoveling that shit all week, then they finally brought in a vacuum truck they day before they let me go. fucking bastards....
that blasted slag gets everywhere when you shovel it around. it gets in your pores, it gets in your clothes, it gets up your shirt and down your pants. you even manage to breath some of it in now and then. even when you have a respirator. it gets inside you.
i don't do that anymore. nothing i've come across is that nasty. maybe thermofibre insulation, but it's not as bad as the sand. but to some degree, everything else i work with finds its own way inside of you. the sheetrock creates dust that you breath in, it gets in your pores, it'll crust up around a cut in your skin. dry, pre-mixed concrete does the same thing. metal studs burn up when you cut them, and you can taste that burning steel on the tip of your tongue. it becomes a part of you, this concrete and steel. and it stays with you and weighs you down for the rest of your life.
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happy mayday. i've been sick for over 2 weeks.
i bought an astrology book that was on sale at the store. i just bought it to read about being a gemini. i am a gemini. gemini. gemini. gemini. there is a gemini group and if you're a gemini you should join. Gemini
all this talk about astrology makes me feel like a hippy. pass the patchouli, let's fire up a bong and start levitating.
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2 other groups that are cool. anti-racist punks and zombie hunters
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rey mesterio jr and some hot girl from wrestling (joy giovanni? i never heard of her) are gonna be at the norwichtown mall next saturday.
blah... i want to go around and distribute my zine more, and i want to work on some writing more, but i'm sick and i started a new job 2 weeks ago and i'm just getting used to the schedule change again....so...blah
i was the asshole at the bottom of the tank, shoveling the mixture of rust and blasting sand out the tiny manhole. they call it slag.
i hated that job. i hated the people i worked with, and i was glad to be gone in another week. they had me shoveling that shit all week, then they finally brought in a vacuum truck they day before they let me go. fucking bastards....
that blasted slag gets everywhere when you shovel it around. it gets in your pores, it gets in your clothes, it gets up your shirt and down your pants. you even manage to breath some of it in now and then. even when you have a respirator. it gets inside you.
i don't do that anymore. nothing i've come across is that nasty. maybe thermofibre insulation, but it's not as bad as the sand. but to some degree, everything else i work with finds its own way inside of you. the sheetrock creates dust that you breath in, it gets in your pores, it'll crust up around a cut in your skin. dry, pre-mixed concrete does the same thing. metal studs burn up when you cut them, and you can taste that burning steel on the tip of your tongue. it becomes a part of you, this concrete and steel. and it stays with you and weighs you down for the rest of your life.
*******
happy mayday. i've been sick for over 2 weeks.
i bought an astrology book that was on sale at the store. i just bought it to read about being a gemini. i am a gemini. gemini. gemini. gemini. there is a gemini group and if you're a gemini you should join. Gemini
all this talk about astrology makes me feel like a hippy. pass the patchouli, let's fire up a bong and start levitating.
*********
2 other groups that are cool. anti-racist punks and zombie hunters
**********
rey mesterio jr and some hot girl from wrestling (joy giovanni? i never heard of her) are gonna be at the norwichtown mall next saturday.
blah... i want to go around and distribute my zine more, and i want to work on some writing more, but i'm sick and i started a new job 2 weeks ago and i'm just getting used to the schedule change again....so...blah
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darksphere:
Hey Joe. Thanks for the comments. Do you go to Kinkos? We dont have it here in Ireland but I used Kinkos in the UK when I was over there and it's a piece of shit for photos. I actually havnt gotten around to reading yours yet. It's sitting in the middle of 'to read' pile on my desk. Im almost finished the second one and it's driving me nuts but I dont want to stop until it's printed. Alot different from the first one. I'll send you a copy when it's done. Take care.
lumiere:
i think mayday is one of the best drinking parties allthough i don't drink anymore that much.