RANDOM BLOGGER GOES OUT IN THE RAIN
BY
SID D. BLOGGER
September 23rd, 2018 - Louisville, Kentucky
Today I decided to leave the abode and wander the streets looking for an angry fix or maybe cheese.
I found neither but ended up at the laundromat in Little Mexico here.
On the TV, the attendant, a lady of some Spanish descent, had put on the TV Fox News.
For some odd reason, it felt surreal as on the other channel, she had it on the Spanish network on some game show with a Latino heart throb from some Mexican soap opera playing along with some hot lady from the studio audience.
Apparently, she was competing for a big bag of cabbage as that's what was in the bag she picked from a table of about 10 other bags.
On the Fox, they decided to go along with the Prezadent's take on this whole Supreme Court Justice nominee in saying, HE DIDN'T RAPE NOBODY AND EVEN IF HE DID, HE WAS A HIGH SCHOOL KID, DIDN'T WE ALL DO STUPID STUFF WHILE WE WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL?
I did do stupid stuff in high school but none of it all involved rape, not even close to rape, hell, I was so shy back then I couldn't even ask a girl out on a date let alone get denied sex.
To be truthful, I lost my virginity while watching Madonna's Like a Virgin to my left hand.
It was a beautiful moment that will probably kill my chances to ever becoming a Supreme Court Justice but I don't care, it was love, and seriously, who really wants the headaches that come with that job anyways.
So anyways, today I left the house, scared the natives enough that they took off running upon first seeing me heading into the door to Walmart.
Yes, dear reader, I went to Walmart.
The lover and I needed some chicken and onions for a tasty meal she made for us, chicken and onions.
Outside of the Walmart, two women talked to a homeless kid holding a sign.
'Will work for a chance at a better life' read the sign. Someone had bought him a tent and some apples.
The two women said "You should get a job!" which is what his sign said, they apparently couldn't read.
I have been homeless myself, it ain't fun and games. I never went the route of holding a sign outside of Walmart but did "Camp" under a tree for a month and a half in my hometown of Butte, Montana.
I did have a job working as a cashier for the local Safeway, just wasn't enough for a roof over my head, but did provide me with beer and chicken and kept my cell phone on.
I hate people who say "Get a job!" especially when you already have a job. I came close to punching a few people who told me that, not realizing I was also homeless, and when I told them my situation their reply was, YOU DON'T LOOK HOMELESS!
"What does a homeless person look like?" I replied.
Their only answer was to shrug.
Anyone can be homeless at any time.
Yes, there are people out there, "professional homeless" folks for lack of a better word, but they are a very small percentage of the equation and a lot of them you see, begging for change on the streets, actually have homes.
A man here in the Ville, wanders the streets, looking for a place to sleep, to get out of the heat, the rain, whatever season we're in.
He doesn't beg for change.
He just trying to live.
He's a vet.
He served in Vietnam.
People pass by him, looking down at him, this solider, who served his country and now just has hit a bad section in his life.
Some folks, though, regain my love of humanity, as they buy him a sandwich and a bowl of soup.
He thanks them.
And that's it.
Yes, there's programs out there, for the homeless issues - housing, etc. - but the problem is so big the list is a thousand miles along, two year wait if you're lucky.
I was on the list for housing; a year later, after I was gone and out of the homeless scene, I received a letter from the housing authority, YOU STILL ON THE LIST, DO YOU WANT TO STAY ON IT?
I told them no, I had moved and the lady, pleasant for a government worker, said "Congratulations!!"
I thanked her and said I hoped my spot gave someone a roof for their head because being homeless isn't "Camping".
I had a cop stop and talk to me at my site.
Some folks had broken into the main power relay next to my park; I wasn't there that night, as I decided to stay at the local No Tell Holiday Inn, $69 a night!! All the ice I could eat!!
Unlike Pitbull, I didn't have no sexy ladies dancing around my room.
I think that was extra.
She asked me, "Is there anyone else with you at your camp site?"
No, I replied, looking around for this camp site. Maybe it was further down the road and I missed it.
So anyways, good times in the blog tonight, hope you enjoyed it, and if you didn't, MOM, WHY YOU GOTTA BE SUCH A BITCH?
Good night and have a better tomorrow!
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