Wednesday, August 10, 2011

No Water and Water makes Juan fill the blank

Coming home from work today I come to an amazing surprise, and drum roll please Pum Tum pum Tum ... We have no running water!!! The contractor mistakenly broke a pipe, which I am not surprise and on top of that the landlord apparently didn't know. The next day (Thursday) she mentioned how she hasn't washed her hands after using the bathroom. As gross as it was to hear that it saddens me that I didn't care. I fet that she wanted this, she is cutting corners and hired a plumber that doesn't seem licence. At the end of the firsts night with no water we convinced her to have the water turned on, and my roommate and I were able to finally cook and use the bathroom. My first impression on the dinner was " this will be alright" but to my surprise it was better than that.
Korean black bean sauce, brown rice, some eggplant mix my roommate made and some grilled chicken
These pictures are from a photo walk that I did the other day. I walked around brighton and this bridge by Fern St. has all this freshly painted plus past paintings all over the place. SWEEET!!!



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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Rainy Days seems about right




As I hear the rain bounce off the roof of my car, I see how experienced drivers revert back to fledgling drivers, as if they have never read the "How to Drive" booklet or taken a driver's ed class. They forget to drive on a green light; red light somehow means "Go" now and yellow light is non-existent. Rarely is anyone effervescent; they are just short tempered, foul mouthed gnomes, and not a hint of their prior selves exists. I flinch as people jump into the street, ignoring the street lights, but what else is new? It's Boston, my beloved city. Although I am overjoyed and bubbly that it is the weekend, I am also saddened by the crazyness that it involves. For starters, my landlord wants to put in a new bathroom where the pantry once stood. Which is a headache to even comprehend, but what made the day worse was that it was the first weekend that I ate by myself in a looong time.

huevos con tomate

huevos sin queso




I couldn't fathom what I would want to eat, because I was back to cooking for myself again. But just because I am not sharing my meal with the Lovely Joanne, it doesn't mean that I can't eat a good meal. So I fixed myself an interesting plate. It didn't fill me up as I had hoped, but it was pleasing to take pictures of the food in the spirit of Joanne.



Thursday, August 4, 2011

Take Me Out

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So the other day I got a chance to go a baseball game. Not a major league game but a minor league game. You can google up the differences personally outside of stadium and amount of enthusiasm from the fans there really wasn't much of a difference to me.
Anyway sitting there in the blazing sun, watching the Brockton Rox,seeing the "cheerleaders" dance their uncoordinated dance steps and watching the local fans not sheering as much just ordering food and what not. I came to feel a nostalgic feeling from when I was very young and my aunt Cielo taking me to a local game in Puerto Rico. Although the fans here seemed very lame, not enthusiastic about the game, like I said the beer next to their kids seemed more enjoyable than the time they were having with their kids. Looking at the mascot made me think of how lame that kind of job is, to get in a hot suit and get people riled on a hot sunny day, sweat running down every nook and cranny of your body,. Making a fool of yourself in front of both adults and children, hoping they will laugh and not throw things at you.Do Mascots get together and vent, do they get together to talk and hang out? Was there ever a "Glory Days" for these guys in a suit or has it always been lame? I can just picture one the guys iwho plays as a mascot, going to a bar after the game taking a girl home for the night taking her to his "penthouse" which in reality is just a trailer or some hotel room hmph if this was on the Simpsons this somehow would be funny but I cant imagine living that life seems like a joke...but I can't crap on his life just be amused by it at the end of the day he's just trying to make another buck just like the rest of us.
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Juan