2004-02-21-0438Z
I paid about 100 bucks for that stupid James Bond 007 camera and often forget
I have it with me. Well, today I remembered, and took a picture of one of the
storm drain posters that Long Beach provides to
educate the populace. If you know anyone at the
South Florida Water Management District, maybe see if they would be willing
to work with the cities and towns in that area to do something similar. I also
snapped a couple images of the actual warning by the drains but they didn't
come out good.
Got a serious crocbite today.
One of my Crocs got stuck somehow in the escalator at the 7th street exit at
the north end of LA's Blue Line. I didn't realize it till I was near the top,
at which point I tried to step up the last 3 or so stairs and my right foot
didn't move. When it jammed in at the top, I naturally panicked and pulled
my foot all the way out of the sock, probably saving my toes. The emergency
stop button on the damned thing is all but impossible to find. Bad design.
The metro sent a supervisor out to assess the situation. He was this big,
muscular, cynical-looking Latino who looked me up and down with my beard,
serape, dirty pants and bit-off shoe and probably thought I was trying to
scam the city or something. In any case, he
didn't give me an awful lot of hope of
getting reimbursed. We'll see.
The whole freakin' train ride was to find the laundromat that I saw once
at one of the stops, but couldn't find today. After that incident, I rode
all the way back to Long Beach, where I got off at 5th street and got some
cheap mocs at Wal-mart, along with a new American Tourister flight bag (my
laptop case had just lost another strap today). I paid $40 for the luggage;
they had some there for half that, but I'm tired of cheap shit that doesn't
last 24 hours. The laptop bag was American Tourister, and it lasted a year
of real abuse, so I trust their brand a little. Then walked up 4th street
back to the Portfolio, stopping at one of the laundromats along the way
to clean my outer clothes. I don't mind looking eccentric,
but have to draw the line at where my nose starts to take notice.
Back to blog or home page
last updated 2013-01-10 20:14:39. served from tektonic.jcomeau.com
