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tough guy poetry and manly stories of loneliness
all contents copyright Jon Rolston 2004, 2005, 2006

March 8, 2010

oscar the grouch

“Why do people watch these awards shows? Everyone looks the same in their black tuxes and the women in white dresses and diamonds. They thank their lawyers and agents, you don’t learn anything about them as people, I don’t get it,” I said.

“I watch this to make sure the people I hate didn’t win anything,” Jeff said.

It made sense finally.

March 7, 2010

my pal went to florida and all i got was a picture of a tractor

jd

Rus made it back from Florida with only one extra tractor. A low profile John Deere.

self portrait in the lean back get your hair washed chair

Anyone watch Alice in Wonderland in 3D after eating pot cookies Saturday night? Then not want to talk to anyone the next day because your body felt weird? And you drank 4 cups of coffee and didn’t feel like you’d ever really wake up? Are you the one that was overwhelmed with confusion and violent thoughts when the guy at the flea market told you not to bring your coffee inside? No coffee at a flea market? Yeah, that was you. Cantankerous old fool.

March 6, 2010

Doug was working in the city, next to Washington Park. He had a large block of ice and wanted to slide down the hill while sitting on it. While the rest of the crew sat on the steps eating lunch we took turns pretending it was 1800.

March 4, 2010

who’s your king?

KUT

Ask a white guy. He’ll tell you, “The sandwich is king.” But my lady, she isn’t white. She don’t like a sandwich as much as she likes noodles and rice. We go out to eat all the time, and I keep hoping she’ll decide sandwich is king and we can go eat meatball subs. She is hoping it won’t be long I’ll start craving a bowl of noodles in broth.

Who would have guessed the sandwich wasn’t king around the world?

March 2, 2010

multi culti condi menti

Stopped for lunch at Wolfes diner on 16th. Mustard and ketchup, good old American flavorings, Mexican hot sauce, Vietnamese hot sauce, and Chinese/Japanese soy sauce. Must be a melting pot.

securing stolen property since 1882



This guy is working towards a truck.

maybe try the tofu

photo posted from my iPhone

February 28, 2010

and so i did

Me: is that the name of your blog?

Dude: I hate blogs.

Me: Thats funny. Can I take a picture of it?

Dude: ok

Me: I’m gonna blog about it!

old man at the flea market

Original hipster?

February 27, 2010

they didn’t think they needed a truck

Seemed like innocent fun: rolling a matress home on a skateboard. What they didn’t consider was my God is an angry God. 8.8 Chile? And a typhoon rainstorm for you skateboard movers.

February 26, 2010


The sea wall is eroding at Ocean Beach. I backed the truck up and stood inside as wind whipped the rain against the box and the waves rolled in.

this was the future of moving

moving

why am i here? (online)

This month has been busy, working a lot if unpaid hours trying to get my business stepped up a level and struggling to control my pack rat tendencies.

It has led to a peculiar existential crisis: an online identity crisis. What is the purpose of blogging? What’s this blog for? The answer can’t be “fun”. Sometimes I go to bed rather than upload a post. Other times I press “publish” and wish it had been “delete” instead. It seems uninspired. But I wordpress on.

Have psychologists been contacted for help from a patient who is adjusted in offline life but can’t figure out where they belong in cyberspace? Am I getting to the age where I should be blogging about my children instead of myself? Should I concentrate more energy on rolstonhauls.com instead of this space? I have my career to consider after all and MRIP is a money loser.

It’s a way to share, a form of bragging, a stab at fame, an illusion of immortality. Some part of all that.

February 25, 2010

the white car appears to be going the wrong direction. That’s the problem with cameras. They can’t show you the guy driving backwards down Bayshore Avenue at 35 miles an hour.

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