a morning to remember

21 H0URS WiTH0UT SLEEP. iT'S 4am & iM LAYiNG NEXT T0 THiS AMAZiNG W0MAN. BEAUTiFUL. iNTELLiGENT. FUN. MY 0NE&0NLY. DR00LiNG 0N MY PiLL0W... BUT BACK T0 THE P0iNT. ZER0 SLEEP & i G0TTA GET 0UT 0F THiS BED T0 TAKE MY M0THER T0 THE AiRP0RT iN HER 0N-THE-VERGE-0F-DEATH VEHiCLE. 0F C0URSE SHE D0ESNT LiSTEN T0 ME WHEN i SUGGEST THAT WE TAKE MY CAR.. BUT 0KAY, HERE WE G0. S0 i GET 0UT 0F BED, THR0W 0N A T-SHiRT & S0ME SH0RTS (YA.. WE'LL BRiNG THAT BACK UP LATER) & i WALK 0UT THE D00R. BY THiS TiME i AM dead dog tired & MY M0M HAS MiSSED HER FLiGHT.. BUT WHATEVER.

AFTER THE DROP-0FF, iM HAPPY T0 HEAD BACK T0 VENUS & CATCH UP 0N S0ME Z's WHEN ALL 0F A SUDDEN THE CAR C0MPLETELY ST0PS GASSiNG & i AM F0RCED T0 PULL THE CAR 0VER 0N THE FREEWAY. N0THiNG LEFT T0 D0 AFTER THAT BUT WAVE MY ARM 0UT THE WiND0W iN H0PES 0F FiNDiNG A 'G00D SAMARiTAN' iN 2008 (iT APPEARS THAT THEY D0NT MAKE TH0SE ANYM0RE). i'D GUESS THAT 200+ CARS, iNCLUDiNG 3 C0PS WH0 MUST'VE BEEN 0N A D0UGHNUT CHASE, SPED PAST ME. FiNALLY, S0ME0NE PULLED 0VER & HELPED ME M0VE THE CAR T0 A PARKiNG L0T. HE ALS0 LET ME USE HiS PH0NE T0 CALL F0R A RiDE. i 0NLY HAVE 3 NUMBERS MEM0RiZED. MY GiRL, & 2 0F MY 'BR0THERS'. 0NE 0F THEM DiDNT PiCK UP. THE 0THER BR0THER.. tisk tisk.. HE ANSWERED. MY GiRL WAS ASLEEP, BUT SPED 0UT THERE AS S00N AS SHE W0KE UP & HEARD MY V0iCEMAiL (but i didnt find that out til later). S0000 i D0 WHAT ANY0NE D0ES WiTH0UT A CAR (or a ride).. "BUS" A M0VE. =] i D0NT KN0W iF iTS NECESSARY T0 TELL Y0U THAT THE AiR iS C0LD iN WASHiNGT0N AT 7am S0 THE T-SHiRT & SH0RTS WEREN'T THE BEST iDEA.

AFTER GETTiNG 0FF THE BUS i WALKED AB0UT 2 MiLES UNTiL A LiTTLE 0LD WHiTE LADY PULLED 0VER & ASKED ME iF i WAS G0iNG T0 SCH00L. i TH0UGHT AB0UT LYiNG T0 GET MY RiDE BUT i DECiDED N0T T0 AND T0LD HER THE REAL ST0RY. SH0ULDA G0T THE DiGiTS CUS SHE WAS L00KiNG G00D AT 70.

THE P0iNT iS....... WELL.......... THERE iS N0 P0iNT....
S0 iM S0RRY T0 WASTE Y0UR TiME WiTH MY WACK M0RNiNG ST0RY....
BUT ALL i KN0W iS.. i DiDNT GET A RiDE.. i DiDNT GET ANY SLEEP....i DIDN'T GET A MEDAL OF HONOR... BUT I DID GET PISSED...

So I won't be giving anyone a ride, unless they're 70 and white.

FINI.

-CHULO