I was walking down the sidewalk the other day, listening to music and completely sealed-off, when I was shocked back into reality by wet bits of concrete being spit out by an industrial-strength circular saw manned by several construction workers. The gray matter speckled me from my chest to my knees, and you know, kind of pissed me off. I looked at the workers and threw up my arms, all like, “Hey man, WTF, are you kidding me?” And they looked back at me and shrugged, as if to say, “What do you want from our lives?”
As I walked on, I realized that it was as much my fault as it was theirs, that if I had been paying attention to my surroundings, I could have easily avoided the whole mess, but it still irked me that the guys were so unapologetic. I know for a freaking fact that had I been a chick they would have fallen all over themselves to make things right. Or…or…maybe…if they had been gay. Has there ever even BEEN a gay construction worker? There HAS to have been, right? But then, why haven’t I ever encountered one? Certainly I would know if I had. How could I miss the catcalls, the whistles, the offers? I guess the possibility exists that I am completely undesirable, but I’ll assume that there’s someone for everyone and that SOME gay construction worker out there would have seen something in me he likes.
Before I reached home a short while later, I was beginning to come up with a little song, and I’d like to share a VERY rough recording of it with all of you:
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No Joe, YOU keep rockin’
JOSE IS BACK. Balance is restored in the world.
Two things:
1. The song is great
2. I’d catcall you any day
Who is this Phil person and why have you never introduced him to me?
By the way, I’m happy to see the return of Jose and I like the new direction. BUT I am a teensy bit disappointed that I won’t see any more of those creepy soap opera shorts. I’m dying to know what happened!
You guys are too goddamned kind to me.
I think that gay construction worker lives in an apartment with Special Ed Lesbian…I sense a concept album in the works, right?
Nice guitar work too.
For me…. I’m glad to see that those creepy soap opera shorts have went the way of the dinosaur! Jury’s still out on the new Jose, but I think I’m gonna like this much better!