You promise us a bright golden future..

[meowmensteen]

The fog has come back.


I got off a little early today and rode my bike downtown. I talked to a one-legged veteran in a wheelchair. He was looking for handouts, but I let him talk anyway, and gave him some cash. He said he was looking for something to cover his co-pay for his medication. Whether that was true, or his "medication" is something a little bit stronger is his own business. The thing that seemed to light him up the most was that I actually acknowledged him. He said he was sitting out there all day, and I was the first person to do that. He gave me a pressed penny he found with a Seattle emblem on it to keep in my wallet. I didn't give out anymore cash today, but I did try to give out smiles to much of the ignored Seattle population. No one else even asked me for change, but I did get a lot of smiles back.

A few days ago two 20-somethings were out asking for money so they could get fucked up. One even stopped me with a big grin on his face, and asked me if I could help them out with some beer/drug money. I said no, I have to buy groceries to feed my kid and waved my empty grocery bag at him. That's a situation where I think those kids just need to go get a job. There's plenty of jobs at Pike Place that will pay you enough to spend your lunch breaks at The Athenian getting drunk. Ha, when I was managing at the bakery down there, I used to have to go to The Athenian to hunt down my staff and coax them back to the bakery for the afternoon. That, and wake Pat up in his van. He preferred a solo lunch break. Probably with something a bit stronger than beer.

So here is Judas:


I saw him wandering around last week and worried he wasn't going to last very long with that broken wing, but I was happy to see him today still hanging out in the same area. Who knows, maybe he'll heal up and be able to fly away. Why I call him Judas, I don't know? That's just a name that's been popping up a lot recently. He even gets his own heavy metal song:

Comments

[suibhne-geilt.livejournal.com]

Crow!

Glad to see he's apparently using his superior intellect to survive a broken wing that would take down a lesser bird.

[yoshi0.livejournal.com]

crazy homeless. geesh. when i worked a a market a girl cashier asked me to buy her beer lol. i did which was stupid of me. ugh. god. i hate it when people ask me to buy them beer or ask for change. drives me nuts.

[starrbeam.livejournal.com]

Nice thing for you to do :)

[warmwar.livejournal.com]

I feel the same about asking for money specifically for beer and drugs. I've felt like asking strangers when I was really upset, and in that case I believe people deserve their beer, and I would really hope someone I asked would think the same, even though the better option is to not be dependent (on others and drugs) in the first place.

[aphroditemf.livejournal.com]

Helloween were the first band my husband saw, back in 1988!

Judas seems a good name for the crow. My stepdad found a Magpie recently with an injured wing. He took him home and kept him in the living room until he healed, much to my mother's terror! But he was fine eventually and flew away when they took him outside.

[herecirm.livejournal.com]

Poor Judas ... I hope he stays safe, but I don't think the wing will heal on it's own - not in a way than enables him to fly, anyway. I like that he has his own theme song, though. :)