I won't drop names but I used to work in a wood shop in Brooklyn for a few years. The boss I had was my Mister Miaggi, the old man teacher from the Karate Kid. He taught me how to use a tape measurer to its fullest and the idea of being "hyper aware" to name a few.
Being hyper aware is essential when using power tools like "the table saw".
Now I don't really smoke weed too often these days, and I didn't then either. One puff every now and then and I'm a little kid in a huge world with a little bit of blurry eyesight.
Well one day after finishing a month long job, it was Friday and payday. We built so many art crates, the shop was a maze of crates all the way into the office where he gave us our checks. Boss man decides to pack a bowl with a smile.
He says common Manny one puff. I say no way boss... OK Boss. My best friend since 4 years old is my co-worker by the way and he is sitting next to me with a smile as well. One puff and boom the crates turn into big tall walls through a wide angle lense.
We're not gonna be in the shop til the next job so I gather an arm full of scrap wood for art project and whatever, and I hop on my bike to leave. As I leave the shop on my bike, one hand on the handle bars one arm wrapped around a plank or two of wood, Boss man says, "Aye Manny, don't forget your safety glasses". I have no free hands, so he puts them on my face and I start riding home.
Boss man I'm pretty sure was laughin' at me.
Riding' home was tough.
I couldn't stop laughing
I must of looked crazy and was I guess at the time.
I almost hit a few cars along the 10 block ride home.
Good memory.
Good times.
Aloha Boss Man.
Friday, May 30, 2008
YOU PLAY YOU PAY
Aloha,
droppin' words.
workin' hard these days.
Still finding time to surf and skate though and admire a plastic bag with red black and white graphics on it in a garbage can which gets me stoked to go home and paint. But before I pick up the paint brush I get stuck on the computer for an hour checkin' my e-mails and this facebook bullshit. Don't really like it, but I get to peep old friends that poke me or write on my wall. Yeah Yeah.
Trouble in Paradise.
but I'll survive.
the difference between skateing and surfing is that when you skate you sweat. and I like that factor.
it gets the toxins out of your body.
Surfing on the other hand is easier on the bones and skin. Except when you scrape the reef.
the smallest cut can sting or get infected. One connect to the reef can explode a knuckle and start pouring blood...
which intern brings the fear in you that you might be attracting some unwanted guests so you get so scared you feel like your gonna piss your board shorts but you don't because this only makes you stick out more. So you catch a wave in, in slight panic-mode wiping out so hard on your back as you drop in and you hear a snap only to find yourself underwater unsure if your paralyzed from the back/neck slap to the water. This happened to me once. I wiped out so hard I couldn't skate. and my arms were stinging even though I didn't hit my arms on the water. I think it was a nerve thing. For a moment underwater
I wasn't sure if I could move my limbs. The water was light blue and bubbly. And the waves were pretty big that day.
it was only me and a friend out.
last year at that same spot I saw a whale come out of the water within 100 yards. I was like wow, but at the same time a little freaked out. Deep water....Don't like to look down all the time... or even think what cruises beneath. Definitely plenty creatures for sure but anything over 10ft stay away please.
Aloha
YOU PLAY YOU PAY
THEY SAY.
Signing off.
MANZO
droppin' words.
workin' hard these days.
Still finding time to surf and skate though and admire a plastic bag with red black and white graphics on it in a garbage can which gets me stoked to go home and paint. But before I pick up the paint brush I get stuck on the computer for an hour checkin' my e-mails and this facebook bullshit. Don't really like it, but I get to peep old friends that poke me or write on my wall. Yeah Yeah.
Trouble in Paradise.
but I'll survive.
the difference between skateing and surfing is that when you skate you sweat. and I like that factor.
it gets the toxins out of your body.
Surfing on the other hand is easier on the bones and skin. Except when you scrape the reef.
the smallest cut can sting or get infected. One connect to the reef can explode a knuckle and start pouring blood...
which intern brings the fear in you that you might be attracting some unwanted guests so you get so scared you feel like your gonna piss your board shorts but you don't because this only makes you stick out more. So you catch a wave in, in slight panic-mode wiping out so hard on your back as you drop in and you hear a snap only to find yourself underwater unsure if your paralyzed from the back/neck slap to the water. This happened to me once. I wiped out so hard I couldn't skate. and my arms were stinging even though I didn't hit my arms on the water. I think it was a nerve thing. For a moment underwater
I wasn't sure if I could move my limbs. The water was light blue and bubbly. And the waves were pretty big that day.
it was only me and a friend out.
last year at that same spot I saw a whale come out of the water within 100 yards. I was like wow, but at the same time a little freaked out. Deep water....Don't like to look down all the time... or even think what cruises beneath. Definitely plenty creatures for sure but anything over 10ft stay away please.
Aloha
YOU PLAY YOU PAY
THEY SAY.
Signing off.
MANZO
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