No, this is not our Christmas tree. It's a sad shrub outside of our tenement-like apartment building. Our slumlord likes to put a smattering of Christmas lights--only some of which actually work--on said shrubs to try and mask the fact that she otherwise puts zero dollars into the practically falling down joint. I've lived in some shady places--NYC's lower east side and Williamsburg, Brooklyn, before they were gentrified, and San Francisco's The Haight and Western Addition. And never before have I had to deal with a bigger, more greedy and lazy asshole as this landlord. And we live in South Pasadena, otherwise known as the promised land (think Mayberry, Wisteria Lane or The Truman Show). WTF?
great writing, this is so funny. we've been troubled out here with crazy winds as well!
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