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May 26, 2004

So, Uh, Yeah. Hi.

Hey, folks. This is Matt, here. Spike's live-in all-purpose creature and husband. On a whim, we have decided that I'll update here sometimes, too. I'll try not to fuck the place up.

Anyway, since I've got nothing else to say right now, here is a picture of a building being demolished.

They're going to build some more goddamned luxury condos there. Of course. But until they've got the old building cleared away, they're providing a great show for me to ogle every weekday as I walk to work. The shattering of the concrete, the clouds of dust, the devastating machinery, the gradual conversion of the building into wartime ruins and sorted stacks of rubble and rebar... It's seriously riveting.

And it's not just me, either. Everyone who walks by the site does so with their head turned to the side, watching intently. Everybody in the surrounding office buildings lucky enough to have a window facing the carnage watches throughout the day, weirdly envious of the guy who gets to drive this shuddering metal behemoth. I wonder if he's aware of the strange pseudo-celebrity status he holds while working on a job like this.

Not that I've ever really noticed his tiny, human face when there's all this AWESOME DESTRUCTION to look at.

Posted by Matt at May 26, 2004 11:27 PM

Comments

GodDAMN that'd be fun.
I don't think that man EVER tires of his job.

Posted by John at May 26, 2004 11:48 PM
216.129.254.78

maybe he does! he could be thinking "....golly, how i wish i had my own cubicle" as he crushes things.

Posted by jaclyn at May 27, 2004 12:00 AM
68.230.67.166

One day, his job will be done by robots.

And the robots will go berserk.

This will be terribly amusing.

Posted by Rich at May 27, 2004 12:25 AM
141.151.70.158

You guys must have more company budget in Chicago. 'Round here, in Jersey, they just use the big excavators to do everything. Your construction workers are lucky that they have specialized destruction equipment.

Posted by The Bloated Camel at May 27, 2004 08:27 AM
209.158.113.69

DESTROOOOOOOY!!!!

Posted by Dylan at May 27, 2004 04:44 PM
67.40.200.238

I wonder how much one of those things is to rent...

Posted by spookable at May 27, 2004 07:43 PM
152.163.252.164

Destruction machines...droooooool.

Posted by Lea at May 29, 2004 10:55 AM
24.167.107.62

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