7.29.2005

Living in harmony...Is it possible? Ok, just on my street....

Let me explain this soap opera. Sheesh....We like the street we live on. We've been here long enough to pretty much know the whole street of neighbors. Allow me to provide you some insight into the ethnic makeup of our street. Basically, it's the United Nations and then some....haha. Seriously. I would have to say by the numbers, it seems as though Middle Eastern would be the dominant group on this street. 3-4 houses. Then, I would have to say Albanian. 2-3 houses. Oh, I almost forgot, we also have 3-4 houses of people from India. Excellent, so far, right? We have a house of Philipinos, Russians, Polish, South Africans and us (Puerto Rican and Italian)....Oh, there about 3-4 American families. The really nice part is that there are lots of kids and to hear all the languages on the street is a trip...Bi and Tri-lingual children make me smile. I think it's something that American children (and even adults) can never identify with unless they are forced to learn a language in school or become interested in foreign cultures / languages when they become of age to decide that the world does not solely consist of the US and everyone else is the footstool....Anyway, my real reason for this post was to mention that there is some SERIOUS drama happening on our street. Man, we live in the middle and get along with everyone. "Hi and Bye" and usually some BS small talk. No issues. No fighting. No staring. Well, down the street is a guy (let's call him 'S') who seems to eventually find ways to annoy anyone because he's a KIA (KNOW IT ALL) and is not the sharpest knife in the drawer to begin with. Put it this way, this clown was arguing with several of the 10yo boys on our street about politics. What does a 10yo kid know or care about an election? Especially when the kid is just riding his bike up and down the street or playing basketball in his driveway? Give me a break! I suppose 'S' figured it was an even meeting of the minds and he could "learn the boy a thing or two"..Sheesh, my description cannot even do this clown any justice. As a child, I am sure 'S' was the one on the playground who would never really fight, but would be behind one of the other kids who was about to throw a punch and would just hop around like an idiot to instigate a fight.."Come on..Come on...Come on..." Idiot. Anyway, 'S' has become good friends with one of the newest families on the block (Polish; still learning English) and he wants to fight all the Polish guy's battles because I guess he is just trying to show what a good friend he is, but since we are all grown people, he might want to take the kid gloves off and let the guy deal with his own neighbor situations; they are not even that serious....The Polish guy lives next to one of the American families on the street and the guy is a mechanic by day (and sometimes night). This guy is nice. He has a wife and some grown kids who are out of the house. He's cool with us. I talk with him every few weeks. No big deal. I also talk to the Polish guy....occasionally. In fact, I helped him move his refrigerator into his house. Anyway, him and the American guy are ALWAYS getting into it. The Polish guy complains of loud generator noises from the mechanic's impact wrenches and overspray from paint prep on cars. That turned out to just be a major pollen accumulation, but the Polish guy and 'S' decided to call the city on the American guy 2-3mos ago and that REALLY started ish...Man, I am not kidding you....Every 2-3 weeks now there is a city inspector checking out the neibourhood and the cops were there 2 nights ago talking with 'S' and rumor is they served someone down there a personal protection situation to stay X amount of feet away from certain houses....I mean, the American guy and the Polish guy even threw punches...although I hear it was the mechanic who launched a punch to the Polish guy's chest...Ladies and Gentlemen, we are talking middle-aged people here!! Come on people. The Rican and Italian just worry about their own situation and don't get in the middle of neighborhood squabbles.....I feel like our street should be a reality show...Classic TV that would be better than some of the poor excuses for "reality" seen on TV today...

6 comments:

shqipo said...

Hm...that's not a bad idea for a RS. Y don't u pitch that to some network, u can make muchos de dinero :)

C'mon, start videotaping and post it on the web, it would be dope

Josue' said...

Maybe I can get a slot on TV Orient...only when the albos are watching though... ;)

shqipo said...

Why so, Ricans don't have their own TV? I know Italians do ;-)

Anonymous said...

The guy is a KIA? Does that mean he's Korean? LOL

Josue' said...

yo K,
Did you set up your blog yet..?

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