who needs sleep?

yes, tim horton's is a staple throughout southern ontario but do you realize the central role it plays in the lives of suburban kids? usually timmy parking lots look like ghettofied scenes from 'fast and the furious' or the 'baaaammm' poptart commercial, but tonight it was like an episode of super softcore 'cops'. there were two cruisers, 4 po po's, and sitting on the ground were 3 white male teens. two of the boys were pretty quiet, probably scared and nervous while the other one was 2fast2furious, yelling at the officers: "...you're only harassing us because we're younger...you gave us a breathalizer test and kept us in the backseat for over an hour! how is that fair when SHE'S the one that lied to you?..." i guess these 15 year olds were found drinking with some older kids. eventually one of the quiet boys spoke up, "you think i ever wanted to get into trouble with the police? no, i never wanted to but here i am. now i have to quit figure skating because of you. did you have to call my parents? it's like $2000 a month for that! now, i'll have to quit." as he sat there contemplating his situation, his friends chirped in, "yeah, what the hell?" eventually the parents came and brought their pathetic children home.

about 1/2 an hour later another bout of yelling starts up from the other side of tim horton's. a woman was sitting in her car and pacing about around it was her ex. a group of maybe 5 clubbers came outside with their double doubles for the free show starring mark and mary. he was on a kicking rampage, making huge dents and trying to cause damage to her car. instead of trying to drive off or even scream at him, she calmly said, "can you stop wrecking my mom's car? why don't you go back to your wife?". when he didn't stop, she threw him a couple of "you're fucked!" "i'm fucked? you're fucked! i loved you BIG TIME!! i gave up everything for you. i lost my honda, i lost my job, i lost my wife...for this shit? you messed up my life, i'm gonna ruin your life! i'm gonna fuck you hard! i'm going to jail for you, do you understand? i've never gone to jail for anybody, but i love you so much, tonight i'm going to jail." he just kept kicking her car and wouldn't let her leave. it was another 1/2 hour before the police showed up and drove him away, leaving his van behind. i couldn't see, but i'm pretending it was the same cops who were there earlier.

i'm glad i don't have someone who loves me big time.