"Hello, is this J?"
"Yeah."
"This is Hugshyhermit. When do you usually leave for work?"
"Around 5. I should really be gone by now."
"Mm. I'm calling you for a reason. I heard you guys yesterday, through the walls."
"Oh? What time?"
"In the afternoon."
"Were we fooling around? I'm sorry, we'll be more quiet."
"You were not fooling around."
"..."
"I could hear her screaming, J."
"... uh..."
"And something hit the house that made it shake and I don't even want to know what that might have been. This isn't like a dog barking in the middle of the night, J. This is more serious. I have nothing personal against you and I ahve nothing personal against L, and I hope you have nothing personal against me, but this cannot happen again. I will not live next door to that. And I don't consider this a landlord tenant thing; this is a neighbors thing. I have no problem calling 911 and I have no problem going to court. I don't want to do that, but I will if it happens again."
"... uh..."
"Y'know, you guys don't sound like you're very happy and maybe one or both of you should move. Do you know if L is going to move?"
"I don't know."
"Mm hm. I haven't told your mom about this and I don't plan to -- yet. But it's her stuff that's in there and if this happens again, you will be moving and I hope I've made myself clear on that. Are you planning on moving?"
"Not at this time, no."
"Well. This cannot happen again. It can not."
"...uh... ok."
"Nuff said."

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Sometimes when I'm talking to acquaintances and/or to folks who have contacted me through this blog, people ask Is Dayton really as awful as you make it sound?

And the answer is 'no.' It isn't. Th

maybe the walk with Grace and turned the corner and came across the woman on the ground screaming at her 'friends' All you do is drink 3-4 times a week getting drunk etc etc We're adults etc

walking past the woman who was crying at the wig table, on the cellphone crying. Is there something in the air?

shift & talk about stupid dates in the last couple of weeks "It's not good with my ex-wife, she calls me faggot in front of the kids," or whatever "I paid for lunch don't I get something?" "I'm just KIDDING" whatever

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You have one new message:

Hey Hugshyhermit this is J. Uhm, we've got some dogs and brots and we're cooking them out back and maybe you'd like one, if you'd like one c'mon out. So... if you get this call us back or maybe I'll see you come out the back door or something.