maleficent

143 Shaw Street, Apt 2, Garfield New Jersey... the entire thing was the worst feature...

14 dominicans lived in the first floor, and momma's idea of fun was to send the 8 children under the age of 8 out to play on weekend mornings about 7am - and let them be as loud as possible. (not fun when you are 22 years old and had just gotten in from a night of dancing at about 4am - -and you have to be at work at 10:00am)

Family of 4 above us... for kicks, once a week, the husband would get drunk and beat the wife up once a week, and she'd smack the little girl around every so often.. Dad would get arrested for beating up the wife, get taken off to the police station, he'd come home later- turn on elvis and you'd hear the mattress springs a creakin' as they got busy...

There was a polish chuch on the street corner.. that rang bells loudly everyhour - -i mean every freakin' hour... and the elderly polish ladies would yell at me for not going to church as i went out ot work on sunday...

The landlord would come over on the weekends at 8am or so - to 'fix' stuff.. one morning my roommate's boyfriend came out of my roommate's bedroom and said the landlord was sitting in the living room, just watching the bedroom doors... Odd fellow...

When's the last time you got really really drunk? I don't recall and I really need to...

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