Merry Christmas from the Sugar Skull at the car wash!
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tcr!
· Dec 24, 2019 at 5:53 pm
Merry Christmas from the Sugar Skull at the car wash!
tcr!
· Dec 24, 2019 at 1:05 pm
keamoose
· Dec 24, 2019 at 1:14 pm
I never sausage a thing before.
tam.the.terrible
· Dec 24, 2019 at 1:29 pm
Omg I love it!!
prokop
· Dec 24, 2019 at 1:49 pm
This is awesome. Merry Christmas.
tcr!
· Dec 24, 2019 at 6:01 pm
Merry Christmas to you, Sue!!
jimi hindrance experience
· Dec 24, 2019 at 2:34 pm
Merry Christmas to all!
Momma J
· Dec 24, 2019 at 3:07 pm
With a bacon roof no less!
tcr!
· Dec 24, 2019 at 10:13 am
It was a dark and normal night.
And the park was empty.
I’d trekked with a friend or two, maybe more, maybe none, to see the not forgotten monkeys from childhood. But the cages were empty except for the diagonal shadows from the street lights. Cages long since abandoned and left to rust and wither and metal decay.
Maybe I was drinking or maybe I wasn’t during that particular small town adventure. I could’ve been in my late teens or early or late twenties. The older man’s reality is blended with fantasy, stirred and shaken. Like a thick fictitious smoothie.
The monkeys may not have even been real in Memorial Park but I’m pretty sure I didn’t make that all up. My imagination fills in the details and the gaps of the things I don’t remember. Maybe there was only one monkey that I never saw and only heard of from the elders. Maybe there was a flock of three mini-apes under the red and white bulldog water tower. I know for sure the little makeshift zoo was a thing. 🐒
As I was drifting off to sleep last night I was thinking on that 47 acre park for whatever reason. Thinking of the never ending woodlands, the valley too big for a kid to traverse in one session, and the body water at the bottom that smelled like a haven for the dead.
And the monkeys. The monkeys. Untamed in a cage with a concrete base. The most unnatural habit for anything living. I wouldn’t be surprised if the city did away with them after the neanderthals threw beer cans at the fences after dark. Again, that’s me writing a narrative for things I can’t remember or don’t know.
So anyways, the real story is I think of caged monkeys brandishing their teeth because that’s what animals do when you lock them up in close quarters for public consumption. I probably went there to rattle their cages myself on that normal night, tap into my own anger and oppression. Another conduit of the passing teenage rage I felt for no good reason. A baboon’s red ass and canine teeth. Maybe dressed in an 80s jean jacket.
Ennui, ennui you’ve torn your dress. Ennui, ennui your face is a mess.
But the park was empty.
And I was a bit more than mildly disappointed when we left with nothing in our pockets. The era of rattling cages had set inside and out, and I didn’t need to be stirring up trouble.
Oh sure, you can go home again but chances are good that the lights will be off and the rooms creaky and dusty, and you’ll feel even more empty when you leave.
Now I don’t know what to say because it’s Christmas Eve in 2019 and I’ve been reminiscing about small town life. I should wake Maggie up and grab some eggnog and Santa hats. 🎅
Momma J
· Dec 24, 2019 at 11:18 am
A good memory?
tcr!
· Dec 24, 2019 at 12:50 pm
Definitely! Did you take Angie and I to see said monkeys?
Momma J
· Dec 24, 2019 at 12:51 pm
Yes I did!
Momma J
· Dec 24, 2019 at 12:52 pm
How did Maggie like the movie?
tcr!
· Dec 24, 2019 at 6:02 pm
I think she liked it but she’s a lady of few words 🤫
Cowan
· Dec 24, 2019 at 12:30 pm
The monkeys were real
tcr!
· Dec 24, 2019 at 12:51 pm
I KNEW IT. Confirmation is all I needed 🐵
Cowan
· Dec 24, 2019 at 1:42 pm
You may or not remember but we live quite close to Memorial Park. Went there a lot as kids with our parents and of course when we graduated to bicycles without parental supervision, the park was a popular destination. Northside can be a climb but Memorial Park was a pretty straight route if using the long way. The short way was all hills, grass, and the pond! Do you remember the awesome merry go round swing thingy?? Loved that
angeline35
· Dec 24, 2019 at 3:49 pm
Yup I remember it and my grandkids loved it too :)
angeline35
· Dec 24, 2019 at 4:02 pm
They had a ball that day :)
Cowan
· Dec 24, 2019 at 4:10 pm
Merry Christmas !!
tcr!
· Dec 24, 2019 at 6:02 pm
Is the merry-go-round swing still a thing?
tcr!
· Dec 22, 2019 at 11:09 am
JJania
· Dec 22, 2019 at 11:16 am
Time will tell.
jenkins_arts
· Dec 22, 2019 at 11:27 am
Ah jeez, now what?
Rich J
· Dec 22, 2019 at 1:35 pm
Is this the end of time? Is it relative?
Momma J
· Dec 22, 2019 at 8:37 pm
tcr!
· Dec 19, 2019 at 9:20 pm
I’m not saying it’s my thing. Or that it’ll be your thing. Proceed with caution. And don’t use a glass. The foam overwhelmed me.
fiatlux423
· Dec 18, 2019 at 9:38 pm
Dude…
tcr!
· Dec 18, 2019 at 9:49 pm
Don’t ever let life pass you by
jimi hindrance experience
· Dec 19, 2019 at 9:34 pm
I used to do this a long time ago. Can’t remember where or why I got the idea.
tcr!
· Dec 19, 2019 at 9:36 pm
I think it started in the rural areas way back yonder 🚜
jimi hindrance experience
· Dec 19, 2019 at 9:36 pm
Well then… :)
Kelly K
· Dec 19, 2019 at 11:51 pm
I always thought it was a Southern thing…
Irene
· Dec 19, 2019 at 9:44 pm
I was just thinking about you today that I hadn’t seen any posts from you for quite some time. LOL
tcr!
· Dec 22, 2019 at 10:31 am
Yeah, it’s been a busy fall and winter 😊
Irene
· Dec 22, 2019 at 11:41 am
Gotcha. Have a very merry Christmas and a very happy peaceful New Year to you and your family
tcr!
· Dec 24, 2019 at 8:49 am
And the same for you!!
threecrates
· Dec 19, 2019 at 10:10 pm
I mixed cherry coke and root beer tonight. We’re party animals! ❤️
threecrates
· Dec 19, 2019 at 10:11 pm
Also recommend chai tea concentrate with root beer on the rocks. Happy holidays!
tcr!
· Dec 22, 2019 at 11:05 am
Was the chai tea and root beer good? Doesn’t sound half bad!
threecrates
· Dec 22, 2019 at 11:33 am
T’was delightful!
threecrates
· Dec 22, 2019 at 11:34 am
Was just told this pnut coke thing is a Georgia thing!?
threecrates
· Dec 22, 2019 at 11:35 am
Egg nog and root beer makes an incredible “float” as well! 👍🏻
Coops
· Dec 20, 2019 at 6:36 pm
Love it!
tcr!
· Dec 7, 2019 at 6:33 pm
Irene
· Dec 8, 2019 at 1:21 pm
Oh yeah, at that age!
chrisrich
· Dec 8, 2019 at 7:40 pm
Eventually they go to college and it gets better until then well………
tcr!
· Dec 5, 2019 at 9:55 pm
jimi hindrance experience
· Dec 5, 2019 at 10:02 pm
Attaboy!
fiatlux423
· Dec 5, 2019 at 10:02 pm
I related
Momma J
· Dec 6, 2019 at 12:10 am
tcr!
· Dec 6, 2019 at 8:01 am
Yep!
jocelynzoey
· Dec 6, 2019 at 11:14 am
I’m quoting this
tcr!
· Dec 6, 2019 at 5:07 pm
Go for it! I quoted it, too 😉
Kelly K
· Dec 7, 2019 at 1:39 am
The struggle is real!
db ernet
· Dec 7, 2019 at 10:09 am
Absolutely
chrisrich
· Dec 7, 2019 at 1:28 pm
Not sure if i feel better about the things i did ….. or the things i didn’t do.
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jenkins_arts · Dec 25, 2019 at 9:45 am
❤️ Merry Christmas!
right back at ya!
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