Lazy Days

I have this week off, so I'm resisting the temptation to sleep until 1:00 everyday. Sleeping late makes the break go by so fast. You wake up, watch some Judge Hatchett, and before you know it Seinfeld's on TBS. It's all downhill from there.

I have to drive up to Jonesboro, Georgia for my Sylvan job later today. For those of you who know nothing about the Atlanta area, Jonesboro is not a place you want to find yourself after dark. Keep driving south to Morrow, Stockbridge, or McDonough. When I mentioned the "ghettoization" of Jonesboro to a student, he said, "Nah, They just tryin' to be like Dekalb [county]... they ain't there yet."

This led me to images of Jonesboro's gangsters sitting around a table discussing ways to increase the danger of their neighborhoods.

Gangster 1: Guys, we're falling behind. Recent studies show that Dekalb County is much more dangerous. Just last week a lady walked down the street here and she wasn't raped and stabbed! We have to get on the ball.

Gangster 2: Calm down- these things take time. You can't destroy all of the goodness in people over night. You know that. Dekalb was not destroyed in a day, after all.

Gangster 1: I know- it's just so frustrating to watch them crumble so completely even though our town still manages to hold on to some vestige of civility.

Gangster 3: Let's just all agree to do our best to make this the worst place possible. I know- let's go hold up a combination liquor/check cashing place- that'll make us all feel better.

(They all shake hands and leave.)

Ridiculous.