Sunday, March 2, 2008

Free Mysterious Objects

Is there anything more gratifying than finding a free object on the side of the road? I can't think of anything. It's gratifying because you earned it. I've seen a bunch of free things on the street around here, but today I found a gem:


The TV stand, not the TV. Man, she is a beauty. My street is on a big hill, and you really want to do all you can to avoid walking up it. But I was halfway down when I stumbled upon this, and I made my way back up the hill in record time. I felt like a thief, like I was doing something wrong. I was afraid some asshole was going to jump out of his apartment and yell at me, as if he was just storing his crappy TV stand on the curb temporarily. It was my first time taking something off the street, so I thought maybe there was some kind of protocal or bureaucracy I was going to have to deal with. There wasn't. So that's one piece of furniture I can cross of my seemingly ever-growing list of things I need.

That's my 20" "Insignia" TV, by the way. It's finally getting the recognition it deserves.

Here's a picture I just took looking out from my front door. This is very similar to the view out of my big window:


Pretty nice. I think those tall buildings are the Century City/Westwood area (as if that means anything to you). Having that kind of view immediately makes you superior to all the people within your line of sight.

Also had some friends here last weekend. I think this picture sums things up pretty well:

2 comments:

Big said...

i got my tv stand from the side of road too! thats almost as awesome as a "free" sign

Unknown said...

dude, those two towers are Century Park East. Comedy Central Development office is on the 40th floor of the left building. you could drop my name to security but they'll probably just say "Who?" and ask you to leave.