You Too Have Died Before

Alright, it's been a day since the Down/The Melvins show. A pretty awesome show I must say aside from all of the other crap in my life. I woke up this morning and worked on a computer for an old co-worker for $25 because I need the money and a reason to get out of the house. The house I will mention was a shit hole like always. I get home to cereal in the sink and the floor covered in hair and pieces of a chewed produce bag that he won't sweep up because he'd rather lay in it and wait for me to clean it the next day. Then I got a phone call from this guy Darryl that I used to work with years ago that needed help fixing his computer. I must say spending a few hours with this guy gives me a renewed hope in life. I didn't charge him for the hours I spent there because he needs the money much more than I do. I was his savior though which is kind of cool. He has no job and two vehicles that are both broken down. He has a four bedroom house that looks as if it should be condemned and gave three bedrooms to his ex and her new family so they'd split the bills and he has a bedroom, bathroom, hallway and a fridge cordoned off for himself. There is a hippie that lives behind the house in a converted school bus and he puts out for all of them with his unemployment and they do nothing for him. He has a fourteen year old son who gets in fights with people daily and can't attend school because he just gets arrested. They were worried about me fixing their computers for them while I was there too but proceeded to have a cookout and left Darryl and I there to shake our heads because they act as if the guy is dead. Obviously, I didn't lift a finger to help them. His kid saw my laptop and got all wide-eyed that I brought it there so he could get on his myspace which wasn't happening. His brother just killed himself and his daughter ran away from home to get married and is having a kid in twelve days and somehow this guy just keeps putting up with it. He caught so much shit when I worked with him for not going to work but after witnessing it I give this guy a world of credit for just waking up everyday. He'd do anything in the world for you but he doesn't really have much to give so I'd be a dick for taking his money. But I guess I learned from him that shit could in fact always be much much worse. I was kind of tempted to give him my extra computer but I'm worried his kid will just ruin it. He has a Dell with Windows ME and 64 mb of RAM and I got it working so it will get on the internet and stuff now and I introduced him to craigslist and a good porn site so he's pretty much in heaven. It's amazing how people with so little to live for keep going and so many people with so much to live for just don't realize how good they've got it.