Sunday, July 31, 2011

Off the Trail; TC4


Tent City 4 concluded their 3rd stay at St. Jude's.



Taking these snap shots felt like a huge invasion of privacy. I gave a pal a tour of education hill, and asked him to bring his camera to take some pictures for a project. I sorta just threw him into taking these. He had no idea what I was planning when I walked him to this areal view point.

"Are we going inside the church or something?"
"No, we're just..." I muttered off.

I got quiet and put my head on a swivel.
"Aww, dude!" he whispered. "Are you trying to make me take pics of tent city?"
"It's cool." I said in the most assuring voice. Then I waved him on. It was a dick move but you're looking at them too.

I like having tent city on the block. The bus stop gets pretty busy, and I don't know if anyone else noticed, but there was a guy who could juggle a foot bag like no other. Even from my rear view mirror this guy was impressive.

I'd like to think that there will be less cigarette butts on the trail now... but I'm betting the prick, marb-light smoker is still on the hill.