bizarre and funny (both ha-ha and um, what??)

last year, i was talking on the phone to my good friend, RED. (longtime e.c. fan and even more long time U2 devotee.) i looked out my window into my backyard and there was a cd or dvd, lying shiny side up in the middle of the backyard. no, this isn't where i store my movies, so i was curious. i told him what i saw and he accompanied me, via phone, out in the yard where i found that someone (i'm TOTALLY not kidding!) had thrown a dvd of a pornographic movie into my backyard. i have gotten many good laughs out of this experience, simply because--how the heck did it get there? was someone running down the alleyway and thought "man, i had better get rid of this disc RIGHT NOW" and tossed it in the yard? had it fallen from a plane? helicopter? heaven? was someone sitting in my tree, unbeknownst to me, having a good old time with a portable player and whilst switching genres, dropped the disc and forgot about it when they climbed down? (does that sound impossible? well, so does finding porn in your backyard!)

ANYWAY, yesterday, i'm getting out of my car in front of the house and Eli, my bass player, has just driven up to have lunch and talk about band stuff. i'm really glad he was there to see me pick this up, because there were some papers, stapled together, lying on the front lawn. (mind you, we've had crazy wind in these parts the past few days, so this could have blown (pardon my pun, if that's a pun....wait, i'm confused) in from anywhere. so there's these papers, stapled together and it's a B&W print out of from some downloaded pictures of a "risque" nature (that's putting it lightly!) and some, get this: instructions!! when i realized what it was, i thought: i must have the weirdest luck in the world. and: what is with the outside of this house and porn!?!? it's like magnets!!

so there are just a few more points i'd like to share about this. it's stapled neatly together--like a manual you would use over and over again. it's dated 12/18/07, so i'm not trusting the information, because obviously, it's old info. thursday was recycling day, so i'm guessing someone might have put it out in their bin and the wind wafted it to my house....which means the possible culprit for all the free porn is actually living on my block (score!!).

so, i hope this made you laugh, because i still find it really amusing. also, if you need to see it, the next recycling day is in 2 weeks and i'll put it in the bin. just bring an industrial fan with you and it can be YOUR burden to bear.