I used to rollerblade to pick up from this one guy. It was always funny when they saw me, a white kid, rollerblading through the ghetto, and then usually sniffing the gear straight out of the bag on the way home. Round trip was like 6 miles which wasn't too bad, and was always better on the skate back with some gear in me, chain-smoking the whole time back.
Well this one day he was taking a while, and he didn't have a ride, so I said I would skate over to him if needed. It was getting dark, and it was summertime, and I was racing against a storm headed for the area. I was skating as fast as I could, looking at the lightning in the distance, knowing that there was I good chance I was going to get caught in the storm. I end up meeting with him, accidentally dropped my money on the ground while doing the hand-off, and just generally nervous since I was in a bad area at night with a storm closing in on me.
For the skate home I decided to take the darker short-cut instead of the main roads which would have taken a bit longer. I get about 6 blocks in, and sure enough a pit-bull runs after me, pulling the leash out of the owners hand. Luckily I stopped and it didn't attack me, but I surely wanted to punch the owner in the face. I get another 3/4 mile, and it starts to downpour. My parents call to see what I was doing, and I told them I could use a ride. When I told them where I was, they started questioning my motives. I got the ride, and when I got home they started pressing me about if I was in the area to buy drugs. I sarcastically replied "yea, I rollerbladed into the ghetto to buy drugs." I think my actual excuse was that the gas station was exactly 2 miles away, so I would skate there and back to make it a 4 mile exercise. I doubt they believe that one, and a simple check on the computer would have confirmed the lie.
Well this one day he was taking a while, and he didn't have a ride, so I said I would skate over to him if needed. It was getting dark, and it was summertime, and I was racing against a storm headed for the area. I was skating as fast as I could, looking at the lightning in the distance, knowing that there was I good chance I was going to get caught in the storm. I end up meeting with him, accidentally dropped my money on the ground while doing the hand-off, and just generally nervous since I was in a bad area at night with a storm closing in on me.
For the skate home I decided to take the darker short-cut instead of the main roads which would have taken a bit longer. I get about 6 blocks in, and sure enough a pit-bull runs after me, pulling the leash out of the owners hand. Luckily I stopped and it didn't attack me, but I surely wanted to punch the owner in the face. I get another 3/4 mile, and it starts to downpour. My parents call to see what I was doing, and I told them I could use a ride. When I told them where I was, they started questioning my motives. I got the ride, and when I got home they started pressing me about if I was in the area to buy drugs. I sarcastically replied "yea, I rollerbladed into the ghetto to buy drugs." I think my actual excuse was that the gas station was exactly 2 miles away, so I would skate there and back to make it a 4 mile exercise. I doubt they believe that one, and a simple check on the computer would have confirmed the lie.
