FIRED TRASH

++ So i tried to go to sleep last night and couldn't fall asleep, so instead i popped in a movie, "the last samurai", which by the way is a really good movie. (tom, if you are reading this you should watch it and then give it one of your lame-o reviews. i'd like to know what the movie guru has to say about it.) right, so this is off topic. so 4.00am rolls around and the movie is over and i'm thirsty. roll out of bed. stop movie. open door. walk. look to my right. wow, thats a bright light. i don't remember the street lights being so bright. gander. shuffle in the dark. ouch, shit. that hurts. window. look. oh, just a fire. not a big deal. must be the neighbors having a little nofire in the middle of our yard. go get the water i was going to get in the first place. fridge. no wait, i need a glass. now fridge. water? damn, can't see a thing. light. oh wow, now look at the light coming in, thats much brighter than 10 seconds ago. damn, my toe hurts. walk to window. avoid stupid table. yup, thats a big fire. and nope its not the neighbors. what would the neighbors be doing starting a fire at 4am anyway. oh wait, they are meatheads. walk briskly to my room. enough light from the fire to see the table now, thats for sure. find phone. camera? crap, where's my phone. leave room. walk down stairs. look out window. holy shit! why is the trash can on fire! wow. 2..3 feet worth of flame. yeah, i realyl should go and find my phone now. heart is beating faster. oh wait, that could because i'm walking up this flight of stairs. room. phone. phone. phone. there it is. don't run. its only a trash can. but faster. down the stairs. outside. that smells like trash. .. on fire. what is the fire department's phone number? no time. just dial 911. think i'll get in trouble? what would they ask me? oh, who cares.. 8..9..10 feet worth of flame! 2 feet away from the car. the other trashcan is starting to deform from the heat. telephone pole 2 feet away. it has a transformer on the top. this could get bad. ok, number punched in. just hit send. oh hey, its nick. what's nick doing here. hey. hi. i just called the fire department. oh ok, good, i was just about to dial. yeah i told them to come quickly. yeah, i didn't want to call. we should go wake up the neighbors and tell them to move their car. good call. wow, thats hot. theres anti-freeze flowing down the sidewalk. that can't be good. is that legal? i can hear the fire truck coming. hi, yeah, the trash can is on fire out here and is that your car next to it. huh? someone should move it i think. oh yeah, thats mine. yeah, i should move it. thanks for waking me up. theres the fire truck. wow, hose and everything. think we should move back? they haven't said anything to us, so i guess we'll be ok. wow, oh thats white light. don't look at it. thats electrical. burns your retinas. is john awake yet? nope. man, thats not good. hi. hey. hi. do you think there was a cigarette butt in there? beats me. i don't know. i don't smoke. ok. that was quick. there they go. weird! they didn't even ask anything else. do you think the cops will come? ha. there's a maxim magazine in there taht didn't burn. crap its 4.30. i gotta get to bed. so thats it? guess so. interesting. uh. ok. hey thanks for waking me up. no problem. ok. crap. how am i gonna sleep now. ha. if the cops aren't coming and thats the only question the firemen are going to ask us, lets light the other trash cans on fire tomorrow morning. ha. we could light on fire every night if thats all thats going to happen to us. yeah. smart. really? no! ha. interesting..


trash can in background is deformed from the heat..

you can still see the wheels..yeah, that plastic is not coming up.. ++