It's always the drugs, Jim.

[Doktor Howl]

It's always the drugs, Jim.

You walk down the street, and you're surrounded by people doing crazy things.  Spouses arguing with each other, making their opposite number hate them for no reason other than to win.  Some dumbass shooting another dumbass because he felt he was disrespected (because prison guards respect you, dumbshit), some ignorant fuck having a "Tucson moment" because he thought his Hummer2 made him invincible in traffic.  You know what I mean.

But the world can't be that crazy, Jim, it's just not possible, is it?  No, it has to be the pills.  It has to be the drugs making you think that Tucson creeps into every facet of daily life, making things horrible and weird, and usually in a bad way.  It has to be the pharmaceuticals that made that off-duty police detective cry into his whiskey the other day, out of sheer frustration. 

He hadn't even started drinking yet, and there he was, crying and repeating "It isn't supposed to be this way.  We had a lid on things, and they laid all the uniforms off and the desk sergeant is selling go-pills to the ones that are left, because they work 12 hours instead of 8 now, and the bodies are starting to pile up again, just like the bad old days."

What the hell do you say to that, Jim? 

You don't, of course.  That's just the whiskey talking, even though he was still contemplating his first drink of the night.

It's just the drugs that make you think that Tucson is seedy and horrible and filthy, and if you cut back a bit, maybe things wouldn't look so fucking run down, and maybe you'd stop noticing the people waiting.

They wait, Jim, or it seems they do, for hours or days or years or their whole lives.  That overweight kid waiting in front of the video store he works at (You can tell by his shirt)?  The store closed 3 hours ago, and he's still waiting with his sad little backpack on his lap.  He looks like he expects to wait a lot longer.

Everyone here seems to be waiting for whatever it is they're waiting for, and you want to grab them and shake them and say "YOUR LIFE IS PASSING YOU BY!  DO SOMETHING WHILE YOU WAIT!"...But they won't.  They'll just wait, because that's how the Spider has them programmed.

And if you weren't so fucked up on drugs, you wouldn't notice or care.  It's someone else's problem, after all, and you have a busy day.

It's always the drugs, Jim.

Okay for now,
Dok

[Adios]

For some reason this made me sad.

[Doktor Howl]

For some reason this made me sad.

I don't know why.  It's upbeat as fuck.  Perhaps you should increase your dose.

[Adios]

It gave me a vision of grabbing one of them by the shoulders and screaming for them to wake up, and getting a blank smile back as they ask me if I need a hug.

[Doktor Howl]

It gave me a vision of grabbing one of them by the shoulders and screaming for them to wake up, and getting a blank smile back as they ask me if I need a hug.

Try asking a cop (here) how his day went.  You'll get a different reaction altogether.

They must be taking different drugs.

[Adios]

I don't want to get shot.

[Doktor Howl]

I don't want to get shot.

They won't shoot you.  They may fire in your general direction, but they're too blinded by tears to aim.

[Freeky]

They're waiting, Dok, for The End. The Spiders may have promised them Happiness^TM, but they know better, especially in Tucson. They've given up, and are waiting for Tucson to get around to eating them, because there's nothing left for them, or so they think. So that guy sitting in front of his work, three hours after it closed, he was waiting very patiently for something to happen to him, so that he could finally stop having to worry about family, friends, work, money and bills, what to do with his spare time, how to manage the things that have claimed his tie, how skinny this actress is and how fat that one is, which famous guy got a DUI this week, who is winning on America's Got Talent, and the list goes on forever. It's a steady spiral, and that steadiness can teach a person patience like nothing else can. Except they're all waiting to hit bottom. To end. Because that's what we were REALLY promised. We just have to wait for it.

Well, I don't know about you, but I'm not going to waste my time waiting around for anything. I hear some people at the Meetrack know where we can find some saline injection freaks.

You coming, Dok?

[Adios]

When did they cut the force back? And why?

[Doktor Howl]

They're waiting, Dok, for The End. The Spiders may have promised them Happiness^TM, but they know better, especially in Tucson. They've given up, and are waiting for Tucson to get around to eating them, because there's nothing left for them, or so they think. So that guy sitting in front of his work, three hours after it closed, he was waiting very patiently for something to happen to him, so that he could finally stop having to worry about family, friends, work, money and bills, what to do with his spare time, how to manage the things that have claimed his tie, how skinny this actress is and how fat that one is, which famous guy got a DUI this week, who is winning on America's Got Talent, and the list goes on forever. It's a steady spiral, and that steadiness can teach a person patience like nothing else can. Except they're all waiting to hit bottom. To end. Because that's what we were REALLY promised. We just have to wait for it.

Well, I don't know about you, but I'm not going to waste my time waiting around for anything. I hear some people at the Meetrack know where we can find some saline injection freaks.

You coming, Dok?

Fuck yeah, I am. 

I can't blame that kid, either.  I mean, it's not like I haven't dared Tucson to eat me a time or twelve.

[Doktor Howl]

When did they cut the force back? And why?

Funding from the state was cut because Tucson isn't doing its part to combat the Brown Menace™.

They've cut 133 cops so far, and this month they're cutting 200 more.  So that's 111 uniforms/shift, and homocide may also have to handle vice, which they aren't really trained for.

[Adios]

When did they cut the force back? And why?

Funding from the state was cut because Tucson isn't doing its part to combat the Brown Menace™.

They've cut 133 cops so far, and this month they're cutting 200 more.  So that's 111 uniforms/shift, and homocide may also have to handle vice, which they aren't really trained for.

Holy shit. Consider getting the fuck out.

[Freeky]

They're waiting, Dok, for The End. The Spiders may have promised them Happiness^TM, but they know better, especially in Tucson. They've given up, and are waiting for Tucson to get around to eating them, because there's nothing left for them, or so they think. So that guy sitting in front of his work, three hours after it closed, he was waiting very patiently for something to happen to him, so that he could finally stop having to worry about family, friends, work, money and bills, what to do with his spare time, how to manage the things that have claimed his tie, how skinny this actress is and how fat that one is, which famous guy got a DUI this week, who is winning on America's Got Talent, and the list goes on forever. It's a steady spiral, and that steadiness can teach a person patience like nothing else can. Except they're all waiting to hit bottom. To end. Because that's what we were REALLY promised. We just have to wait for it.

Well, I don't know about you, but I'm not going to waste my time waiting around for anything. I hear some people at the Meetrack know where we can find some saline injection freaks.

You coming, Dok?

Fuck yeah, I am. 

I can't blame that kid, either.  I mean, it's not like I haven't dared Tucson to eat me a time or twelve.

The thing is, it doesn't seem to matter if you're quick OR slow, does it. If Tucson wants to eat you, all you have to do is surprise it. If it moves in slow, then you have to recognize it, and jump the fuck out of the way at the very last second, jump in that beat up old jeep, and drive like the Devil himself is on your tail. If it comes in quick, slow the fuck down so that it just misses you, as it was aiming to catch you going faster than that. This City can bear down on you like a train, and playing chicken with it is a pretty dangerous sport, but if you're strong enough, you can go into the next round without too many new scars.

[Doktor Howl]

When did they cut the force back? And why?

Funding from the state was cut because Tucson isn't doing its part to combat the Brown Menace™.

They've cut 133 cops so far, and this month they're cutting 200 more.  So that's 111 uniforms/shift, and homocide may also have to handle vice, which they aren't really trained for.

Holy shit. Consider getting the fuck out.

Okay, thought about it.

Like I'm gonna give up a front row seat.  

I mean, fuck, how many people have answered this thread?  How many people have posted in the TCC abortion in OMF?  With the exception of you and Freeky, everyone I come to PD to see has either become addicted to a pack of smelly fucking Wiccans, or has stopped posting.

And I'm going to get my entertainment somewhere.  If not at PD, then maybe at 12th and Ajo.

[LMNO]

Damn, Freeky.  Your writing style has really progressed.  That was awesome.


It seems like The Spider™ has been around for so long, we've begun breeding ourselves for it's dinner.  That bastard used to have to snare us, trap us, wrap us up tight, and even then it would take years for it to poison us, drain our bodies of life and hope.  Now, it seems like most of us openly walk into the web, find an open space in the threads, and then lay down quietly, waiting for our turn, waiting for the cool sting of fangs sinking below the skin.

Which makes it that more dangerous for those who try to escape.  It's easier to spot a runaway when the rest of the crowd is limping in the opposite direction.