Tuesday, September 7, 2010

My Crazy Neighbor

Everyone you know has a crazy neighbor or is a crazy neighbor. As the saying goes, if you don't know who your crazy neighbor is, YOU are the crazy neighbor. I have been blessed with my own crazy neighbor in 2010.

Like all neighbors upon first glance Marty seemed like a pretty normal dude. He has a dog and a wife/girlfriend - I haven't figured out exactly which one quite yet. They have a car and a SUV in the yard. It was all pretty normal stuff until one day in August I noticed that his SUV, which I believe is an Isuzu Trooper, had been painted. It had always been white and suddenly it was jet black. I mean the whole thing was jet black, even the rims and hubs had been painted.

Upon further inspection I noticed that his SUV was painted by hand with what looks to be black house paint. Once I noticed this, I decided that Marty was definitely worth keeping an eye on for entertainment purposes. Within a few more days, he repainted the hubs, rims, and undercarriage on his SUV to a metallic blue color. Interesting. Very Interesting.



One day last week I noticed him standing in the cab of his SUV with the doors wide open spray painting the heck out of the exterior roof of the vehicle. I guess he couldn't reach it with his paint brush. A couple days after that I noticed a new Detroit Lions logo on the hood of his SUV in metallic blue paint to match the hubs, rims and undercarriage. Oh boy, this is getting good!

Within a couple more days he had painted some random words on the sides of his SUV in that metallic blue paint. Things like "NFC Football", "Detroit Lions" and a couple other things. I don't remember what they all were because he has already painted over them. He was out there over Labor Day weekend with his black house paint and a paint roller painting over all of that stuff.



I am to the point now that I can't wait to see what the next thing he does to his SUV's paint job. It is kind of like watching Ice Road Truckers. It's the same thing over and over, but I keep watching it anyway. Don't let me down Marty. I know you got something wacky left in you somewhere.

Mood: Mystified


Movie Quote of the Day:

"Drinking and driving don't mix. That's why I ride a bike."

-Pretty In Pink