Lubbock sucks

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I occasionally visited Lubbock a few times when my sister was going to Texas Tech here. At the time I thought Lubbock was pretty boring. Now that I actually have to stay here a while, I think it's having a real negative status effect on me. It's so economically depressed and stagnant. The land is flatter than hammered shit in every direction, the streets are named either numbers or letters, no buildings are newer than the 1980s. Really, I went into a supermarket for groceries and it was like I was warped back to 1983. Wood paneling, ugly tile, paper bags, and just an old funky smell. I couldn't buy any alcohol there, since the entire county is dry. A desolate place like this and the residents aren't allowed to drink? That's just cruel. So we had to drive to the next county to get booze. Our evenings consist of drinking beer while we barbecue some meat-of-the-evening, watching the pimps and hos circulate through the parking lot of our motel 6, just doing nothing. That's only entertaining for so long though.
The work itself ain't so bad. The only unexpected twist was the human waste that showed up in the river we were drilling on. Yeah, thanks for that, Lubbock. Man, we were going through cases of Purell. There was one morning I was dead certain I'd wake up with pink-eye or e coli or something worse. It was while we were drilling out there that I began to understand the plight of the rural man. Looking across the miles of stupefyingly flat land, filled with nothing but stinking cattle yards, crops with swarms of weevils overhead, and abandoned businesses, I caught myself thinking, "Yeah, I'd do meth too, if I lived out here. Either that or stick a gun in my mouth." I could not live here. It is just too depressing.
I was supposed to be leaving to Dallas today, but on the last day of work the water truck broke it's driveshaft. That means we have to stick around till Monday at least to get it repaired. You can guess how happy I was about that.

Comments

[voicesofheather.livejournal.com]

Wow, it's so funny you mention Lubbock. A guy I was in a group with for this film class is continuing a project we all worked on together for the class in Lubbock. Part of it is going to be shot at the "Skyvue" drive in.

I feel all guilty because I didn't want to participate in the filming (since it's SIX HOURS + away) and I didn't really think of it as "my" project....and now I feel like I gave the teacher a bad impression and cut myself off from any potential internships D:

Oh wait...actually it's a little town called Lumisa I think, but it's right near Lubbock.

SO ANYWAY, my teacher from that class is from there and described it similarly, haha.

So, yeah, yikes, I hope you make it outta there soon!

[beansalad.livejournal.com]

sounds fantastic XD