Dillon Roberts

A Case for Dumpster Diving.

Friday, February 1, 2008 3:53:39 AM

Ever since that fateful day when Hurricane Katrina careened into the beloved city of New Orleans, huge piles of debris and garbage have been exchanging places all over the city. As many of you may know, I take pride in digging through piles of junk and building things out of what I find. It's fun, I can be creative, and it keeps stuff from going into the landfill. It's really amazing what people throw away, considering that there's such a large percentage of the population (worldwide and here in NOLA) that don't have the basic necessities. If we stopped thinking of ourselves long enough to realize that one man's trash is another man's treasure, I wonder where we'd be.
Alright kiddos, here's a test. What do you see? Ok. Cool. What else? Would you have kept driving by?

The homeless population in New Orleans has tripled since the hurricane. Men, women, and quite a few children have absolutely nowhere to go. They've been huddling together under bridges all winter and sleeping on the concrete...

Back to the trash pile. Naturally, I pulled over and looked through the rubbish. Here's what I found...

I know what it's like to sleep on the concrete, so I brought 'em back to the highway.

In conclusion, I think everyone should look twice at things they throw away. Now, I don't go around looking through garbage bags or anything. I know what's in those and most of the time it's pretty fucking gnarly. But seriously, those were perfectly good cots that people less than a mile away really needed. Drop your pride and dive in. You'd be doing the Earth a service as well as your fellow carbon units.

PEACE.[/COLOR]

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Comments

Stardancer # Friday, February 1, 2008 4:38:49 AM

Good for you, Dillon!

MichelleCapegirl # Friday, February 1, 2008 5:49:49 AM

those were perfectly good stretchers! my dad taught me never to walk past a trash pile, w/out checking to see if somebody could still use something

hungryghost # Friday, February 1, 2008 5:51:41 AM

good on ya! in the pile, I'd have taken the chair.

Dillon RobertsDillonRoberts # Friday, February 1, 2008 9:04:31 AM

Stretchers!? Those humans aren't dying yet! Well, I guess we're all kinda dying in some fashion..I'm really believing in the total rejuvenation of the body. It's proven itself enough. We can live forever in this body given the right circumstances and the right frame of mind.

Thanks Stardancer. I haven't paid enough attention to know your real name. Tell me if you will..

And somehow, I knew you'd take the chair, Hungry.

MichelleCapegirl # Friday, February 1, 2008 9:55:54 AM

lol, yeah, we call them that here, rather than "cots".

"camping bed or camping stretcher"

Dillon RobertsDillonRoberts # Friday, February 1, 2008 8:29:29 PM

Aha. Well, I guess it's just as good of a name as any. Your pops taught you well young padawan...

I just re-read my above comment and there's no way we can live forever in this body. I'm retarded. Who would want to anyways?

Stardancer # Friday, February 1, 2008 8:58:16 PM

The name my family calls me is "Sue".

Dillon RobertsDillonRoberts # Friday, February 1, 2008 9:05:30 PM

Well Hi Sue. Good to meet cha!

MichelleCapegirl # Saturday, February 2, 2008 2:04:48 AM

yes well not forever, but a long and healthy time

Stardancer # Saturday, February 2, 2008 2:46:50 AM

Thank you, Dillon, and right backatcha!

Dillon RobertsDillonRoberts # Saturday, February 2, 2008 9:00:42 AM

And healthy you are... You're getting to be some prime real estate in the baby-making sector. I'm totally down. I'll book a flight a flight tomorrow.
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