Pizza Hut Pity and a Burning Excel (Part 4) – Mad Chaos: December 2, 1998

Pickup and a Pizza Hut Glimpse

Now that ‘Prothanity’ has been dealt with let me finish the rest of my day. Keith picked me up soon after he gave me a call and stuffing my pockets with my wallet and my old racer stop clock which I now use as a timekeeper for my pocket I made my way into Keith’s car. From there we drove to see Simon at Ingleburn Pizza Hut and as we pulled up I noticed Marley in there and could only feel an anger so ‘Prothane’ (he, he he).

This anger was full of passion and as Keith sat next to him I voiced my anger to him and how I now regarded her no better than a ‘Pizza Slut’. Simon took a couple of minutes to show up not even noticing Keith’s car parked two cars away from his. When the both of us jumped into his car for a run I looked into Pizza Hut and noticed Marley looking out but despite my spite towards her I managed to still think her beautifully hot when she glanced over to where I was seated, in the back of Simon’s car.

Simon's Mounting Money Problems

Simon’s in a lot of trouble as I am now aware of due to hiss sympathy act trying to make us feel sorry for how his life was spiraling down hill. Simon told us how he’s only got until Sunday where his registration runs out on his car. After that he doesn’t have a car and without a car he can’t do Pizza Hut deliveries and earn money to live with Lucas.

His car is basically his independence and without that he might as well move back home. Keith told me that Simon has had a year to save up $600 for his registration but we all know he can’t handle money, he had to leave it to the last minute. On top of that, Simon has to figure out a way to pay Shawn by the end of this week for crashing his motorbike, more money he doesn’t have.

There is also the mobile phone bill he is getting any day now and that’s going to end up costing him around $150, money he doesn’t have. Keith informed me that if Simon can’t pay he’ll take back his phone he sold to him, pay off the bill which is still in Keith’s name and then sell the phone to compensate his out of pocket expenses. If you think things can’t get any worse and you can’t top that Simon still has to pay his rent, money to Lucas and then the monthly payments on his car where he still owes $6000.

This sounds pretty bad you might think but what’s worse is that Simon the good old lad is trying to get himself further into debt with his bad planning and thinking by funding his registration through the purchase of a Credit Card. Yes, Simon is going to try for a Credit Card or maybe even another loan because none of his friends or even his parents trust him with money anymore.

Pity for the Delivery Lifer

The big boy Bucklabubibi was driving fast and his feeling sorry for himself made me only pity his depressive attitude. Losing your car isn’t the end of the world, running out of registration isn’t the end of the world either. What’s Simon more scared of, losing his job, losing the place he lives in or knowing that one day he’s going to have to make a dramatic change that will forever chance his perspective on life, get a real job.

Simon has been working at Pizza Hut being a delivery driver for the past three years, maybe even more. Now you would think that most people would take up delivery driving as a second job just for some extra money but to Simon delivering pizza’s is his life time decision, his full time job. If you think that’s pathetic wait until we all find out what Simon is going to do when his registration runs out or what he’s going to do to keep his car on the road and his life as he knows it now intact.

Pinball and a Sneaky Movie

From Pizza Hut we made our way to Macarthur Square where we called Tatton and Shawn to meet us. When we arrived we walked into ‘Fun n Games’ where the both of them were playing the ‘Star Wars’ Pinball Machine. While watching them Masozi and Kofi came into my view and as they passed me I remembered Tatton’s fear for Masozi and all the lies we told him, a smile grew across my face. Masozi came and greeted me with a handshake and as they both walked over to play some games I had a bit of a chat with them.

Later when I walked over to them again I told them that the four of us were sneaking into a movie and asked candidly if they would like to join us. Kofi was pretty much into it and as I stood around them he asked if I was still burning CD’s. I told him that I rarely do that anymore but I would be obliged if he called up to inquire about where these places are that mix songs and do Radio Edits.

Kofi and I then started talking about ‘Snoop Doggy Dogg’ and how he’s performing in Sydney for the first time in History, some of his songs. Snoop is performing this Sunday and then again on Monday as Kofi told me the after parties are going to be held at the Booty Bar those nights. Tickets sold out almost instantly, Ralf wanted to go to the concert. The after party sounds too good to miss so I’ll probably give him a call before the weekend is over and ask him about the whereabouts and what time they are on.

When the guy downstairs guarding the doors was gone the six of us headed to the doors and Kofi keen on coming up made his way inside with me. Looking behind me I noticed Masozi hanging out the front of the doors and he didn’t come in so as Kofi went outside to see what was going on I knew that they weren’t coming back inside. That didn’t really matter as we started to watch the movie ‘One Stock And Two Smoking Barrels’. The movie was pretty good, English but good.

Eye Contact at the Traffic Lights

Finishing up with our movie we made our way to the car as I noticed an attractive girl and her friend walking to their car a couple of barren spots away from ours. Passing our car she did look attentively into my eyes, it didn’t mean much though. As usual I was howling out loud in my head and as we drove out and came next to each other at the set of lights I looked back in the rear vision mirror where they were parked on the right side of us.

The girl with the blonde hair sitting in the passenger seat that I fancied was looking in our rear vision mirror and at times we caught eye contact. She became a bit intimidated as so did I but it doesn’t really matter because they turned off at the next set of lights. On the way home after dropping Shawn off we headed past the roundabout heading onto Briar Road from Bradbury when we noticed a fire coming from neighboring houses.

A Car Ablaze Near Home

Keith parked his car where he thought the fire was and as we came around the corner we noticed a car ablaze. This made Tatton panic that the petrol might blow up as the roof of the Hyundai Excel was lit up already. I too was a bit worried especially with a tanker full of petrol only meters from the burning car which could burn up in a blaze if pieces of the car imbedded themselves into the cylinder.

For the next ten minutes Keith jumped out of the car to watch the Excel burn and as the fire trucks arrived Tatton and I jumped out for a look. The blaze was put out with a fireman standing right in front of the car not fearful that it might blow any second, he knew the risks. When that drama was over Keith dropped me off at home and as he was leaving we solidified his calling me tomorrow to head for the beach if it was a hot day.

Beach Plans and a Late Night

That’s the reason I have to get to sleep earlier tonight so that I can visit the beach with Keith tomorrow if it is a fine day. Upon coming home I also found out that Lyssa gave me a call back around 8:00 p.m. but it was way too late to cal her back being almost midnight. Now that the day has been told and the time is now 2:41 a.m. I am faced with the challenge to get to sleep now being earlier than usual. My eyes aren’t that tired right now and I don’t have that much willpower, maybe I will get to sleep around 3:30 a.m. it’s better than last night.