Apr 02, 2007 02:28
Thaddius Rodriguez had conjunctivitis. He awoke into darkness unable to open his eyes which were completely crusted over with dried mucus. This was the third time he had contracted pink eye this year and it was growing more and more tiresome. Outside the 3:00 pm salsa hip-hop meld was blasting from the overhead speakers at the tops of their poles. Last night at work had been hell. Thaddius worked the 9pm-8am shift at a toll booth and hadn't enjoyed a full night's sleep in over 3 years. Last night there had been another car-bomb scare linked to the Afro-Asian Liberation Front and, having been the third one that week the entire lockdown process was growing increasingly annoying and troublesome.
...to be continued...