Reznjun

…..not even one more bag. its really full. get it. some people just dont get it. or i got some real inconsiderate neighbors. i have to walk past this dumpster during my walk. it gets to be an eyesore at times. people dont understand that when it is full not to put any more trash there. nor do they understand the trash pickup service only picks up what is in the dumpster. anything on the side or ground stays there. we used to have someone kind enough to pick it up. they must have gotten tired of doing that cuz no more. or maybe that is part of the budget cuts thing. anytime someone dont wanna do something they cite budget cuts.

the truck liner has been there for two weeks. the barrels for the past week. the trash service used to stop twice a week to empty this dumpster. they havent for the past week. did some of my neighbors ruin a good thing. it is real convenient to take our trash to this dumpster. dont know what will happen to it if we lose this service. it costs nothing. usually anytime something is free there is always someone to take as much as they can get. you see some with a truck full of trash. some with trailers. then since it costs nothing they dont appreciate it. the idiots dont comprehend that if it is full, they can wait a few days til it is emptied.

there used to be a commercial with an njun named iron eyes cody. he would sadly look at all the trash in the world. then some one would throw a bag of trash at his feet. the camera would pan in to show a tear rolling down his face. he would bawl his head off looking at our dumpster site. there are many around the rez. all one would have to do it drive a few miles to an empty one if necessary, as i did last nite. some of my neighbors dont give a damn. this is our neighborhood. if we trash it, thats our fault. the idiots make us all look bad. this site is an embarassment.

i gotta dig out my laker hat. i am back on the l.a. laker band wagon. they were my favorite team when they won their many championships. even back to magics day. i have a coupla kobe jerseys with his old number. maybe per cap i will score one with his new number. he is my favorite player.

my son said he was watching a late nite talk show. the dude on there used a potawatomi word to emphasize a point he was making. thing is the guy pronounced the word wrong. couldnt even say potawatomi right. therein lies the problem with the language today. some are using english phonetics to pronounce the sounds. they come out wrong some times. you gotta hear the language to know the correct way of saying something. so some of the language spoken today is getting corrupted. there was a guy here that didnt care how he pronounced the words. guess he figured not many others knew the correct way.

seen that kung fu guy was found dead. he was naked with a rope around his neck, wrists and genitals. he was looking to heighten a sexual climax. hmmmm i can think of other ways.   he often said he was on a spiritual journey. he got famous for that tv series. the part was originally written for bruce lee. but in those days america wasnt having any chinese guy playing a chinese guy. so the part was written for a half breed which was even more acceptable. now bruce lee is still a legend. they shoulda went with him.

gotta get ready for a cookout. having friends and family over for my sons birthday. we not big into birthdays but like get togethers. happy birthday joe.

i got a coupla calls asking me if i staked out my campsite for the pow wow. i wondered why. it seems that people are staking out their sites evn though pow wow is next weekend. so i went and put up a marker where i will camp. it is in the same spot i usually camp. the grounds are so big and not many really camp. so i didnt know what the big deal was. the place where i camp is in the bottom. so if it rains the water runs down there. otherwise it is a great place to camp, it is close to everything.  i think camping out is a great experience.

when i camp i gotta make sure i dont leave too often. they will charge 3 bucks everytime you enter the grounds.  and there is no weekend pass. wtf.  thats a silly ass rule. kinda discourages campers. like we gonna make you pay for camping. or for leaving. why? it aint like anyone raises money. they just go ask the tribe for it. or get sponsors like this year.

we usually have a good pow wow. the prize money is alright. the drum contest brings in some good singing groups. i will take my camcorder and tape. i have hours of pow wow tape. i burned a coupla dvds from my tapes. i have one dvd that is just dancing, another one that is just singing groups. i watch them now and then.

i hope they dont ask me at the last minute to give an invocation at the pow wow. it would be an honor if they would ask ahead of time. but when they do it 5 minutes before grand entry, it feels like they aint got no one else. there is no honor in that. or even say here is a free button to get in. all the head staff is taken care of. but we dont think too much of people that speak our language. it is the one thing that makes us uniquely potawatomi. we dont borrow that from anyone.

i sent an email to our tribal website. i said i requested a link to my site several months ago. they still havent link to my site. other tribal members have a link to their sites. i know in the past that the tribe blocked access to blog sites, but the tribal treasurer has his blog linked on there. i said they used over a hundred of my pictures on their site. they say no one can use them without their permission. they are my pictures and i didnt get a dime for their use. i said if they dont want to link to my site, then quit using my pictures. i probably wont hear from them.

gotta head to town tomorrow. dont get off the rez much anymore. except road trips. been too busy in the garden and yard. and sorting more porky hair. that is an endless job. i have to go buy some things for a cookout this saturday. it is for my son joe. that is his birthday. we not real big on birthdays, but we do like to have get togethers. will have to mow the yard again before then. the last rain should make it pop up by then. we had 2” of rain. i am watching my garden this week. the places where i reseeded should sprout anytime.

got anutha doctor appointment coming up and  lab work. they just keep rescheduling me every 3 months. its no real hassle. i would rather know if something was wrong with me. preventative measures. i think i lost about 5 pounds since last appt. not much but is a start. i just have to watch my diet and keep exercising. i stay active doing all kinds of things. seems i am always busy. that makes me feel young.

we had a good rain last night. for that i am grateful. when you live with nature, you take what you get. got no control over it. we had alot of rain this early spring. so much that it was difficult to get a garden in, the ground just wouldnt dry out. it was cool also. then it warmed up real quick. we were gettin 90 degree weather. it went from cool to hot.  some of the young plants burned up from the quick change and lack of recent rain. the ground was cracking and getting packed. then we got this rain. my garden wasnt critical but it could  use the moisture to help develop the young plants. i reseeded the bare spots in my garden last week. i reseeded the corn, squash, beans and gourds. they should take off this week.

i hoed up the ground to cover over my potatoes. they are looking real good. same with the onions. i pick them as i need them. my cabbages are growing real good. nothing beats home made cole slaw. it goes with fresh caught fish. and i use my cabbages in vegetable soup. this injun loves that.

my diet includes what i grow or pick. and i love fresh game and fish. if i am to realize my dream of being a cranky old man i gotta take care of myself. i didnt think i would live this long. i remember one of these old indians saying the many sicknesses we have today came when our diet changed. we went from fresh foods to processed foods. i can buy that. so i try to eat a natural diet. and exercise.

when i was walking yesterday i seen a snapping turtle under the bridge. it was in the water that backed up from the beaver dam. then i heard a splash and seen two raccoons. beavers are amazing animals. they create an eco system that other animals benefit from. it would be a real shame if one of these  hunters killed those fine animals. most hunters have some sense, but some are real knuckleheads. they kill for the sake of killing. dumbasses. i like to see the wildlife that is out when i walk. i seen lotsa different animals. i enjoy seeing them. you can connect with nature that way.

i heard thru the grapevine that we had a record month of april, and may was good also. so these injuns should be smiling come per cap. i dont see why the tribe cant release the checks before pow wow. why call our selves sovereign if we cant exercise our sovereignty. the 15th is just an arbitrary date. the bureau of you cant do that said we had to have a set date. so we said yes sir, we will most certainly do as we are told.  we could make it say on the 12th so our tribesmen could come home for their own pow wow. but then the powers that be  love the power to say yea or nay. its like someone just enjoys messing with the little injuns. keep them in line.

today is charlie watts’ birthday. who? the drummer for the rolling stones. he is 68 years old today. jeezus..so how old does that make me. i gotta play some tunes from the stones today. i liked the early stuff. before mick got all sissy. i liked the music when it still had an edge to it. so got to listen to the stones and get busy…..