Reznjun

we will have a few days off during the holidays.  i am not all into the christmas thing but then i am not too much of a bah humbug type either. i go along with holidays for the time off and to get together with friends and family.  i dont need a reason for that. i like to visit with people whenever i get the chance. people say they know it is me around because they hear me laughing. i dont think people laugh enough. gotta have humor.

today we are going to use some of that time off to clean chickens. some people volunteered to help. thats good because it is alot of work. we will give them some of the clean chickens for their help.  i remember when they used to do that all the time here. people would get together to help each other out. many people on the rez had chickens in the old days. not many do today. i remember we had a big chicken house in the back yard. i dont know what happened to it. my brothers and i would climb on top of the chicken house. one time we got ahold of mishos cigarettes and were playing like we were smoking. we caught the hayfield on fire.

i dont know how many chickens we will clean. the old rooster for sure. he has been here many years. he is a rhode island red. i have a few of red hens too. they are probably too old to lay eggs, so they will go.  the chickens i have now are delawares and buff orpintons. i will keep a delaware rooster because they have good color. i will be glad to get rid of some of these roosters. i am going thru 200 pounds of feed in no time. i have fed them long enough, now it is time they fed me. tortilla soup and/or chicken and rice.

now and then you hear some of the older people joke about cleaning chickens. back when someone died they would clean chickens for the feast. they had to because there wasnt much money around. so occasionally when someone gets out of the hospital they will say ‘no need to clean chickens yet’.

i went to the casino last night. the drink girl asked the chamoke next to me if he wanted another coffee. he didnt tip when she brought it. she didnt ask me if i wanted anything. and i do tip. then i got to thinking none of the waitresses have asked me if i wanted something to drink in some time. an older lady that was waitressing asked me and was joking with me. other than that time nada. back in my militant days i would wonder is it because i am indian. i am not into any militancy anymore unless someone really messes with me. i dont know if i am imaging being slighted or not. probably aint cuz i’m indian, otherwise they wouldnt be working here if they felt that way. i do know no one has brought me a drink in some time. and like i said i tip.

i went to the tribal employee dinner yesterday. they had lotsa eats. three different choices. i went to the shortest line. i dont like standing in line. after we ate they drew names for door prizes. i won. so i went to pick a gift. it was either popcorn, a blanket or a car cleaning and waxing kit. so i picked the car kit. then i got to thinking about it when i sat down. i thought damn i cant use this. my dog climbs on my car so the hood is all scratched up. the scratches are into the paint. i guess i can use the towelette things to clean the dash. my old rez mobile aint worth a wax job.

my first day off and i got up early. couldnt sleep in if i wanted. oh well got work to do……….