i hate it when it rains

before living here, i used to think that a heavy downpour on center city was sort of poetic. like nature or some benevolent force rinsing down the streets of sin and scum and stuff.

now i fucking hate it.

especially in the summer with the heat and the humidity. do you know what humidity is? humidity is water vapor in the air. do you know what rides along in the humidity? smells.

septa vehicles and the people aboard them smell like wet dogs. the trolley station smells like urine and homeless people (there is likely correlation there). the streets smell like garbage juice. you know, the juice that leaks from garbage trucks when they compact. don't forget the exotic liquids that restaurants dump into the streets. the rain and heat reactivates the juice. the humidity carries it.

and this weather amplifies the homeless people smell. listen, i'm compassionate about their situation: i hook them up donuts or whatever from wawa occassionally. but i wish the city authorized a fire engine dedicated to roaming the streets and spraying down homeless people with soapy water. spray the shit out of them.