I want a hammock.

You're probably thinking something along the lines of this "SO GO OUT AND BUY ONE!" Ok, perhaps not yelling but something along those lines.

So yes, a hammock - a simple thing really - a few metal poles, the whole "get your toes stuck in the holes" cotton webbing that has the wooden braces that hurt when you bop your head/ankles on them. I would gladly go out and get one, esp with Father's Day approaching and the ads full of "Your father doesn't rest/relax/play enough lawn darts/bocci ball/horseshoes - plastic coating included" gifts. I actually have found some for a somewhat decent price, a price that I actually shouldn't be paying for anything in general since I am currently job hunting, but still.

The reason against this purchase: the neighbors. I'm not talking insanely evil or anything, though one did decide to mow his back lawn as I was setting up for a party just before my friends came. That resulted in a game we all know so well: kill the mosquitos by hitting yourself or the person standing next to you. (I got him back however. Nine Inch Nails is a good band to play at high volume while outside. He was sleeping? Oops.)

I get the neighbors who think yard work is optional. By yard work, I don't mean creating elaborate flowerbeds the size of a small island. I'm talking the normal stuff:

If the lawn is engulfing your shoes when you walk through it - go get the lawnmower. If not the bugs will seek haven in your lawn especially in the kid pool/random "hey water is in this" item.

If you own a pet, pets poop and have to poop somewhere. Just because manure is used as fertilizer does not mean that you can leave it be there for YEARS more or less on some areas.

Cottonwood trees are evil. If you don't know what I'm talking about - sticky "stains anything after 2 seconds or contact/I will leave marks on your car forevvvvvvvvvvver" seeds and then "Hey look! Snow!"

If your dog(s) bark constantly at the people who live near you, esp those that it has seen almost everyday DO something. This goes for ones that attack fences - hey stupid, I'm putting away the garbage can!


Maybe they will just move.