Thursday 2 August 2012

on the hustle

French likes to say "I ain't no hustler, but I'm on the hustle".  He then lets out a big laugh.  French has been able to score a few teaching jobs here and there, but nothing steady.  He didn't finish his B.Ed until he was in his thirties.  Therefore, French feels that he is lost in a sea of recent grads and go getters.  Somedays he just blames  his tattoos for his lack of a steady teaching job.

I  haven't seen him this past July more than once or twice.  He caught me up on what he's been doing.  He has been filming indy wrestling events, and doing a bit of video editing for some of the wrestlers.  French got a short gig tuning, restringing, and resetting all the guitars for a community centre music program.  After a big wind storm he became the local tree expert, and fence rebuilder.  He even installed a new toilet for one of his neighbours this week.  Busy guy.

Also, Sweaty and him have continued flipping cars that they buy and then fix up.  French is talking about going full time on the hustle.

He seems real happy - maybe I'll join him eh?



Here is one of his videos:


5 comments:

Brandee Shafer said...

The great thing about his being on the hustle is that he hasn't much of an opportunity to get bored! :)

temporal rooms said...

i always love a French story!
great vid too.
tell him i am always looking for an old truck that is not too tired.

~robert

happygirl said...

Being on the hustle sounds like a guy always looking to make a buck. I like guys like that. My husband is day trading in the market, since he retired. We have a nut every month and we do what it takes to make it. I love French stories. thanks for writing.

Dave King said...

Love this - the voice in which it is written, especially.

kelli said...

Sounds like an interesting friend. And we can all learn from someone not willing to let grass grow under their feet, eh?

That hustle thing . . . without being a hustler.