weed whackers

Fresh off a nice stroll from my favorite L.A. sushi spot, Sushi Komasa, I was flabbergasted (in the original 1923 sense of the word) by a scene of what seemed to be 100 goats grazing on the hill in front of Angel Knolls Park.

As any mother fucker would do when faced with a herd of goats in a metropolis as vast as La Ciudad de Angels I started asking questions; "What the fuck are these goats doing here?" Seemed apt at the moment. A nice man in a suit (nice men in suits are always right and have all the answers) told me that the city uses goats to weed this hill because it's considerably cheaper than humans and it's more environmentally friendly.

If that's not awesome enough the goats get to enjoy delectable "city weeds" and also see all the beautiful attractions Downtown LA has to offer. Like the homeless sleeping in their own vomit and piss beneath them at the Pershing Square Red Line Station. It's pretty damn cool if you ask me. This just seems to be more evidence that nature provides all we need and everything else is excess. The goats shit out the weeds they eat and fertilize this hill. Soon they'll begin filming "500 Days of Summer 2" and have goat shit to thank for the green grass that enhances Joseph Gordon-Levitt's romanticism.

Photos by Santa Muerte