Ms. Mary Jac came by last night after a drive from the Nantahala and a stop to see the horses. We walked over to Johnny’s, grabbed some pie, went back to my place, chit chatted over an episode of Inside the Actors Studio and she left an hour later.
I’ve had a long couple of days and was about to hop into the shower then fall into bed when she rang from her car a few minutes after walking out the door.
“Yeah, my car was broken into. I’m glad you made me bring my purse in.”
Sonofa…
So they punched her window and pulled out the backpack that had been sitting in the rear seat. Ironic that it happened to be my green employee edition REI bag from 2 years ago that I loaned her when she went to Germany? Maybe. Also inside: Converse, a $100 hair dryer (it’s her job, yo), a new dress she bought for a date last week and some unmentionables.
I called a few neighbors to see if they’d heard anything (they didn’t), we called the PoPo (got the same guy I had) and the five of us huddled in the street grumbling about the state of affairs in the ‘hood while MJ made her report. As it turns out, hers was the 2nd car “the guy” had smashed in the last 20 minutes. Awesome.
I feel horrible that it happened, wretched that it was because she was visiting me and betrayed by my own neighborhood. It’s one thing to have vandalism take place at 2am, but we’re talking 8:30 on a Monday night, for Chrissakes.
I’ve gone from having pity and empathy for those who have to steal to feeling responsible and flat out angry and vengeful. I’m not a fan of those emotions, and the whole thing has me imagining some sort of Charles Bronson/Paul Kersey hybrid scheme where I park my Jeep on the street, then wait in the dark of our top balcony with a cup of tea, my iPod and a shotgun.
24 Oct 06
9:07 am
That totally sucks. I’m surprised your entire neighborhood hasn’t gone batshit crazy vigilante on them.
Tell Mary Jac I’m *this close* to chopping off the hair and will be calling her.
24 Oct 06
9:56 am
Yeay for Locks of Love!!! I’ll let her know…
24 Oct 06
11:11 am
Ooh, what would your playlist be? Share!
24 Oct 06
11:35 am
At a minimum there would be some Danzig involved…I’m thinking “Mother”.
24 Oct 06
11:37 am
I know the feeling. Back in my college days my Mazder 626 got broken into and they took my Timbuk 2 bag filled with school books and snacks.
I am guessing that they did not want to further their education and were hungry. They stole the snack and left the back behind a dumpster behind a law office.
It was found because 2-3 hours later the lawyer tracked my down to tell me that they found a back with my stuff in it. 2 miles from my house.
Bad part is that I had to replace my window and get some new snacks. Funny part was that my car was unlocked.
Note to criminals breaking into regular cars: check lock before breaking window.
Note to Criminals breaking into jeep: unzip soft top. do not use a switchblade to cut it open.
24 Oct 06
11:39 am
when you are getting all Charles Bronson/Paul Kersey you can fill your jeep with goods, such as backpacks, radar detector in the window, cd player on the dash and other stuff as bait.
24 Oct 06
11:40 am
Yeah, her Bose iPod thing was on the front seat.
The girls and I walked the block in hopes they dopped the bag when they figured out the dress wouldn’t fit and they had little use for a blow dryer, but no such luck.
24 Oct 06
12:21 pm
What the frig?! Sorry to hear about this happening in yo hood.
I think you’re just the gal to take ‘em out!! Rage on!
24 Oct 06
4:42 pm
A while back a guy here in Austin got no-billed when he took out someone hamburglering his car. He shot from his second story apt across the parking lot.
I’m thinking this is what happened to the scum when he reached hell: http://tinyurl.com/tjoss
24 Oct 06
8:47 pm
Oh. My. God. That completely sucks. How in the HELL could they get away with that at 8:30 on a Monday night?!?
25 Oct 06
7:33 am
No billed? Is that like no bail?
8:30 – it’s getting darker earlier, some of the shops up the street are closed on Monday nights so there’s a reduction in pedestrian traffic, not to mention the cold keeping people in.
I guess they figure “if no one is looking…”
25 Oct 06
9:29 am
From Grand Jury: Law Terms (http://tinyurl.com/yxn79o)
…A group of citizens chosen to hear evidence of a crime and determine if probable cause exists to return an indictment. If they determine probable cause does not exist or if for any other reason they fail to return an indictment, a case is said to be no billed (no bill of indictment has been returned).
27 May 09
7:44 pm
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