Here Comes the Rain...
... we needed it, too. But the sticky sweet air makes the scent of lilacs so much stronger. Mmmm, lilacs. I missed out on those last year since I was still in Australia. Tomorrow Im going to the park to steal a bunch from the trees.
I had a dream I was yelling at my dad, telling him how much of a shitty father he is. I also had a dream I saw 'my' house burn down, while trying to rescue the cats inside. Before that I had a dream I had sex with one of my gay best friends. It was awkward. I suppose I could look it up in my dream book... wonder if any of those three separate dreams have related meaning. But Im probably just going to shrug it off as extreme sexual frustration. It makes me crazy.
Just a couple blocks away, a girl was nearly raped a few nights ago. She was walking home by herself after the bar let out, and she was attacked by some guy who had been hiding in the bushes. He got her pants down, but the sound of police sirens scared him away. He still hasnt been caught, either.
Tonight when I was walking home after dropping my car off in its spot, a few blocks away, I came across a couple of random sketchy dudes hanging out at the parking garage. So I called a friend, thinking that would assure some safety. Then when I was turning the corner to my street, a weird older man crossed the road towards me and followed me a little ways. I kept looking over my shoulder, which Im sure was completely obvious to him.
Im sure he would feel bad if he was just innocently going the same way I was, and he could tell how scared he was making me.
I wonder if a man could ever understand the kind of fear that jumps into a womans heart when she feels scared and unsafe. I just dont think so.
But then I wonder, does lightning ever strike the same place twice?
I had a dream I was yelling at my dad, telling him how much of a shitty father he is. I also had a dream I saw 'my' house burn down, while trying to rescue the cats inside. Before that I had a dream I had sex with one of my gay best friends. It was awkward. I suppose I could look it up in my dream book... wonder if any of those three separate dreams have related meaning. But Im probably just going to shrug it off as extreme sexual frustration. It makes me crazy.
Just a couple blocks away, a girl was nearly raped a few nights ago. She was walking home by herself after the bar let out, and she was attacked by some guy who had been hiding in the bushes. He got her pants down, but the sound of police sirens scared him away. He still hasnt been caught, either.
Tonight when I was walking home after dropping my car off in its spot, a few blocks away, I came across a couple of random sketchy dudes hanging out at the parking garage. So I called a friend, thinking that would assure some safety. Then when I was turning the corner to my street, a weird older man crossed the road towards me and followed me a little ways. I kept looking over my shoulder, which Im sure was completely obvious to him.
Im sure he would feel bad if he was just innocently going the same way I was, and he could tell how scared he was making me.
I wonder if a man could ever understand the kind of fear that jumps into a womans heart when she feels scared and unsafe. I just dont think so.
But then I wonder, does lightning ever strike the same place twice?