SO. A non dolly entry in a dolly journal. Bah, I talk to the people I know online through lj more than the people I know in real life on lj.
ANYWAY.
So today all the loonies called in at Sprint. And it was pouring rain. My happy neon yellow camel shoes do not do well in rain. I'll have to take a picture of them, they're awesome.
Oh yeah, by the way ... my town totally made headlines today. I guess we're supposed to be famous for our carousels and churches with golden domes, (oh, and
spiedies!)but no. They did not make the news.
Instead, we had a hostage situation and fourteen people killed. Here's a link
here and
here if you haven't watched/read the news at all today. Except they've got a few points wrong. It was a forty two year old man. And they arrested two others. And it's been confirmed thirteen dead now, including the shooter. Eesh.
When I first heard it on the news at work, I'm like, "Hey look, Binghamton's on the news. Is that us?" and when I heard about the shootings and hostage situation on Front St I nearly broke into hysterics. Why? Broome Community College, where I went to school for a while, and where I know a lot of other people who still go, is on Front St. I also know several people who work on Front St. It's a five minute drive from where I work. It was horrible!
Then I found out it was way down the other end of Front St, and in a place where I couldn't think of any reason why anybody I know would be there. But it still had me kinda teary eyed.
My dad works as a mechanic/fueler/fixer-upper at a trucking company, and he said they told him to get ready a refrigerated truck because they needed to send it to the scene of the crime. Our morgue couldn't fit all the bodies. He says he gets the awful job to clean it out when it comes back.
Um. Yeah. I just thought I'd let anyone who knew I was actually from Binghamton know the dilly-yo. And stuff. Yeah. News. Made headlines. Silly Binghamton. (I'm just glad I actually live more in the country. I just have a Bingo address. Eesh.)
Anyway. I've got the next episode shot and edited. I'll prolly post it tomorrow.
Edited: Added our other claim to fame of Spiedies, and a new link with more updated information
here.