oh man, i am sorry. i hate when things like this happen because they really shake my faith in humanity for a month or two afterward, and i wind up jumpy and nervous and scared to be home by myself.
i called 911 for the first time a few weeks ago, and i felt silly about it shortly afterward. but i don't know, if there's a report of shady stuff going on in my neighborhood, maybe the police will drive down my street just a little more often. or maybe they'll think about putting more security at a particular station.
i'm glad someone came to your rescue, and it turned out okay in the end.
still, shit like this leaves me shaken and i have been thinking about carrying a weapon, which is a sentiment i resent but can't necessarily rule out anymore.
I feel less shaken than I did when my car got broken into in S.F. (when they also took nothing 'cuz there was nothing to take) - on that occasion I also didn't know I was in a bad area (Sixth Street - cue SF residents going "Duhhh!"), but I didn't see who did it, so it had the added scare factor of being anonymous violence. Somehow that's worse than getting to shoot dirty looks at the asshole giving you back your stuff he grabbed after you were too stupid to follow up on your suspicions. Either that or, since that was my very first experience with violence like that (except for once on the bus in junior high when I caught a kid with his hand in my backpack, going for the Walkman), it was scarier. Now, hey, I'm an old pro. There was also nobody around to stay with me that time while I was calling my parents from a pay phone, so I felt like I was still in danger. (When I filed the report from the train, the dispatcher said, "Stay there and wait for police." Like I'd fucking hang around?!) All in all, I'm thinking, yeah, I'm shaken, and
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it's true that incidents like these, which turn out okay in the end and are pretty minor in the grand scheme of things, are good reminders to keep an eye on my stuff and on myself.
i think people breaking into your car or home is especially unsettling, just because i would be uncomfortable with anyone rifling through my things. but strangers? bad, mean, evil strangers? ugh
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it's true that incidents like these, which turn out okay in the end and are pretty minor in the grand scheme of things, are good reminders to keep an eye on my stuff and on myself.
Exactly. That type of incident happens to me a lot, making me aware of ways I could act differently to be safer, so I change my behavior without really suffering much. I hope I continue to be this lucky.
ME NEITHER. At least I won't be flippant about Portland crime anymore. Before I was like, "Psh. Portland. Where I come from, we've got East San Jose and the 'loin and the HP! You don't scare me!"
Thank you! I know, seriously, I've been here six weeks, I just got back from 11 hours in transit, and this is the welcome I get. Fuck you very much, Portland!
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i called 911 for the first time a few weeks ago, and i felt silly about it shortly afterward. but i don't know, if there's a report of shady stuff going on in my neighborhood, maybe the police will drive down my street just a little more often. or maybe they'll think about putting more security at a particular station.
i'm glad someone came to your rescue, and it turned out okay in the end.
still, shit like this leaves me shaken and i have been thinking about carrying a weapon, which is a sentiment i resent but can't necessarily rule out anymore.
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i think people breaking into your car or home is especially unsettling, just because i would be uncomfortable with anyone rifling through my things. but strangers? bad, mean, evil strangers? ugh ( ... )
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Exactly. That type of incident happens to me a lot, making me aware of ways I could act differently to be safer, so I change my behavior without really suffering much. I hope I continue to be this lucky.
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I wish more people felt like that :)
Back up your data, you moron.
I so wish I had thought about that last week, I'm looking at $500-2700 to get my data back...
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8. Buy train ticket before leaving city. I had one minute to spare on BART last time :-)
5a, ninja throwing stars. Plus marial arts lessons.
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