update

Now I swear I blogged between now and that last post. *looks around suspiciously*

So anyway I went to that Strategic Plan meeting those 'tards needed to have to feel important. And at the end they were all in love with her. You know, they just need to feel like it's their decision and they're in charge. I really can't stand that. Grow up. It's not about you.

I went to the newly formed neighborhood association meeting. They seem like nice enough people but I cannot take people looking at me like I'm crazy anymore. I asked if everyone had just given up on trying to do anything about the noise and fireworks and they all looked at me like 'What noise? Fireworks? What are those?' It wouldn't piss me off if they just said 'Oh yeah, that doesn't really bother me' or 'I don't think it's that big of a problem', but they act like they've never heard anything and I'm hallucinating. I'm sorry but how can you not notice that shit? I've heard of people being oblivious and having their heads in the sand but this is different. The noise is all over the place and granted it is worse on my block. I can tell from all the walking around that I do that most people don't live in a Grand Central Station type place as I do, but come on. They have to hear it. If they don't care, fine. But don't keep telling me that it's just me. I'm not hallucinating the noise and fireworks. If I could record the noise with a videocamera, which you can't, I've tried, I'd post it here. But some how the mics in them don't pick up that boom. But I've posted fireworks on here. And of course it's more difficult to catch non-holiday fireworks on tape because you're not expecting it. So if they only shoot off a few you don't have time to get the camera ready. The last time I heard them I was on my way home and two blocks away from my camera. So that means it didn't happen I guess. One woman actually turned to me and went "firecrackers?" I know the difference for Christ's sake. "Oh maybe you're hearing gunshots". Uh.... did it ever occur to you people that your gunshots might be fireworks? When I used to call the cops, once when I spoke to them after seeing red and green lights in the sky, they said they got a bunch of calls reporting gunshots. But no, I'm the one hallucinating.

So here's the finished product.

It's not that great, but it's my first try and I basically just got this stuff from random publications and other stuff I've heard. I've missed a few things and that one lecture for today was cancelled when I got there so... I tried anyway.






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