Quote of the Day: Jean Baudrillard

“Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.”





My week was certainly not boring with a Pearl Jam concert, a gang of toughs surrounding my car while demanding money, and being the victim of a hit and run.



Some kids almost mugged me a few days ago up in Mountlake Terrace. It was right out in front of the house Stacey is currently staying at which scares me a little bit. When I walked out the house and saw a group of shapes lurking in the dark I knew I might be in trouble so I speedwalked to my car, locked the doors, and turned the music way up. I put the keys in the ignition as fast as I could but it wasn't fast enough because a gang of five or six kids in baggy pants surrounded the car before I could put it in the drive. One started knocking at my window and mouthing something but I pretended not to hear him which was why I'd turned my music up in the first place. Finally, he knocked so hard I had no choice but to acknowledge him. He said he wanted change, and then he wanted "whatever you have." These kids were the thuggish type so I had no doubt they were serious. I told them to go away but he kept knocking so I did what I had to do. I revved my engine and and stared straight ahead to let them know I meant business too. They finally grudgingly let me pass after I bluffed them enough to make them think I was hardcore enough to run them all over.


They hit and run was not half as traumatic but much more infuriating. I was in the turn lane when some dude side-wiped me and and kept going. Now my car looks so white-trash I feel obligated to get it fixed.


I am heading to Ephrata tomorrow for the weekend and with the way things are going I just hope I make it in one piece.