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My car totally got stolen

jen thomas
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It was parked in front of my house. Further proof that the neighborhood that I live in is less than, well, safe, for lack of more colorful language. I'm pretty sure it was semi-personal and whoever did it was just laughing their cracked out ass off. Why else would someone want a '94 Olds? They didn't even break the glass. Broke the lock and must have hotwired it all efficient like. I should've been using The Club - I was living in denial.

On the plus side, I now no longer have to pay for insurance or crazy expensive gas. I also don't have to worry about which side of the street it's parked on and what time or whether or not someone will break into it. I also don't have to get that locking gas cap I had anticipated buying to curb the thuggish siphoning of gas when the apocalypse hits in a few months.

On the minus side, I am now spending gas money on cigarettes and wheezing my way to work on my bike, the bus, or the train. I also lost some pretty awesome cassettes.

- The Grunge Years
- The Smiths The Queen is Dead
- The Mighty Lemon Drops World Without End
- various mixtapes, all awesome, made by Amber, Ben, another poster whose name I can't remember, and a couple of old crushes
- and a bunch of other stuff that I'll remember when I most want to listen to it

In the spirit of my neighborhood, I'm going to tip a '40 in remembrance of Bessie II. Actually, it's not a '40. It's a bottle of screw cap wine. Close enough.

Also, hi! Long time me no post. I'll let you know if my car turns up a burned carcass a block or so away. On the plus side, there hasn't been a major shooting outside of my place in at least 2 weeks. Life is good.

p.s. more pictures of rusty, bullet-holed car carcasses please. And no, I'm not being sarcastic.

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What neighborhood do you live in again?


Wed, 07/16/2008 - 11:30pm login or register to post comments

jen thomas
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East Garfield Park

Well, officially anyway. EGP isn't all bad - we're just on a particularly sucky block. I count those tiny little crack ziplock bags on the ground when I walk to the train. Some of them are a transparent blue and some even have the Batman symbol on them.

Ah, fireworks are happening out front. Too quiet to be gunfire. It is a full moon tonight.


Wed, 07/16/2008 - 11:35pm login or register to post comments

jen thomas
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Ummm

Does this mean no one will come over whenever we finally decide to have a housewarming party? It's been 6 months... I figure we should try to have people over eventually.


Wed, 07/16/2008 - 11:37pm login or register to post comments

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So you are essentially by the United Center? Or is that too far east?

Either way, the gentrification of that area has been happening at an alarming rate. Soon (five years or less) you will be surrounded by condos ... with the occasional crack house ... next to a Starbucks.

I will visit you Jen, I will. Because I am an amazing person.


Wed, 07/16/2008 - 11:44pm login or register to post comments

jen thomas
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It's kind of ironic

The closest Starbucks is at Homan and Roosevelt in a shopping center and it's closing due to Starbucks' downsizing. There's also a derelict movie theater there that I wish would miraculously reopen. No Starbucks 'round these parts for about a mile. It's JJ Fish, baby, which smells awesome. I find I have a craving for fried fish almost daily.

We're just west of the UC because we couldn't afford to go that far east. There are a few uninhabited new condo constructions across the street that I just keep expecting to turn into squats. The shitty housing market has turned the west side into a near ghost town.


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Also

I would've gotten drinks with you and Josh last week, but I teach until 8 on Mondays and Wednesdays. (Uh, hi students, if any of you are Googling me right now. That's mildly creepy to think about.)


Wed, 07/16/2008 - 11:51pm login or register to post comments

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I never even got my car stolen in Detroit

I did employ the tactic of driving cars no reasonable person would want to steal, although this seems not to have worked for you. I have some vague memory that you drove a free minivan for 10 years until it expired? Regardless, I did have my Blaupunkt full-logic cassette deck (with my Stevie Nicks tape in it) nicked out of my '90 Dodge Shadow (the backwards-driving one) in broad daylight in front of my house. Who breaks a window to steal a cassette deck in 2004? A crackhead, that's who.


Thu, 07/17/2008 - 10:39am login or register to post comments

stoopidjonny
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You should track it down.

You should track it down. Be a detective!


Thu, 07/17/2008 - 11:12am login or register to post comments

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Are you sure you didn't just misplace it? Try retracing your steps.


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wish this was 'stoled'.

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jonas
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Old man car enthusiast club

Old man car enthusiast club =dead

Sorry dude.

Come visit Austin when you can.


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