I was riding the bus to work on Monday when I heard over the bus radio that the police needed all drivers to be on the lookout for a "black man, approximately 6 feet tall, appears transient, very strong smell of urine and has his shoes hanging around his neck. I repeat, has shoes hanging around his neck." He was said to be involved with a very violent act on MUNI (our public transportation), but no other information was given.
Apparently, this guy has stabbed two people already.
So this morning I was on my way to work, when I heard the bus driver talking shit to a black man, approximately 6 feet tall, who had been violently yelling at himself for a good portion of the trip. I went over my check list:
That's when it hit me: What if he's put ... Read more ...
As many of you guys know our chat has been down for months now. We've looked over our options and tried a few things.
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It isn't integrated into our database yet so you'll have to log in as a guest, but we'll fix that soon.
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So across the street two nights ago a 53 year old man fell(?) out his window and landed on the sidewalk. That is where the bad local hip hop is coming from right now.
I had been taking a nap around 10 p.m. when I awoke to sirens. My girlfriend was interested but not concerned since we just moved from downtown about 6 months ago and we hardly see any action out here (see previous blog).
I awoke to our roommate running in saying "what the fuck happened?" I looked out and there was police tape and a fire engine that was spraying down the sidwalk. I accepted a version of the story that was that a palm tree had caught of fire (yeah we have them).
Tonight, I went to our liquor store across the street and talked to Omar. He's a youngish Muslim who has reservations about sellling me tequila. He offered the information that the almost elderly man had fallien out of his window and died on impact. There was enough blood that they hauld in the fire truck to spray it down. It took them a good twent ... Read more ...
So tonight I started drinking in a quiet room. My room. My apartment. I pay too much to live in San Francisco and someone always has to ruin this shit.
I share a wall with some dude that designs T's for some bullshit site that you've never heard of. He keeps waking me up in the middle of the night with some fucking terrible garage rock tune. Louie Louie or some other fucking bullshit "I've got long hair because I have no personality" shit.
So tonight I put on Wutang's 36 Chambers and I got shit for turning up the bass. I know I'm an idiot for playing into it, but it's like hanging out with a friend who puts on a video of a hamster running on a wheel and starts masterbating to it. GTFO.
I think I need to move.
So I came home from work tonight, avoiding a birthday party to recover and catch up on Lost (I know, I know). I sat here for a few hours deleting hardcore from the mature section and watching the Colbert Report when I heard a few pops. I'm used to it here from constant fireworks and motorcyles but it's like that Silver Jews lyric, "Something's added to the air."
Five cop cars. Two more. Three more and two vans. I went down to the liquor store to get a few more bottles of wine and ran into Omar, friend and clerk. Turns out it was a double murder no more than 4 blocks away. He asked me to grab an extra copy of the newspaper tomorrow because whenever there is a shooting in the neighborhood, it's the only time the Chronicle sells out. The incident apparently escalated to an armed stand off, of which I've heard no resolution.
Two hours later and all is well. I'm trying to get PierceHannigan's attention in the forums when I heared honks and yelling. Someone had passed out in the intersection right ... Read more ...
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