The Hood

There was some excitement in the old hood tonight. I got a call telling me that the neighborhood was under lock down and there was an armed junkie on the loose. There were dogs, cruisers, cops, and a helicopter.

The perp lived in a house two doors from my parents - a house that has undergone significant curb appeal construction lately and typically has no less than 6 cars in the driveway at one time. The action went down about 8:30pm. When I called my rents at 10pm I woke them from a dead sleep and well, they had no idea what was going on. So they were unhelpful in my quest for information. My uncle - another in bed early person. Leon was able to find out that they caught the perp, he was hopped up on some dope, and attempted to stab his parents. They found him hours after his disappearance somewhere near the pond.

Too bad my parents are asleep at 730pm otherwise they may have seen the dude run through the yard. In the early 80s or maybe in 79, my dad caught a burglar. It was pretty cool - scarey since he had a gun (my dad not the perp) and my mom dragged me and sis out in the middle of the night after my dad who was after the theif. Yeah that's normal. No wonder I have issues.

The moral of the story - don't go to bed early or you'll miss 1/4 of your day and all the action.