so long, 35
well sunday was my birthday. turned 36. i don't think i feel like i'm 36 but who really knows. i guess i feel a young 36.
35 was crazy. found out i needed heart surgery. decided to start a church. had jason and diana move in with us. had heart surgery. started church. bought big house in bad neighborhood with jason and diana and moved into it. honestly hoping 36 is a little toned down.
my birthday was fun. my kids were really excited about my birthday and my wife bought me 3 birthday cakes.
speaking of our bad neighborhood, friday afternoon i come home and notice probably 15 cop cars about a block and a half from my house (on the corner of idlewild and jones). a guy next door tells me the cops have two guys holed up in their that they're trying to arrest. so we've got a standoff. doesn't last long and i don't hear any shots fired.
what i think is strange is that we saw nothing on the news about it. there was nothing on any local internet news sites about it. even when we asked the few police officers we know, no one said they knew anything about it. i can't find out what's going on when there are 15 cop cars a block from my house... this is raleigh.... our lead news stories are about cats stuck in trees and bad stuff that happens in fayetteville... we have to import a lot of our bad news.
next time it happens i'm calling the news myself and then maybe i'll be able to figure out what's going on.
posted by jeff @ 8:44 AM
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8 Comments:
I'm sure this will ring hollow since I live in my safe little suburban neighborhood five miles south of you, but I don't want to see that on the news. I rarely watch the news. In short, I think the news sucks.
I know, "Tell us how you really feel." I can't stand watching the news because most of it is a bunch of negative stuff that has no effect on 99% of the people watching it. Why do I care that fifty-leven cop cars showed up at some crack house where two dudes were holed up, probably hiding a few of Michael Vick's fighting dogs? What positive effect could obtaining this knowledge possibly have on my life?
On a different note, happy birthday, again. You're about the coolest old guy I know. I realize that the old jokes are not all that funny, but they are my way of expressing that I like having you in my life. Keep on keepin' on I hear it's a lot more fun on the way down the backside of the hill.
I know how you feel when you see cops on your street. We have had a few on our street and I always want to know what is going on (mostly drugs and drunks). I'm the neighbor peeking through the blinds to see what is going on. I think it has to do a lot with having kids. I just want to make sure my babies are safe - I want to protect them.
Happy belated Birthday!
Say hi to BJ for me.
I miss living in a neighborhood where blue lights serve as nightlights...wish I could get some of that kind of action in my neighborhood! Hahaha!
shannon - was not trying to critique anyone's living situation, i really want to know why there were 15 cop cars a block and a half from my house and am suspicious as to why no one seems to talk/know/care about it. the positive effect it would have on my life is giving me some peace of mind that someone is taking care of the problem. thanks for letting me know i'm a cool old guy. i guess if you have to be an old guy that's the best type to be...
aleisha - i'll tell bobbi-jo you said hey. she usually reads the blog so maybe you'll have a little conversation on my comments. have definitely done some peaking through the blinds to find out what's going on before...
sam - i do like the action in the neighborhood, come on down!
I'm not sure what this was in response to, "was not trying to critique anyone's living situation".
The rest of your comment just goes along with my point that it does not effect 99% of the people watching it. It just so happens that you are in the 1% that it would directly pertain to.
Maybe I should care more. I just have this cynical attitude about the media. They put this stuff on TV and thousands of people get to watch it and think, "Look at those people doing that thing." It's hard for me to believe many people watch the news and think, "Man, I'm glad someone is doing something about that."
Baaaahhh!! I'm frustrated. What effect should the news have on me?
Should the news move me to action? Should the news make me more compassionate? Or, should the news simply inform me?
happy birthday jeff.
i hope the next year is full of life, rest, and risks that keep you heart beating strong
thanks for raising awareness about what is going on in your neighborhood--- that is real life--- you painted a good picture of why the news doesn't cover stuff like that very much
In LA, one of our lead stories was what really happened to Charlie on Lost last night.... i think we like to be entertained and feel good more than know what is really going on for a lot of reasons
I would rather know what happened to Charlie than what happened on my block. I also want to know who was in that coffin... and who is Kate going home to... and why did Jack refer to his dad in his flash forward... (sorry)
Thats is probably some sick problem I have like being addicted to winning at Madden 05 so it prolly shouldn't count anyways.
WE ARE EVERYBODY!!!
RIP Charlie
-Jason
Chuck's not dead.
Jack was in the coffin. I see dead people.
Kate is going home to her make-up artist.
Jack's referring to his dad because they are both dead.
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