Things I observed taking the long way home from downtown through southeast Los Angeles today
Norms Restaurant with neon failure renaming it NOMS
Burger joint with neon failure resulting in BUGERS
Small business offering INTERNET AND COMPUTER HELP $2/HR WEB / MESSENGER / MYSPACE
Cop trying to fix his own cop car
One out of five businesses of any kind offering free wi-fi
Things I lost today and then recovered
My wallet, which fell out of my pants and then under my car in the garage at work. Found during trip back to garage from office.
A credit card, which fell out of the wallet as the wallet fell out of my pants, arriving at a point under the car eight inches further. Found during second, more frustrated trip to garage.
A check worth way more than I can afford to lose, found in wrong envelope in small stack of things to throw away on seat of car.
Sunglasses (TWICE)
Things heard on the emergency services radio on my scanner in the last week
Robbery with suspect being sought: six foot three male wearing oversized foam cowboy hat and carrying (stolen) inflatable parrot toy
Fire consisting of a "fully involved roll of toilet paper"
The Rodriguez brothers again
Person returning once again to store where he had stolen the same thing six times
Phrases I heard at the Harbor & Adams Starbucks on the way home
"Standing in the studs"
"The Asian lady at the post office was particularly durable"
"Street monster"
"It was like I just kept flipping over rocks and seeing the same bugs each time"
