It never ceases to amaze me how stooooooopid this valley is.

I noticed when I woke up this morning, there seemed to be a helocopter noise coming from outside. I pay no mind, cuz well, it seems to happen alot around here. (dont ask)

I also notice as I am blindly walking to work a bunch of undercover cop cars screaming down my quiet little street.

It doesnt seem to phase me much..... until I get to work and hear the "STORY"

Let me first explain, I work in gossip central. Our small little furniture store knows the dirt on pretty much anyone in this town. And if they dont know the gossip, they create something to talk about. I heard at least 5 versions of what happened this morning, all of them with only one thing in common. 2 men in a car got pulled over, drugs were discovered. That is the only consistant thing in all of this.

Version 1 :

2 black men get pulled over for driving wrecklessly, cops search car, find drugs, while cops are searching car, the 2 suspects escape and run for their lives up into the hills.

Version 2 :

2 white men are pulled over, car was searched, suspects escape take off into the residential area, 1 of them is wanted for murder, the other is wanted for rape. They havent been found yet, but they are searching...

Version 3 :

2 dudes are pulled over, drugs found, suspects run, one is caught, other is still on loose in residential neighborhood, state troopers called to bring out the helocopter, k-9 is called to search the residential areas, they have tracked him to the hilly area and are seaching there.

Version 4 :

same story 2 guys yada yada, they run, both are still running loose in the residential area, both have guns, both have warrents out for their arrest for violent crimes.

Its never a dull time here, a constant flow of activity, and most times its amusing because it really isnt this close to home. This all is happening within the block I live on. My first thought was, lord, my daughter gets out of school, what if they got into our house, oh god, jesus help me. Then I think about our dog. If anyone has read my profile, you would see that my dog thinks he's a cat, I should have written an exception there. EXCEPT when it comes to protecting our house LOL When we first moved here, our gas man had a key to our front door. We didnt know that, but reguardless, the gas man comes in to the house to get the meter reading. 4 hours later I return home from work and as I opened the door, I hear a "about fucking time!!!!" and my dog going ape shit.

It seems our dog wouldnt let the gas guy go through the house, and everytime he went to reach for the door, strauss growled, showed his teeth, stepped aggressively forward. The poor guy was stuck there for 4 hours!!!! Nice to know that Strauss did such a good job, but that poor guy. I had always wondered what he would do if someone he didnt know came into the house...

Anyways, I watched the news, of course, it hasnt been on there, so I have no idea whats going on. I still hear the helocopters goin around, and we've seen quite a bit of the cops around...


So I am going back to work, hopefully I can find out whats REALLY going on, so I can ease my mind a little bit...