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    there was a house meeting tonight to setup a neighborhood watch. as the economy has gotten worse crime has risen fairly quickly. the cop we met with let us in on some of the oakland lingo

    jingletown
    twamps
    funktown
    dirty 30s
    murder dubs
    side show
    local 38s
    border brothers

    some of these are gang names, most of them coined neighborhood names but sideshow is something entirely different. people drive there cars up and down strips shooting guns up into the air and causing absolute havoc.

    and i learned that one of the best ways to deter a criminal is to start taking photos of them – if they're hanging around outside and you lean out your window and begin using your flash they'll split lickity quick.

    haha and a woman at the meeting demonstrated the 'crazy act' she learned in self-defense training which included her yelling JESUS a lot, waving her arms about and finally stopping in a kind of combat, karate stance. hahahah. and they recommended that if i were to be approached by someone threatening that i should roll under a car!

    luckily i have a very safe and secure building and enjoy being inside my apartment. i think i'll stay inside until 2010.

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    • Oi! Makes me thankful that the only gunfire i have to worry about hearing is my good ol' boy neighbors practicing their shootinglocustsloth
    • shootinglocustsloth
    • That picture one creeps me out a bit. Like they will come back and rob and they kill you to make sure you have no evidencejuhls
    • oh hadn't considered that!_salisae_
    • True, locust. I'm glad there is hardly ever any gun-related issues (which makes sense with the laws we have over here).juhls
    • yeah, my initail thought was that you might draw undue attention to yourself by snapping picslocustsloth
    • I'm not sure if gangs really work like that, sal. I'm going more by what I see in the movies, hah.juhls
    • best part was the phone numbers we were given – one is to report a non-emergency occurrence_salisae_
    • and another was a more direct 911 kind of number that contacts the police force on our 'beat'_salisae_
    • Glad I live in Australia.MrOneHundred
    • That's really cool that they're equipping you with all they can to help the community outlocustsloth
    • and i have addresses of nearby crack houses in case i run out of H_salisae_
    • i don't know, Hundy. You never know what those 'roos are carrying in their poucheslocustsloth
    • will be looking to move into SF by next year hopefully_salisae_
    • another great news item – when a criminal gets out of the pen they give them $260 dollars and a bus ride to Oakland. Lovely!_salisae_
    • Oakland. Lovely!_salisae_
    • Aren’t Green Day from Oakland?MrOneHundred
    • I would love to go to SF or related places in a few years. Just not sure I'd want to live there :/juhls
    • I won't know until I visit of course, but I may be too used to being able to walk around at weird times of the night.juhls
    • Not that I do all the time, but you know what I mean. I do want to visit many parts of the U.S.A., to begin with.juhls
    • it must be nice -- I hate this feeling :/_salisae_
    • i am moving thereemukid
    • bird in a cage .. tweet_salisae_
    • i'm now picturing Shari as Tweety Bird and Sylvester in gang clothes with an AKlocustsloth
    • The kangaroos can be unpredictable. I hit one in the car about a year ago. :_(MrOneHundred
    • :) emu can be sylvester_salisae_
    • walking around the lake in the daytime is lovely though and my bf will be here soon -- not all bad_salisae_
    • good luck. I'm sure you will be fine :)juhls
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