Culture Flash: LA to Indy

The cats remain calmly oblivious to all danger, as demonstrated by this gratuitous cat/bra photo.

A Moving Story

Wanna know how the drive was?  Check our FB pages.  Highlights did not include Arkansas.  Craziest thing about the Midwest?  They bring you salsa in little carafes, and you have to pour it into the little bowl yourself.  Must be a weak dishwasher's union out here.

Left LA Monday circa noon, rolled into our new digs Thursday circa 8PM.  Said Thursday was apparently the "first warm day" of the season, and our 'hood was out in force.  Specifically the Section 8 duplex across the street.  It was worse than K-Town.  Worse than Pico and La Brea. 

After sitting up watching the windows vibrate for a couple nights, and sitting out on the porch watching drug deals for a couple days -- sorry, "ALLEGED" drug deals -- I had a long talk with our landlady.  Was it common to see people walking their pitbulls with handguns strapped to their basketball shorts?  She was super sweet, offered all kinds of assistance, and pointed out that $60 will get you a lifetime permit to carry a weapon in Indiana.  She suggesting we give it a chance.

THE NEXT DAY.  2:11PM, 3 shots fired, semi-automatic, low caliber.  My frisbee golf date was inbound at the time and informed me the shit went down at a gas station/liquor mart 4 blocks down.  He continues towards our house as the cops scream past him and turn our way, stopping at...DRUMROLL...the duplex across the street! 

According to sources close to the police (AKA The Police) everyone in that duplex is currently in jail.  So last night was very peaceful.  The only action I saw was a gentleman removing a flatscreen TV from the aforementioned residence, putting it in his car and driving peaceably away.  I decided not to ask him about it.