we're melting, we're meeeelting!

[lagilman]

I have a headache and masive amounts of work, and am feeling very very random (although more productive than yesterday, thank god). Went out around midday and the snowbanks of this morning are the mid-street rivers of this afternoon. Must be the fifth season of New England: Thaw.


For amusement value: I ran across the phrase "social caterpillar" (courtesy of Harry Turtledove) and fell in love, because yes, so very very true.

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In other news, woke up to this delightful tidbit:

http://wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=6244835

"It was a close call for a convenience store manager working the overnight shift. He found himself staring down the barrel of a gun this morning at the store where he works in New Haven...Surveillance video shows a frightening encounter at a New Haven convenience store. A masked gunman bust into the Shell station store at 1:00 a.m., demanding money."

That happens to be the gas station around the corner from me. I went to bed last night around 12:30.

I don't care. I still like my neighborhood (D, don't be scared off!). Just nobody tell my mom....

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[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

That happens to be the gas station around the corner from me. I went to bed last night around 12:30.

I don't care. I still like my neighborhood (D, don't be scared off!). Just nobody tell my mom....

I lived in a duplex in one of the priciest zip codes in town, and found out that there was a rapist hitting up the apartments several streets down.

Did not tell my mom, either. But only walked places in the daytime. Austin has sucky lighting in the neighborhoods.

However...the big ticket scares may go straight to national news. My mother called in a panic when she heard that a woman's body had been dumped in the parking lot behind a small church. It was probably four miles from my house, an area I never went (and the killer was probably from another area) but when your daughter lives in "Hurst" (a mere burg alongside Dallas and Ft. Worth) the mention of female violent death and zip code does grab the attention.

See, I hadn't heard about it yet. Started taking the newspaper after that. Local paper or feed very important...

[lagilman]

M. is part of a neighborhood watch group, so we get to hear all about the break-ins, attempted break-ins, robberies, etc, even the ones that don't make it to the news feeds.

I hate to admit that agamisu was right about me getting a second floor apartment, so I won't. But it does help me relax a little knowing that someone would have to work harder (and plan ahead) to get in here....

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

Yeah, second story was a requirement -- and never leave a window open while gone or asleep, because your idiot neighbor may have a ladder laying out in his back yard... .

[fakefrenchie.livejournal.com]

What exactly is a "social caterpillar"? Or don't I want to know?

[lagilman]

well, you know what a social butterfly is, yes? (someone who flits around easily, group to group, social event to social event, the way a butterfly goes from flower to flower)

A social caterpillar, therefore, is far more of a homebody, willing to crawl slowly, and mostly stay confined to a particular set of leaves, and does in fact feel distress if suddenly launched into the air or forced to flit.

Of course, there's also the social chrysallis, in which the individual closes his/herself off and just wants to be left alone (see: 'eeeee! people!' choice). I know a number of those....

[fakefrenchie.livejournal.com]

Ahh, it all becomes clear to me. I vary between social caterpillar and social chyrsallis depending on the day and the people around me. LOL