Damn.

[richardf8]

My house was broken into. Needless to say, my inking time has been cut into sharply, and I will not have a strip up tonight.

Both of my laptops are gone -- I guess the desktops were too cumbersome -- as well as an amp. They tried to get my synth and mixing board, but seem to have been surprised. Thankfully the PC on which I do my strip production was left alone.

However my web-site design box/staging server is gone along with the notebook I do most of my writing and surfing on. Damn. The strip-related data is all on my ISP, so that's good. There are however some shell scripts I'm going to have to rewrite when I find a box to build. Damn.

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[locakitty.livejournal.com]

I am so sorry :(

I hope they get your stuff back. I absolutely detest crap like this (like anyone really enjoys it). :( :( :(

[richardf8]

Thanks. I have my doubts, though we plan to visit some area pawn shops and see what we can turn up.

[makovette.livejournal.com]

Phuuuuck :-(

I am so sorry to hear that Richard, damn. I hope the sumbitches don't return for the rest of your stuff.

Ask Johnny Law how many other houses have been hit in the area, it's not at all uncommon for a couple of low lifes to work over a neighborhood... :(

Mako

[richardf8]

Break-ins around here are sporadic, yet not infrequent. Johnny Law is about as useful as nipples on a pig's ass. He's got blisters from all the paper he's been pushing, but when crimes are in progress he's safe in his cruiser writing out tickets.

Calling the cops after something like this happens is just one of those rituals one goes through. I'd be less cynical if it had ever done me a lick of good.

[kevinjdog.livejournal.com]

Holy cow, I'm really sorry about that. :( Losing the stuff is bad enough; that feeling of being violated is even worse. I hope the police are able to recover it soon.

[richardf8]

Losing the stuff is bad enough; that feeling of being violated is even worse.

Yeah, tonight I get to sleep in the bedroom that they were all over. Yick. It's going to take some serious cleansing rituals to make that feel clean again.

[mochii-chan.livejournal.com]

I hope nothing of any important sentimental value was lost. Perhaps insurance will cover the equipment stolen.

I'm selfishly glad to hear that your strip production computer is unharmed. ^^

Hope you feel better- and hope the lousy homewreckers fall on an icepick.

[richardf8]

I hope nothing of any important sentimental value was lost.

Alas, morgan1 lost a ring I gave her early in our courtship. It was inexpensive sterling silver, but she has a thing for Raptors and Corvids, and the ring had an eagle beak.

I'm selfishly glad to hear that your strip production computer is unharmed.

Thanks, I didn't know you read it. :)

[mochii-chan.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I didn't know you read it. :)

This is why you don't judge a book by its cover. Or an LJ user by its... um... ... *doesn't know how to finish analogy* ... *trails off. into the sun.*

[richardf8]

Or an LJ user by its... um... ... *doesn't know how to finish analogy*

Online Persona? Avatar? IP Address?

[level-head.livejournal.com]

I am greatly chagrined at this, and you have my sincere hopes that you are able to recover quickly.

===|==============/ Level Head

[richardf8]

Tomorrow we spend resecuring the perimeter. Replacing some of the equipment will be tricky. And of course they didn't steal any of the electronic equipment I've been wondering how to dispose of.

[level-head.livejournal.com]

Be thankful only for that last part -- for if they had stolen it, you'd MISS it and probably want to get it back. ]:-/

===|==============/ Level Head

[richardf8]

Trust me, I'd be grateful to be relieved of a 12 year old 14" monitor with a screwed up v-sync oscillator, or the 10 year old 14" monitor with the overscan, or the AT-Clone and EGA monitor in the basement. I wouldn't miss these things. It would be a matter for incredulity rather than sorrow.

Can you explain why thieves who break into cars never fail to steal the gym bag filled with the fermenting, sweaty workout clothes?

[level-head.livejournal.com]

No. But I remember when there was a trash strike at Christmas time, and folks would wrap their trash with gay paper and bow in their unlocked cars. The problem went away.

===|==============/ Level Head

[timtylor.livejournal.com]

That really stinks. >:( I'm sorry to hear that.

[richardf8]

Thanks.

You are a master of composure, sir.

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

ARRRRRRRGH! >:|

I am so sorry to hear that happened to you...
A violation of your personal space by wickedness.... arrrrgh I say! ;P

I certainly wish you the best of possible solutions, and you are more than welcome to a virtual hug/wingpat if you need.

Re: You are a master of composure, sir.

[richardf8]

I haven't had much time to spend on rage yet. Mostly it's just been getting stuff dealt with. However, I miss my laptops. Perhaps someday I'll get others.

[richardf8]

Safety is at best an illusion, at worst a delusion. It is an assumption we make so that we can function in the world without being in a constant fight/flight frame of mind.

Truly, I think it is a testament to the general goodness of people that they aren't all always breaking into each other's homes for stuff they want.

[deckardcanine.livejournal.com]

The burglary rate has gone up in my DC neighborhood, or at least moved closer to my house. After seeing six cop cars on the next block, I received an email warning to keep everything secure and watch out for a scam artist of disappointingly sparse description. (Apparently the witnesses don't know the color of his hair, skin, or eyes, tho they say he has a very suspicious look about him.)

[richardf8]

Doesn't everyone in DC have a suspicious look about them? I mean, its a town filled with politicians and lawyers, who are suspicious types by definition, and people of color, who are deemed suspicious as a matter of course by politicians and lawyers.

[parilous.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear about this! I've never had someone break in to my house, but I interrupted someone trying to steal our truck. They'd broken in and were in the process of disabling the starter. I started screaming at them to stop, and they nearly ran me over trying to get away. Bastards. My husband was so pissed he could barely speak. I think the thing that got him was that HE wouldn't do this to anyone else; why someone would do it for him was incomprensible.

Anyway, here's hoping all the equipment gets replaced with new stuff and it doesn't ruin your opinion of mankind in general.