A bit of a rant...

Okay, so I had to do this.

The community pool is now closed because a group of young men had nothing better to do than cause mayhem. Whether or not they anticipated the retaliation they received from one angry woman is debatable. (Okay, so it was freakin' AWESOME seeing a smaller woman totally talk down to three big, idiotic young guys. I wish I had seen the whole thing.) So these guys caused trouble, apparently followed this woman back to her apartment, were banging on doors, etc. This is what people told me yesterday as we gathered to watch these three guys get frisked by the police. Surprisingly, the Plainfield Township police acted promptly in arriving on the scene and took the time to interrogate witnesses. The last time we called them on an abusive neighbour hitting his girlfriend, it took them two hours to respond, and they went to the wrong townhouse. Anyway, the summer fun has ended, at least temporarily, for the rule-abiding tenents here in the complex -- the pool has been indefinitely closed. Whether it's to clean out the water which one of the men at least attempted to urinate in or for a reason more permanent, I'm kind of mad. I mean, most people here can't afford the beach, or they don't have the time to prepare meals to take and whatnot. The pool here is their slice of summer fun. I admit that I don't mind swimming in it when it isn't crowded, though I prefer lakes. (Chlorine bothers my eyes, always has.) Now, we can't use the pool because someone else acted like a douchebag.

I hope that those guys were arrested. There is no doubt that they will be evicted. Here, if you get the cops called on you, you're out of here for good. The office management tolerates a lot, but this is pretty extreme.

Oh yeah, one more thing, though on a different subject matter...

If you're going to be my friend, remember that actions speak louder than words. ACT like you want to be my friend. Words? You can always use actions to go back on your words or act in contradictory ways to your words. I'm highly observant. Your b.s. isn't getting past me.

(Sorry, that isn't directed toward anyone on this site. Just in my daily life. Huff, huff.)