did someone take my shit?

Rev. Jordan T. Maxwell · August 27th, 2008, 3:59 am

so...my truck got broken into tonight. or, more accurately, my parents' truck got broken into tonight. oddly, only my shit was taken. so on the off chance this was some friend of mine playing a prank, please return my shit. on the far more likely chance this was just some asshole who broke into the truck and took my stuff...

FUUUUUUUUCCCCCKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thanks.

jtm

shando · Post by **shando** » August 27th, 2008, 9:16 am

Dude, that sucks. What did you lose?

Rev. Jordan T. Maxwell · August 27th, 2008, 2:20 pm

shando wrote:Dude, that sucks. What did you lose?

my sunglasses, Guy Forsyth, Wu Tang Clan and Sonic Youth CDs and most importantly my bag which had my all important notebook, two Michael Chabon novels, my checkbook, some condoms, a box of Smints, some chapstick, my camera and my iPod.

so...yeah...i'm bummed.

Mo Daviau · Post by **Mo Daviau** » August 27th, 2008, 4:02 pm

the_reverend wrote:
shando wrote:Dude, that sucks. What did you lose?
my sunglasses, Guy Forsyth, Wu Tang Clan and Sonic Youth CDs and most importantly my bag which had my all important notebook, two Michael Chabon novels, my checkbook, some condoms, a box of Smints, some chapstick, my camera and my iPod.

so...yeah...i'm bummed.

I don't think you want those condoms back, man.

Bob and I hadn't been downtown on a weeknight in quite a while and we noticed an increased number of bums/vagrants/panhandlers/unsavory types approaching us for change and/or weird conversations.

I'm sorry you lost your stuff.

arthursimone · Post by **arthursimone** » August 27th, 2008, 5:28 pm

Mo Daviau wrote: Bob and I hadn't been downtown on a weeknight in quite a while and we noticed an increased number of bums/vagrants/panhandlers/unsavory types approaching us for change and/or weird conversations.

I'm sorry you lost your stuff.

I got my van broken into last month and my cd player removed with a crowbar.... some fucker quoted me $1000 to get it all fixed. I'm just going without a radio for a while, I guess.

I have seen the light. It is folly to try and get free parking down there.
You could go down there 100 times, and at $7 a pop, you'd still come out ahead vs the constant threat of bums and junkies with rocks.

mpbrockman · Post by **mpbrockman** » August 27th, 2008, 6:16 pm

Mo Daviau wrote: Bob and I hadn't been downtown on a weeknight in quite a while and we noticed an increased number of bums/vagrants/panhandlers/unsavory types approaching us for change and/or weird conversations.

Yeah, what's up with that? I made the mistake of pulling out a smoke while while walking up Brazos the other night. Apparently I resemble a vending machine when I do this.

Damn. Sorry, Jordan.

Rev. Jordan T. Maxwell · August 28th, 2008, 4:52 am

yeah...it's been depressing to see the increase in unsavory types whenever i come down. when i lived here, there were a few local eccentrics and the usual bums. but it was very lighthearted and whimsical...there's a dark undercurrent now.

now it's gone from depressing to infuriating. in L.A., it's often impossible to find free parking. here, you apparently still wind up paying a price. i hate being distrustful and paranoid, but i guess the odds of getting your naivete bubble popped just goes up with age.

and now it looks like my keys might've been in the bag too, which means i can't get into my apartment or my truck once i get back to LA.

Jessica · Post by **Jessica** » August 28th, 2008, 9:41 am

I park down town all the time and I've never had a problem. I think the key is that I have big stars on my car. Either they don't take me seriously, or they kind of like the effect. So that is my advice, make your car cute.

LisaJackson · Post by **LisaJackson** » August 28th, 2008, 10:15 am

My car is full of trash.

mpbrockman · Post by **mpbrockman** » August 28th, 2008, 11:09 am

the_reverend wrote:now it's gone from depressing to infuriating. in L.A., it's often impossible to find free parking.

Ah yes, LA, where I lost a guitar and a bass to smash and grabs (in Studio City and Downey, respectively).

My personal favorite was the guy in Manhattan Beach who, while I was stopped at a light, picked a 35-pound power amp up out of my pickup bed and took off down an alley with it. That took huevos.

Nothing like that has happened to me in Austin yet. Fingers crossed.

Rev. Jordan T. Maxwell · August 28th, 2008, 4:00 pm

mpbrockman wrote:
the_reverend wrote:now it's gone from depressing to infuriating. in L.A., it's often impossible to find free parking.
Ah yes, LA, where I lost a guitar and a bass to smash and grabs (in Studio City and Downey, respectively).

My personal favorite was the guy in Manhattan Beach who, while I was stopped at a light, picked a 35-pound power amp up out of my pickup bed and took off down an alley with it. That took huevos.

Nothing like that has happened to me in Austin yet. Fingers crossed.

well...i'm certainly looking forward to going back home now.

thank God i've got gated parking now. now, the only one i have to worry about getting into my truck is me...which since i lost my keys too is an ACTUAL worry. sigh...

but wow...right out of the pick up bed? that's...well, infuriating, but also kind of impressive.