Still Alive
So I went and got some dowels to put in the slider part of my windows, so that even if someone breaks the lock, they can't slide the window open without having super-human strength or breaking the glass. And if they break the glass, I'll hear it. I hope.
I also got a motion-activated light for my porch, with an eye-searing 150 watt halogen bulb to blind whomever is on my porch. I bought some of those magnetic alarms that when the two pieces become separated, they squeal really loudly. I put one on the door of my apartment, one on the door to the porch, and one on the window to the porch. I have an extra one, I think if I get really crazy I'll put it on my bedroom door.
I know I'm being overly cautious, but at the same time, I feel like if someone does break in and hurt someone, how could I live with myself if I didn't do everything in my power to prevent it? What if Matt got shot? Or our new Playstation 3 (YAY OMG IT'S SO KEWL) got stolen? I'd feel like an asshat for not buying $1 dowels and $5 alarms for the doors and our thousands of dollars of computer and entertainment equipment got stolen.
Matt and I discussed getting a gun, but we fight too often and I don't want to run the risk of shooting him for not putting the seat up before he pees. Or getting shot because I nag and nag and nag and nag and nag until he just pulls the trigger in an insane lapse of judgment. We did decide to get a baseball bat. At least I can show off my girly non-ability to play baseball to our potential assailants. Maybe he'll feel so bad that I swung at him and hit myself instead that he'll just leave and not take my stuff.
I gotta go to school, but that's the update :P
Peace bitches (and potential hamburglers reading this)
((omg how cool would that be to get robbed my McDonald's Hamburgler?!)
5 comments:
July 16, 2007 9:31 PM
Ya did good, even if it's just to settle your own mind. Once again, glad you're okay.
July 17, 2007 4:18 AM
You can get all that stuff for one dollar or 5 dollars a piece? And I thought home security systems were expensive! Anyway, I hope you don't hit yourself in the head with the bat, because I don't think the burglar would take pity on you. He'd probably take the bat with him for his next job... Yikes!
July 17, 2007 8:21 AM
Oh lord it's this early in the morning and I was honest to god lauging out loud at my desk. I can hardly scroll and sip coffee at the same time but you made me laugh like a cukoo all by myself.
And AHAHAHAHAHHAH you are going to set off those magnet fuckers SOOOOOOO many times and I'm going to laugh as it slowly drives you insane. Ok well maybe YOU'LL be able to remember, but after the 20th time Matt does it while you're in the shower and you come out to attack someone with your loofah I'm still going to be laughing just so you know.
But I'm glad you're safe sweet pea. :)
July 17, 2007 10:45 AM
haha thanks for the well-wishes guys. Yeah, I've been sleeping lighter since then, but no alarms have gone off yet so maybe I'm in the clear?
Cruisermel: thanks. It's scary to think of what can happen, but at least I can sleep at night knowing I did what I could about it.
Bel: you'd better believe that we'll be getting an expensive system when we get a house. Until then, my apartment complex "frowns" on turning your unit in to a panic room :P
Lindy: too late. Matt came home last night from work and set one off. He didnt know i put them up, and freaked out on me. Another instance where a gun would have been a bad thing to have in the house at the time, I would have been shot.
July 17, 2007 11:30 AM
Yeah, Travi!!! You got the right stuff for your humble (and rented) abode. I think the gun would be over the top, particularly if you guys are knowledgeable about firearms as well.
And Lindy's right...you'll set them off a lot at first...
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