Comments on: Neighborhood Watch

By: Mattdalton

Mattdalton — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:07:45 +0000

I love it: espionage, the word “syntactical” a female neighborhood watch sheriff named Brittney, AND best of all delusional power issues being implemented with cut-and-paste official logos. I’m certain that the screen version for Brittney ends in a completely different way. I’d miss her too, you should find out where she’s gone to, and send her a ‘note’ about something.

By: julietheppqueen

julietheppqueen — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:40:00 +0000

yes i do live on that hill but a little lower though in the trees. it is enchanting. i love that word rasquache. how have i never heard that one? it is nice living here but there are some mean coyotes roaming this street and squatting a few houses up where they made their den. the city hasn’t been much help so the lady told me there is a guy called Coyote Bob and he’ll remove the coyotes for $200-300 each.I gotta see this guy.

By: Rogan

Rogan — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:02:35 +0000

7. Hey Julie. You don’t happen to live on the hill above the little Buddhist temple, do you? Because Susan and I visited a little home up there a couple of months ago, and were totally enchanted. Unfortunately it was still a bit out of our price range. Oh, that, and I don’t like the idea of parking my motorcycle out on a busy street with all of the puke.

Those hill houses are quite the trip. No gym membership needed, if you live high enough up the steps. And I wouldn’t worry about the toilet. It is rasquache!

By: julietheppqueen

julietheppqueen — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:45:39 +0000

i live on a hill with 4 bungalows in echo park. we are a family of sorts and have battled cornered bars and totalled cars from drunks, people having sex against our gate on my discovery and puke. lots of puke.
but recently we have a new dilemma which has called for an emergency hilltop meeting to go down this saturday.
on craiglist you can find an ad to live in a house for $75 a week shortterm if you are down and out and ready to get straight. everyweek there is a new ad… turnover seems to be rampant.
an unregistered halfway house has moved in next door to us. there is no fence between our properties. now, these neighbors have been fine. their only crimes are after some repairs on one of the bungalows bathroom a toilet was left to salvage on the street below our houses. someone at the halfway house dragged the used toilet to their backyard and play b ball with it and it is sometimes used as a seat for their outdoor 12 step meetings which is in eyeshot of the past owner of said toilet and he is utterly grossed out daily making his morning coffee. a few have also walked over to comment on the past toilet owners guitar playing and one came over after chasing his dog who was chasing my cat and sat on our porch to catch a breath pulling out a beer while he told all of us about himself and his new sober lifestyle while slurping the foam that rose up the bottles neck. then came the hilltop murmurs. we all keep our houses fairly open (i sleep at night with my windows open) others became more militant with thoughts of that one bad egg that might poke around and see the opportunities to take from us.now the debate has split as some of us don’t want to start a war/judge (this is the eastside afterall). but regardless of the possibilities i am just happy the band moved out from next door. I’d rather hear the 12 step meetings secret tales of bad deads done blow thru the trees then the constant snare and drums of band that believes they are too cool for school.

By: LT

LT — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:41:16 +0000

Wow. You guys have some seriously crazy neighbors.

And, Rogan, I am hoping that whining about the Sheriff doesn’t sound too trite next to your crazy challenges in the Crack House Diaries. Can’t wait for the next installment.