Just wow...

[greyias]

I use this icon because apparently I "iz ded" to the world when I'm sleeping.

I mean, really really.

There was a shootout, an honest-to-god shootout not even half a block away from me last night (which you know, I should be more freaked about, but apparently I'm like "Oh, guns happen.") Do I wake up? Do I have a moment of clarity where I'm like "Jesus Christ it's a lion! Get in the car!" or some equivalent?

No.

I just snore.

This worries me, because now I'm really wondering if someone were to, I don't know, break in or something, would I just snort and roll over?

Because it's all about me and not my traumatized neighbors who just had someone die in their front yard.

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[aelfgyfu_mead]

I'm a fairly light sleeper, I think. I tend to wake up when my daughter goes to the bathroom, though her room and toilet are as far from our bedroom as you can get in our wonderful split floor plan (I have a few problems with this house).

Yet a few weeks ago, it turns out, the cops roused our neighbors across the street and down one by banging on their door and shouting. They were looking for a fugitive, apparently, and expected her to be there. Whoops! Wrong street! Confusion of similar street names! Ten cops who had apparently been surrounding the house traipsed out to go to the other street. My neighbor said there were cars and lights and everything.

We never noticed. Scared the frell out of her and her husband. Then again, their daughters slept through it, so maybe it wasn't that loud.

I think if someone actually breaks into your house, your spider senses will tingle; it's different when it's half a block away, even though that seems awfully close.

I do think, however, the proposed Geek Protector is your best option.

[greyias.livejournal.com]

I used to be a pretty light sleeper, whenever someone would open my door I'd snap right awake. Ah, the joys of having an older brother that has creative ways of waking people up.

That's pretty damn scary though, fugitives seeking refuge in your neighborhood. (Although if you're in the area of Florida I'm familiar with, it wouldn't be hard to confuse streets).

I think I'd be a little more disconcerted if it had been gang violence or something of the like, instead of a domestic disturbance gone horribly horribly wrong. From what I've been able to gather from both the local news and neighborhood gossip it sounds like the guy in question was horribly off his rocker.

I'll take Ronon though. He's the best guard dog there is.