A couple of accounts from people waiting for passports inside the US Embassy, to put some things in perspective:
The blond in the skin-tight spandex minishorts outfit:
I still have trouble believing that he beat me up in front of the kids. The drugs, I can understand. I mean, he was lonely and he wanted new friends. I knew he was jealous of my friends but I never thought he was going to get into cocaine at his age! Cocaine. And then heroine. That was too much. But when he left me bleeding in front of the kids that night, that was too much. I was almost happy when he turned up in jail. Now it looks like he'll be there for the next few years at least. I hope he rots there, the bastard.
The fierce mother with a crack in her courage:
You know, I don't think it's such a big deal to get robbed in a dark alley down a side street in the city, right? That's almost expected. It's like, why did you go there, you know? But these guys came into my house with guns, and took my purse out of my hand in front of my children. I mean, that's not supposed to happen! I tried to give them my wallet with the money, but they just took the purse which had all the passports. They wouldn't leave the passports, which weren't even worth anything to them. I mean these are not sophisticated criminals. But that was really scary. I mean, it was terrible. And now I'm thinking about getting a dog. What do you think? I don't want to get a dog that will hurt my kids, you know? I just don't know what to do about this.
And so, things are looking bright for me. I got some money today. I can pay my bills now, and buy a phone card. I will go to the embassy tomorrow. Life goes on.
The blond in the skin-tight spandex minishorts outfit:
I still have trouble believing that he beat me up in front of the kids. The drugs, I can understand. I mean, he was lonely and he wanted new friends. I knew he was jealous of my friends but I never thought he was going to get into cocaine at his age! Cocaine. And then heroine. That was too much. But when he left me bleeding in front of the kids that night, that was too much. I was almost happy when he turned up in jail. Now it looks like he'll be there for the next few years at least. I hope he rots there, the bastard.
The fierce mother with a crack in her courage:
You know, I don't think it's such a big deal to get robbed in a dark alley down a side street in the city, right? That's almost expected. It's like, why did you go there, you know? But these guys came into my house with guns, and took my purse out of my hand in front of my children. I mean, that's not supposed to happen! I tried to give them my wallet with the money, but they just took the purse which had all the passports. They wouldn't leave the passports, which weren't even worth anything to them. I mean these are not sophisticated criminals. But that was really scary. I mean, it was terrible. And now I'm thinking about getting a dog. What do you think? I don't want to get a dog that will hurt my kids, you know? I just don't know what to do about this.
And so, things are looking bright for me. I got some money today. I can pay my bills now, and buy a phone card. I will go to the embassy tomorrow. Life goes on.
posted by cody @ 10:08 PM
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