I got shot

*Katie* · 11-11-2006, 07:30 AM

so, yeah. I don't exactly live in the best neighborhood. There are gunshots all the time around here and I just ignore them anymore. (lots of ice labs and crack houses in the surrounding streets.) I'm not scared of my place, you just have to keep aware of your surroundings.

anyway, I live in an apartment building way off in the back of the apartment complex's property. One of my neighbors has an ice lab and every couple of days he fires it up and you can smell that stuff cooking for hours. Police are always out there, but never do anything about it *shrugs* oh well. He was cooking when I came home from work last night so I just quickly went inside and didn't hang around too much. (most of my neighbors are really sweet people. I like to hang out on my porch and talk with them on friday nights. Most of them don't speak english at all and are kind enough to not laugh at my silly southern accent when I speak Spanish.)

I really try and stay inside when I know he's cooking...then after I stop smelling it I know he's getting high for about an hour...then things quiet down and I don't worry so much about going out.

Last night I was still smelling the lab until about 11:00 or so. I decided not to take my dog out for her walk and just go on to bed. safest bet. About 2:30 this morning she was really agitated. whining and running back and forth and I figured she just needed to go pee so I stumbled out of bed and checked the time figuring all would be quiet. wrong.

My neighbor aparently had been having an arguement with one of his buddies over the ice and had just beat him nearly to death. when I opened my door, (his apartment is a half level below mine and accross the hall) he looked straight at me and fired one off. Pretty damn lucky for me he was high 'cause the bullet went through my left arm and shoulder instead of more important things on my left side.

So....someone called the police and the ambulance. I spent a good part of my early morning getting patched up and talking to the cops.

My fun night..er morning...er whatever. My friends now are all afraid to come to my place and my parents live about 3 hours away...so I guess I'm on my own again for awhile. Least I get to have a physical therapist come help out next week.

Isn't life full of interesting twists?

*iris* · 11-11-2006, 07:43 AM

Aw, Katie, I'm so sorry that happened.

You must be very shaken, and rightly so. Sometimes it seems like all the bad news and scary things really do come in the middle of the night, when we're half-asleep and just concerned with simple ordinary things. It's not fair, is it?

Everything will be ok, you sound like you'll be ok, eventually. I'm glad you're still with us!

*gobo* · 11-11-2006, 07:47 AM

How you can be so calm about it frightens me. The aenesthesia hasn't hindered your spelling at all though

*damnhooligan* · 11-11-2006, 08:10 AM

Holy sh*t. So it's safe to say your neighbor was high as a goddamn kite, eh?

I hope he gets shoved away in a nice dark cell for a damn good while. Unprovoked violent like what happened to you absolutely scares the **** outta me. Glad to see you're relatively whole and level-headed about this.

*Mecha Cow* · 11-11-2006, 08:26 AM

That's terrible. Might want to consider moving, your home is the one place you shouldn't have to be afraid.

Hope your arm gets better soon.

*iris* · 11-11-2006, 08:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gobo

How you can be so calm about it frightens me. The aenesthesia hasn't hindered your spelling at all though

Y'know, when I had an 'incident' of my own (luckily none of them fired, because they were too busy laughing at how stupid I was to resist), I was only afraid for the ten seconds it was happening, but even then I was burning mad about it. How DARE they do that in MY neighborhood, on MY corner?

And then I found the whole thing amusing. Partly because I wanted to calm down the witnesses, and later my friends. Partly because I was shocked I'd gotten away alive. And partly because I find almost everything in my blessed life amusing, and I understood that on the scale of traumatic events in the world, my case didn't even wiggle the needle, even a little. I guess that's yet another reason to thank my worldy Amnesty training in the ways of human horror.

So, really the emotion that's carried through is the... anger (not sure what to call it... passion, rage, drive... bloodlust?

). I gotta say, I identify with Raph a little better now.

I'm NOT quite as proactive as him & Casey, but I did finally join the neighborhood watch after years of "meaning to." We patrol the streets in the dark. Move? Run? **** that.

I was also angry at myself, for a long time, for being afraid to go out in the dark, which, I can't decide, is either stupid or sane. Maybe both... it seems that to be brave is to be stupid in a sense. But I have regained my insanity enough to be comfortable in the dark once again.

The point is, before something like this happens you'd just think that you would be afraid, and that's it. Poor, poor victim. But it's a jumble, because life is more complicated than that. (Sorry for the rambling, Katie!)

**Jo Dawn** · 11-11-2006, 09:06 AM

Glad (sounds weird to say) that it just went through the shoulder, and not anything else important, as you said, on your left side. Someone was definitely looking out for you.

*hugs*

Feel better soon, and good on you for being strong!

*Katie* · 11-11-2006, 10:37 AM

Thans guys. you've kind of cheered me up a little.

I was trying to sleep, but it just isn't happening for me.

@gobo.....I wish there was anesthesia....the thing went right through me, small callibur thing...so all they did was stitch and patch. nice new war wound I guess.

I'm a mess honestly. angry.....sad....hurt. It seems the harder I try the worse off things get.

..so anyways, if I don't come around as often as usual....don't worry...I just have to work this out in my mind.

Fledermaus · 11-11-2006, 10:37 AM

Thank God you're still here. *big hug*

I don't really know what else to say except what others have already stated: someone's looking out for you, and your strength never ceases to amaze me. I hope your shoulder heals soon and that all things turn out for the best.

*Voltron* · 11-11-2006, 11:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Katie

Thans guys. you've kind of cheered me up a little.

I was trying to sleep, but it just isn't happening for me.

@gobo.....I wish there was anesthesia....the thing went right through me, small callibur thing...so all they did was stitch and patch. nice new war wound I guess.

I'm a mess honestly. angry.....sad....hurt. It seems the harder I try the worse off things get.

..so anyways, if I don't come around as often as usual....don't worry...I just have to work this out in my mind.

I know how that is. Not getting shot, but trying hard and getting nowhere.

Buck up, kiddo, things get better. Life goes on!

And, to find the silver lining here, you got shot and lived. I only know one other person who did that, and he's from Krypton.

Get better soon.

Sincerely,
Voltron.

hazlov2004 · 11-11-2006, 11:56 AM

katie i hope your alright i really do

*discordiatookie* · 11-11-2006, 01:33 PM

holy crap that's crazy!

least you're still alive and well, that's the main thing!

i was expecting it to be a pellet gun or something, but to be actually shot...

makes me glad that i live in a country where guns are completely illegal (well, mostly... up here in scotland you hardly hear of it, 'less its in glasgow) sure, there's plenty of knife attacks and what not, and also plenty of junkies (i live quite near the red light district - street hooker drug addicts with scabs and bruises, etc - it aint pretty) but nothings' ever happened to me and for that i am thankful...

so i'm glad you're okay, and that the bullet just went straight through, and didnt hit anything major... and least you'll have a cool scar where you can be like "hell yeah, i got shot"

*Spitfire* · 11-11-2006, 02:35 PM

Aww feel better >< Thats no walk in the park, but what doesnt kill ya makes you stronger right? Heal up nicely and quickly ^^

*jeff the cheff* · 11-11-2006, 08:11 PM

Your so cool for telling the story all calm like that. If it was me I would post something like "YO BITCHES I JUST GOT CAPPED" and brag about how tough I was.

Heal quick!

OA · 11-11-2006, 08:44 PM

Sheesh!! Glad to hear you're ok...i used to live a neighborhood very much like that so I can kinda empathize (though I never was shot - only robbed a few times, once at knifpoint)...things coulda been a WHOLE lot worse...

Doppleganger · 11-11-2006, 09:56 PM

>< Oh geez...talk about rough luck. I'm sorry to hear this has happened to you. I really can't believe how strong you seem to be and how you are taking this. Take care and I hope you recuperate fast.

Ra · 11-11-2006, 09:56 PM

Holy crap Katie!

I'm so glad you are alright! When I read what you posted my heart was humming like crazy, but I'm just so glad that you are okay. This is most definatly uncalled for. Hopefully he will be locked up soon, or even now. My hopes and wishes for a speedy recovery to you, Katie! You little trooper! (Be warned; I'm now in the mood to make a get well card

)

**Jester** · 11-11-2006, 10:13 PM

So, what happened with the guy who shot you, is he locked up for manufacturing drugs, using them and shooting you? Please say yes. One less meth-cook makes me smile, though one of my net-pals had to get hurt for anything to come of it. Why can't the cops stop these guys before they ruin (or hurt) other lives?

*The Stryker* · 11-12-2006, 02:21 AM

One more reason why dogs are annoyances.

and I don't really see the point anymore of airing these problems..maybe i'm just jaded but why would you waste time and energy griping to people that couldn't give two ***** about you IRL.

But thats just me.

*Masked Ninja* · 11-12-2006, 03:04 AM

Couple days of being unable to log on, and this is what I come back to?!

*hug* Aw man... sorry for what you had to go through. Just hearing about your area makes me paranoid, and I'm not anywhere remotely like that. Rest up and try not to stress yourself too much.

Man.

I wish I had something more helpful than words on a screen... but seriously. We're here for ya.

11-11-2006, 07:30 AM	#1
Katie Just...way too serious. Join Date: May 2005 Location: purgatory Posts: 3,519	I got shot so, yeah. I don't exactly live in the best neighborhood. There are gunshots all the time around here and I just ignore them anymore. (lots of ice labs and crack houses in the surrounding streets.) I'm not scared of my place, you just have to keep aware of your surroundings. anyway, I live in an apartment building way off in the back of the apartment complex's property. One of my neighbors has an ice lab and every couple of days he fires it up and you can smell that stuff cooking for hours. Police are always out there, but never do anything about it shrugs oh well. He was cooking when I came home from work last night so I just quickly went inside and didn't hang around too much. (most of my neighbors are really sweet people. I like to hang out on my porch and talk with them on friday nights. Most of them don't speak english at all and are kind enough to not laugh at my silly southern accent when I speak Spanish.) I really try and stay inside when I know he's cooking...then after I stop smelling it I know he's getting high for about an hour...then things quiet down and I don't worry so much about going out. Last night I was still smelling the lab until about 11:00 or so. I decided not to take my dog out for her walk and just go on to bed. safest bet. About 2:30 this morning she was really agitated. whining and running back and forth and I figured she just needed to go pee so I stumbled out of bed and checked the time figuring all would be quiet. wrong. My neighbor aparently had been having an arguement with one of his buddies over the ice and had just beat him nearly to death. when I opened my door, (his apartment is a half level below mine and accross the hall) he looked straight at me and fired one off. Pretty damn lucky for me he was high 'cause the bullet went through my left arm and shoulder instead of more important things on my left side. So....someone called the police and the ambulance. I spent a good part of my early morning getting patched up and talking to the cops. My fun night..er morning...er whatever. My friends now are all afraid to come to my place and my parents live about 3 hours away...so I guess I'm on my own again for awhile. Least I get to have a physical therapist come help out next week. Isn't life full of interesting twists? __________________ THE WORLD IS JUST AWESOME

11-11-2006, 07:43 AM	#2
iris moddy mod mod Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: finally escaped the lab Posts: 1,886	Aw, Katie, I'm so sorry that happened. You must be very shaken, and rightly so. Sometimes it seems like all the bad news and scary things really do come in the middle of the night, when we're half-asleep and just concerned with simple ordinary things. It's not fair, is it? Everything will be ok, you sound like you'll be ok, eventually. I'm glad you're still with us! __________________ Appeal to nobler motives. Like pie. [ life is at best bitter sweet ]

11-11-2006, 07:47 AM	#3
gobo Wacky Action Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: on Earth Posts: 12,784	How you can be so calm about it frightens me. The aenesthesia hasn't hindered your spelling at all though __________________ Live and let live... or go to hell.

11-11-2006, 08:26 AM	#5
Mecha Cow Gorgeous and modest too Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 3,699	That's terrible. Might want to consider moving, your home is the one place you shouldn't have to be afraid. Hope your arm gets better soon. __________________

11-11-2006, 09:06 AM	#7
Jo Dawn Inactive Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Authority On All Things Don Posts: 5,190	Glad (sounds weird to say) that it just went through the shoulder, and not anything else important, as you said, on your left side. Someone was definitely looking out for you. hugs Feel better soon, and good on you for being strong! __________________

11-11-2006, 08:10 AM	#4
damnhooligan Mad Scientist Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Dorksville, USA Posts: 1,745	Holy sht. So it's safe to say your neighbor was high as a goddamn kite, eh? I hope he gets shoved away in a nice dark cell for a damn good while. Unprovoked violent like what happened to you absolutely scares the *** outta me. Glad to see you're relatively whole and level-headed about this.

11-11-2006, 10:37 AM	#8
Katie Just...way too serious. Join Date: May 2005 Location: purgatory Posts: 3,519	Thans guys. you've kind of cheered me up a little. I was trying to sleep, but it just isn't happening for me. @gobo.....I wish there was anesthesia....the thing went right through me, small callibur thing...so all they did was stitch and patch. nice new war wound I guess. I'm a mess honestly. angry.....sad....hurt. It seems the harder I try the worse off things get. ..so anyways, if I don't come around as often as usual....don't worry...I just have to work this out in my mind. __________________ THE WORLD IS JUST AWESOME

11-11-2006, 10:37 AM	#9
Fledermaus Mad Scientist Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: SoCal Posts: 1,115	Thank God you're still here. big hug I don't really know what else to say except what others have already stated: someone's looking out for you, and your strength never ceases to amaze me. I hope your shoulder heals soon and that all things turn out for the best. __________________ We're calling it a freeway. Eight lanes of shimmering cement running from here to Pasadena. Smooth, safe, fast. Traffic jams will be a thing of the past. I see a place where people get on and off the freeway. On and off, off and on all day, all night! Soon there will be a string of gas stations, inexpensive motels, restaurants that serve rapidly prepared food! Tire salons, automobile dealerships and wonderful, wonderful billboards reaching as far as the eye can see! My God... It'll be beautiful.

11-11-2006, 11:56 AM	#11
hazlov2004 Mad Scientist Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Conyers GA Posts: 1,272	katie i hope your alright i really do __________________ Im a silly and random person

11-11-2006, 01:33 PM	#12
discordiatookie facehugger Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Posts: 2,817	holy crap that's crazy! least you're still alive and well, that's the main thing! i was expecting it to be a pellet gun or something, but to be actually shot... makes me glad that i live in a country where guns are completely illegal (well, mostly... up here in scotland you hardly hear of it, 'less its in glasgow) sure, there's plenty of knife attacks and what not, and also plenty of junkies (i live quite near the red light district - street hooker drug addicts with scabs and bruises, etc - it aint pretty) but nothings' ever happened to me and for that i am thankful... so i'm glad you're okay, and that the bullet just went straight through, and didnt hit anything major... and least you'll have a cool scar where you can be like "hell yeah, i got shot" __________________ Oh Discordia! Charyou Tree! Come, Reap! Don't tell us to grow up and out of it I got my cloak and dagger in a bar room brawl You actually trying to read this tiny text? Damn, you're dedicated! This is all just for effect you know... original TMNT art collection

11-11-2006, 02:35 PM	#13
Spitfire Writer • Director Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 12,035	Aww feel better >< Thats no walk in the park, but what doesnt kill ya makes you stronger right? Heal up nicely and quickly ^^ __________________ Check out my online portfolio http://www.christopherpelletier.com/

11-11-2006, 08:11 PM	#14
jeff the cheff Mad Scientist Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 122 and an eighth Posts: 2,129	Your so cool for telling the story all calm like that. If it was me I would post something like "YO BITCHES I JUST GOT CAPPED" and brag about how tough I was. Heal quick!

11-11-2006, 08:44 PM	#15
OA Scatter the nuns!! Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,981	Sheesh!! Glad to hear you're ok...i used to live a neighborhood very much like that so I can kinda empathize (though I never was shot - only robbed a few times, once at knifpoint)...things coulda been a WHOLE lot worse... __________________

11-11-2006, 09:56 PM	#16
Doppleganger Stone Warrior Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 687	>< Oh geez...talk about rough luck. I'm sorry to hear this has happened to you. I really can't believe how strong you seem to be and how you are taking this. Take care and I hope you recuperate fast. __________________

11-11-2006, 09:56 PM	#17
Ra It's my desire? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In your pants. Posts: 4,441	Holy crap Katie! I'm so glad you are alright! When I read what you posted my heart was humming like crazy, but I'm just so glad that you are okay. This is most definatly uncalled for. Hopefully he will be locked up soon, or even now. My hopes and wishes for a speedy recovery to you, Katie! You little trooper! (Be warned; I'm now in the mood to make a get well card ) __________________ "So. The whole lot of you against little old me? How retarded."

11-11-2006, 10:13 PM	#18
Jester Rat-faced Dude-guy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 26,300	So, what happened with the guy who shot you, is he locked up for manufacturing drugs, using them and shooting you? Please say yes. One less meth-cook makes me smile, though one of my net-pals had to get hurt for anything to come of it. Why can't the cops stop these guys before they ruin (or hurt) other lives? __________________ "Clearly, you're Ninja Turtling incorrectly." - Leo656

11-12-2006, 02:21 AM	#19
The Stryker Stupid Rich Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Room 237 Posts: 11,152	One more reason why dogs are annoyances. and I don't really see the point anymore of airing these problems..maybe i'm just jaded but why would you waste time and energy griping to people that couldn't give two ***** about you IRL. But thats just me. __________________ @~<3 Mom~@ Last edited by The Stryker; 11-12-2006 at 03:02 AM.

11-12-2006, 03:04 AM	#20
Masked Ninja Doodles TMNT for fun Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: sploshin' through some sewer... Posts: 2,137	Couple days of being unable to log on, and this is what I come back to?! hug Aw man... sorry for what you had to go through. Just hearing about your area makes me paranoid, and I'm not anywhere remotely like that. Rest up and try not to stress yourself too much. Man. I wish I had something more helpful than words on a screen... but seriously. We're here for ya.