dracomicron

It's dangerous out there, kids.

I was headed to my bus stop outside Block E, and there were people fighting in the street. A drugged-up white guy was getting his ass kicked, apparently because he attacked a group of multiracial teenagers. At a lull in the combat, I suggested that the glassy-eyed guy with a bleeding face go see the cops, he explained that his stuff was stolen. Well, he still had some stuff, but he ignored my suggestion that he go to the copshop around the corner, dropped everything, and went off to go pick more fights. I stood around and waited next to his stuff to make sure that that didn't get stolen, and eventually he came back to collect his gear after being ripped away from the fight.

I followed him, and he challenged the group again. He kicked over a baby stroller... with the baby still in it. At this point, annoyed that there was more fighting, I called 911. The cops showed up and resolved the issue with handcuffs.

So I finally got on the bus and went to the video store to drop off some movies (Silk, which sucked but had a topless Keira Knightly, and Nightmare Man, which was one of the Horrorfest flicks and had its moments, but the best part was Nixon in the extras: collected Miss Horrorfest webisodes). The next bus showed up and I tried to get on, but I took one step onto the vehicle and a wall of alcohol wafted into my nose. The driver was in back and there were people fighting back there, a bottle of alcohol spilled all over a guy's pants (god I hope it was alcohol). The driver had to physically restrain the booze-pants guy while the police came.

What's going on in Minneapolis? It's not a full moon, is it?

Anyway, I'm not damn well going to leave you on a down note: On Sunday, I went to the Minnesota for Obama meeting at Bar Abeline, which is conveniently just down the block from me, and got to see Mayor Rybak and some other Democratic bigwigs. Nancy Larson, a superdelegate, announced for Obama. Eat it, Clinton!

Also: Go, go Godzilla!