Version One: Overly Dramatic
There was a police incident one block from work today. There was a man shooting randomly from his balcony. It took them over three hours to apprehend the man. In the mean time, they blocked off second street and warned us not to go outside or near windows. My computer monitor is right in front of a window. I was so frightened.
Version Two: Overly Apathetic
There was a "police incident" near work today. There was this guy randomly shooting from his balcony. Whatever.
Version Three: Close Approximation to my actual reaction
Oh wow, there was a police incident about a block from work today. There was a man randomly shooting from this balcony. We were warned not to go outside or near windows. I wasn't really worried about it, but I think I slouched in my chair a little, so I was lower than the window behind my computer monitor.
On a slightly similar note, Yoko Ono was on Democracy Now today. They played her speech from the opening of her "Peace Tower," which will be lit between the birthday and deathday of John Lennon. It was all about peace, but I can't remember the details, except that they made me cry a little. At work! I find that if I stop and think about the state of the world I fall overwhelmingly sad. I wonder if everyone else is as afraid as me.
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