Okay....so Gem had forgotten her meds at a friends house, who was out of town for the next week. And instead having her be a crazy mess for the week, we decided to break into his apartment and get back her medication.

Our first attempt was undocumented and unsuccessful. We tried climbing from one window sill to another, climbing up the fire escape and getting to his main bedroom window, only to find it locked, getting the building manager to let us in, or a neighbor to let us out onto her fire escape. Riding on the bus to work that day, we discussed different options that we had at attempting another break in and decided to have another go at it on Thursday. This time Ken.o.sprey was kind enough to come along for the ride and lend some assistance.

Walking down Geary with a foot high step ladder we attempt our second break in. Unfortunately the ladder was just not tall enough. Scratching our heads we are looking around the building for some other tools to use. Ken.o.sprey stumbled across the fire hose in the hallway. After unraveling the hose he hands it to me...leaving me to figure out the next step. Rather baffled by how to incorporate the hose...I throw it down and just start climbing...dress and all. Pulling myself up to the next window where I balance myself I grab hold of the molding on the outside of the building. I did not have the confidence to balance myself enough to make it one more level. I jump down. Eddy The Majestic, being much taller and more experience with climbing, throws off her shoes and goes up to the next floor window. She stands on the 1/2 window sill . Ken.o.spray is spotting her from the same level. I am down one level below spotting as well. Thinking to myself...what will I do if she falls?? Would I be able to catch her in my arms...dress and all? This fourth nerve racking approach was a success. Eddy The Majestic makes it the other window! She unlocks the door...and I am rescued from my temporary insanity! I got my meds!




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[sorry folks.... we redid this task. hope my old version from way back when still merits a looksee]



Following the lead of the high scorer, I'm going to retroactively describe what happened, because re-enactment and spectacular documentation seem out of the question.


So, last Sunday, for reasons unspecified, I found myself pursuing someone through the channeled street where my house is. By channeled, I mean, there's no real exit from it, all paths on it basically lead to the BART station, which is within a freeway, and also has a number of bus stops, and parking areas, etc.

And so in pursuing, I lost track of them visually. It was about seven in the a.m., so not too light, but not too dark. I thought they jumped on the bus, but the door hadn't opened yet. (I found out later, but they'd gone into one of the parking lots).

I ran up the escalator into the pay-for-tickets area, bypassed the guard booth, and leapt over the turnstile / insert ticket thingy. I've never done this before, though I admit to not paying for the BART on a number of occasions.

I ran as quickly as I could up the second escalator to the freeway level, but the person I was looking for was nowhere to be found. It was too early to be catching trains on a Sunday (don't they start at 8 or 9?) but there were a few people sitting on benches anyway.

The wierdest thing, not meteorologically but psychically, was that the fog was heavy over our east side of the bay, but it had lifted up over the city. The sun had just broken over the water and the skyline, though it always looks great in the morning from our side, was really breathtaking. I almost got distracted from the pursuit. Never have I wanted a tele lens more, the forest framed everything perfectly. Er not the forest but there's hella trees near our station.

So I bounced after that, because I'm paranoid of the fuzz.... I grabbed the elevator down to the street and kept going, going through the parking lot to see where I'd have to chase next.