Life in the Big City

My friend living just outside NY proper called me last night, his apartment had been robbed. When he got home, the front door was wide open and so was a little window (he lives on the 1st floor).

Something like that is SUCH a violation. Even though he wasn't hurt, the fact that it happened, and happened to HIM hurts deeply on the inside.

The thief (thieves) was/were probably in and out of there in under 5 minutes. Items taken: I-pod, digital camera, 2 laptop computers. No wallet, no financial info, no passport (all those items were in the apartment). Whoever stole those things was looking for something to sell quickly and for a lot of cash.

I know that in comparison to hurricanes and wild fires this could have been worse. No one was physically hurt. But for a musician to lose all of his music (because the backup to the computer was the i-pod), and all the photos (from having a puppy to college graduation) lost forever.... it feels like someone has taken a piece of you, of your past. Someone who had NO RIGHT, TOOK a part of my friend.

I'm so sorry baby.