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So, last night, around 10 p.m., as I was sitting here enjoying the peace and quiet, there was a sudden burst of angry shouting from somewhere nearby, followed by what sounded like gunshot. See, I wasn't even 100% sure it was gunshot, because I don't think I've ever actually heard gunshot in "real life" (as opposed to in movies). But it must have been, because soon after there came the unmistakable sound of police sirens in the distance, drawing closer. And even before that, I saw two guys running along the little back street that my front window is facing. They might have actually run out of MY building - though I'm not sure of that, because from my window I can't see the entrance. And, some time later, there was a car parked down there by the garbage cans that looked like a police car with its lights turned off. It seemed like someone was just sitting there in the darkness, watching. And that was it. I didn't see or hear much else. I don't know what happened. I'm not sure I want to know. But whatever it was, it happened really close - either in my building or the one next to it, or one of the other apartment buildings right across the street.

So much for living in a quiet neighborhood.:/

Speaking of which - right now it's not so quiet either. Someone's having a party in another wing of my building, right across the back yard, where the little balconies between the back staircases are directly facing the kitchen windows on my side. There is a veritable havoc of screaming children, barking dogs and people talking so loud I feel like they are right there in my kitchen.:(

It is strangely comforting, though. I mean, if someone got killed next door last night, they wouldn't be having a party now, would they??? At least I hope not. *sigh*

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