I wish I could say that things have calmed down here. I wish I could feel calm. I wish I wasn’t existing in an almost constant state of panic. Things just keep getting worse. Since the last entry I have not noticed the kids next door in my yard. That at least is something positive.
This past weekend Texa-tucky & Michael Vick decided to try to walk the 2 most aggressive of their pit bulls. My bet would be it was Texa-tucky’s idea – another of her displays of antisocial aggression. She marched the bitch around while her husband was pulled around by the brown male. Every dog they passed exchanged a raucous volley of barks and growls with them, so I could always tell where they were. I imagine it wasn’t welcomed by the other neighbors since the ones on the street behind us have already voiced their worry that those pit bulls might bite their children from inside their own fence. The family around the corner said they have blocked off the fence they share with the pit bulls by leaning boards against it from their side. This pit bull parade happened only once that I am aware of.
After Texa-tucky threatened me I have stopped feeding the outside cats. I am afraid for their safety here, and trying to protect them from that psycho and her son puts me in danger as well. Fannie has said there are 2 or 3 feeding locations within a few blocks. And I think they have fed them here, on my back porch or in my driveway, at least twice after dark. I hate those people next door and it is a relief when I see that at least some of the cats are okay.
But last week this man from the next street over came by to complain that he had started feeding one kitten and soon 10 cats were showing up. (I truly don’t understand why the people in this neighborhood think I am personally responsible for every cat they ever see walking the street.) Then he started to complain about Charles TNR-ing the cats, because he says his niece’s cat was trapped & came back with her ear clipped. (So you object to stray cats but you let your own cats run loose with no tags or identification???) I told him I had stopped feeding stray cats weeks ago due to threats of violence from the woman next door. I told him I would contact Fannie again. (I did. She never responded, as usual.)
So yesterday the man comes back. I thought he was just here to bitch about the stray cats some more. (Gawd I am so sick of my neighbors. ) I went out on the porch & told him that I had contacted Fannie. Then he completely took me by surprise.
(I admit I am no smooth talker or social butterfly. I am awkward. I misinterpret what people say, what people’s intentions are, and I generally prefer staying away from people. Cats are better. They don’t lie. Their motives are simple and direct. Cats are better than people in almost infinite ways. Anybody who thinks Aspies don’t like animals is totally wrong.)
The man said he would continue to feed the cats if I went on a date with him. (WTF?😨) What I heard was kinda the opposite: Go on a date with me or I’ll hurt the cats. So I said I wasn’t saying No, but… And this pig starts immediately groping my butt and kissing me right there on my front porch! Ew YUCK!!! So I got away from him & went inside & burst into tears.
Ever since then I have been crying and peering out the window, afraid he will come back. I called Aunt Gwynne, who said I should have called the cops. I told her about how totally fucking useless the cops here have been. They did nothing about Clownin 4 Jeezus or Anger-management. They did nothing about the woman next door threatening me. I agreed to call 911 if he comes back and won’t leave, but otherwise… what good would it really do? This neighborhood is full of criminals and the cops simply don’t give a fuck.
So things have gotten worse here again. I hate people. I wish it was me that was dead. Smacky could deal with all of this so much better than I.
From recent local news: A man committed suicide in one of the empty buildings downtown. A woman was killed by a pit bull that her daughter had bought on Craigslist for $20. A 3-week-old baby was killed by her parents’ 3 pit bulls. The Republicans want to cut Food Stamps, Housing Assistance, Medicare, and Social Security.
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