SERT = Special Emergencies Response Team

so, i wake up feeling a'ight, i do some morning stuff. then i decide to go to the computer and i want to read the article about math from the paper "the Oregonian" which the most exposure i get is to the top half in the boxes on the street, and i never go to their site. i go to their site and the first thing i see is a red box with "SERT for shooting in SE Portland", i was like damn, that sucks, so I click on it and it's for like a block away from me, the 4200 block on cora. literally. i think i walked past it last night. it was a bit past 11pm, i saw an empty cop car with parking lights on assuming they were talking to someone at an apartment, but they must've been inside bc i didn't hear or see anything, then i looked down my street and on 39th saw at least 2 cop cars with lights flashing. the article says it happened early this morning and they have streets blocked off which i am sure means 39th to 42nd E to W and prolly my block bc i would assume they would do a few blocks N and S. the article doesn't say what this means. like, can i leave? do i want to leave? is there a gun toting maniac roaming my streets? decisions, decisions.

i want to tell my cop snow story now. i was wandering the streets in the snow and there were other people out but usually in crowds and no one could walk very well. i got to 39th and wanted to check out what the main roads were like and i stopped and gaped bc they were terrible. at that moment 3 cop cars in a row drive past, my assumption to get a more driveable road since we don't have plows and make sure drivers and people are safe. i had on brown boots, maroon with racing stripe sweats, wool poncho in gray and my carhartt hat, a mis-matched mess. so the cops all look at me. the 3rd stops and says hello. i respond. they ask: "are you OK" and i say yes. "you sure you're OK...you have somewhere to go?" and i say yes, thanks. i am 99% sure they thought i was a transient ( i like that word) but how kind, either way.

wow, this is the earliest i've blogged in a long time. usually i do it last, but i had a story. i am going to look outside again. last time i saw nothing. maybe i'll keep the heat it. oh, and electric blankets rule. i didn't think i would like it. i got one for christmas and i love it!
. if i have the heating pad on, the electric blanket is off but is still hella warm

UPDATE: here is a link to the article, they arrested the 90+ year old man that shot 2 people: article i think they could've handled the wording a bit more "delicately"