barack + 7 - or - "nothing has changed"

seven days have passed since i sat anxiously awaiting the election returns and i'm here to tell you that, barack or no barack, the old adage - the more things change, the more things stay the same - is true.

1) my cats still fight even though i've taken to overdosing them with homeopathic calming elixirs.

2) my neighbors are still the best. (today we were all out raking leaves. well, i should say that THEY were raking and i was vacuuming with my brand new blower/vacuumer that blows/vacuums at 230 MPH!!!)

3) i'm still a lesbian. (any doubt? refer to items 1 and 2 above.)

4) the metropolitan police department still needs a lot of work.

it's this last constant that is most frustrating!! here's the story ... while cleaning up from vacuuming leaves, i found a number of stolen purses in my trash cans. i knew that the police would take forever to respond if i called 911 (low priority and rightfully so) so i decided to deliver the evidence to the police myself. i walked in, proudly announced that i was doing my civic duty and was promptly informed that they didn't care. they told me that they don't accept property, stolen or otherwise, at that particular police station and i would have to go to the main police station, or go home and call 911, if i wanted to make a report. WHAT!!!! they have special stations for different types of crimes? they're the police! shouldn't they want to assist the public when illegal activities have transpired - irrespective of the location where they learn about the offense?

in typical flipflopfed fashion i refused to accept their explanation and presented them with many different scenarios - "what if i met you outside the door when you go out for your cigarette - you mean to tell me that you wouldn't take a report? NOPE; "what if i called 911 and reported my location as this substation - you mean you wouldn't take a report? NOPE."

after about 20 minutes of throwing out "what ifs" and coming to the conclusion that i was fighting a losing battle, i went home and performed the duties of the mpd myself - i called the owners of the purses and arranged for them to come and pick up their property.