Tuesday, January 27, 2004
*sigh* Ok, last night I went to Tustin Lanes for the church bowling night organized by the men's ministry group. That was fun. I even got some free games at their arcade. I was trying to retrieve a token from one of the machines when lo and behold, six or seven more tokens came out. Anyway, I got home at around 10pm.
So, early this afternoon, I went back out to my car and I saw glass all over the hood. I'm thinking, "Oh, somebody had a wild party last night and has been tossing beer bottles again. They better not have hit my car directly." Then I realized, "Wait a second. That glass isn't from a beer bottle. That's from my passenger side window." Great... So yup, someone smashed into my window, broke into my car, and stole my car radio. It was quite unbelievable, actually. I was hoping that Ashton Kutcher would pop out any second. Unlike Kevin's ordeal, this was definitely not done by pros. They could have at least done a cleaner job. I had to end up cleaning up all the broken glass they left behind. They even broke part of my dash and the air vents from yanking out the radio. I probably wouldn't be as annoyed or frustrated if they at least had the courtesy to be neat about it. :/ Oh, well. There wasn't anything left to do but to file reports with the sheriff and my insurance company.
I also left my bass guitar in the trunk last night. It's a good thing they didn't think to look in there. That's probably worth more than the car radio. I think the most gratifying part of all of this is that the car radio that they took is actually broken. It started malfunctioning a few months ago when the display stopped turning on once in a while. It would still pick up radio stations and play CDs, but I just couldn't tell what station or track it's playing. Every so often, I can get the display to appear by tilting the face slightly. After a few weeks, the display would not come on at all. I was then stuck with operating it blindly. Soon after that, the buttons stopped working as well. It was then permanently stuck on the Fish 95.9 FM. I couldn't turn it off or change the station or play CDs. That wasn't necessarily a bad thing. It is a great station after all. However, I couldn't change the volume level either. Therefore, the only time the volume was pretty tolerable is while I'm driving on the freeway. Finally, it completely died a couple of days ago. Wouldn't they be surprised when they find out that the car radio they stole isn't working? They even left the necessary wiring still in the car. Amateurs... Ironically, I was going to go to Fry's to check out some new car radios today when I saw my car in that condition.
So, early this afternoon, I went back out to my car and I saw glass all over the hood. I'm thinking, "Oh, somebody had a wild party last night and has been tossing beer bottles again. They better not have hit my car directly." Then I realized, "Wait a second. That glass isn't from a beer bottle. That's from my passenger side window." Great... So yup, someone smashed into my window, broke into my car, and stole my car radio. It was quite unbelievable, actually. I was hoping that Ashton Kutcher would pop out any second. Unlike Kevin's ordeal, this was definitely not done by pros. They could have at least done a cleaner job. I had to end up cleaning up all the broken glass they left behind. They even broke part of my dash and the air vents from yanking out the radio. I probably wouldn't be as annoyed or frustrated if they at least had the courtesy to be neat about it. :/ Oh, well. There wasn't anything left to do but to file reports with the sheriff and my insurance company.
I also left my bass guitar in the trunk last night. It's a good thing they didn't think to look in there. That's probably worth more than the car radio. I think the most gratifying part of all of this is that the car radio that they took is actually broken. It started malfunctioning a few months ago when the display stopped turning on once in a while. It would still pick up radio stations and play CDs, but I just couldn't tell what station or track it's playing. Every so often, I can get the display to appear by tilting the face slightly. After a few weeks, the display would not come on at all. I was then stuck with operating it blindly. Soon after that, the buttons stopped working as well. It was then permanently stuck on the Fish 95.9 FM. I couldn't turn it off or change the station or play CDs. That wasn't necessarily a bad thing. It is a great station after all. However, I couldn't change the volume level either. Therefore, the only time the volume was pretty tolerable is while I'm driving on the freeway. Finally, it completely died a couple of days ago. Wouldn't they be surprised when they find out that the car radio they stole isn't working? They even left the necessary wiring still in the car. Amateurs... Ironically, I was going to go to Fry's to check out some new car radios today when I saw my car in that condition.
