This is for Penguin who has always wondered what it was like around here..
So, my sister has a digital camera, and one day, I was able to steal, I mean, borrow it for a while to take some photos! This is pretty mimicing what Penguin ocassionally does with her journal–go on photo ops about her life. Here we go:
Bird’s eye view of where I live. The poorly drawn “circle” is where I live. The place labeled “school” is actually a juvenile detention center and a mental correction facility. That’s where I go for more of the year from September to June. The big area with lots of grass and trees is a cemetery. It’s quite peaceful and a lot of people jog around the perimeter.
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This is where I live: a townhouse. Not the most lavish of all places, but certainly not the worse. It’s small and cozy. Unfortunately, that overhang in the front and the tree block a lot of sunlight from coming into the house. It makes the living room dark all the time. However, the tree is good because trees are generally good. They provide a good aura and increase the quality of air. And that’s my lawn in that picture. Certain flightless birds might be shocked at small my lawn is, but um, what can I say? This is normal for me ^^;.
During the summer in the front of my house, my mom and my sister like to grow tomatoes. Mostly, my sister loves tomatoes and instigates my mom to plant them. Last summer (2003) I had some peanut sprouts I brought home from Atlanta, GA. I planted them in front and they grew quickly. However, that was towards the end of the summer and then fall came quickly and the peanut plant didn’t grow very well :(. The big tree blocks a lot of sunlight from reaching the plants.
This is the rest of my street. As you can see, all of the houses are pretty much the same. The street is lined with cars. During the school year, many students park on my street. Of course, as the big boss of the triad, the street is my turf. Therefore, I have to charge kids “protection money.” Many times, kids had to go home crying because the engine was missing from their car, or the steering wheel was gone, or they suddenly find the mileage of their car to be 9545825 miles. Or, or, they found their car to suddenly be a convertable even though it wasn’t before. 
But of course, I give free turf rights to my friends. Matt L. parks on my street with no problems!
So exiting my street, we can catch a glimpse of a bigger street. An intersection is seen below. That’s where some stores are located. Nothing good like a book store or anything. Just your usual stuff: McDonalds, CVS, Dry Cleaners, ACME, Dollar Store, Exxon, Movie Rental Place, Citizen’s Bank, etc. Why can’t they have a book store?! That’d be like my favorite hang out spot :). Yeah, and don’t park on this side…like the sign says.
So, we venture down to the intersection and get a closer look at the stores from CVS. Boring ^^;. Not a lot of action happens around here. Just a few murders a day, serial killings, grand theft, people stealing tanks and driving them on the streets. Nothing exciting at all!
Disclaimer: Some descriptions were not *that* factual. The truth was bent! Sorry! ^^;
Hopefully, next time, I’ll be able to take better pictures. I quickly snapped a few because I didn’t want people to think that I was insane (okay, okay, they already know, but still) running around with a camera. I mean, just how many people do you see running around with a camera? They’d probably think I was a terrorist running around taking pictures ^^;.
