Where Have I Been?

I have been absent. Mentally. Since the robbery, it's been a week and a half of.... wait, I can't remember. Was I a zombie? I didn't realize an incident like being robbed could put such a halt on everything: creativity, social life, running my business, etc.

Well, the good news is, for whatever reason, last night the creative spark was relit and I'm back in action. Woot

And tonight I get to see Wall-E! Yeeeeeeehaw

It Doesn't Happen Often.....

But occasionally life can suck. Take last Saturday for instance.

Between 12:30 and 12:45 pm me and Pete's apartment was robbed in Golden Hill. Whats worse is that I was home, and there was such a small amount of time for someone to take things, I am sure it was someone local who was watching us.

I was getting ready to leave for work; I left a backpack and my purse on a chair in the living room preparing to leave. As I went to handle laundry and gpo to the bathroom, someone slipped in and took the items along with my boyfriends camera. Literally, they had to have been waiting for me to become distracted. Our place is very small and it would have been hard to come in unnoticed.

The following items were stolen:

Nikon D300 digital camera
- Serial #3014174
-LARGE black camera
-4GB card inside; MAY still be images on the camera
-50 mm 1.8 lens

BURTON Black backpack
-LARGE backpack
-2 external hardrives were inside. One drive specifically is black & orange and glows when in use.

Volcom Black Purse
-Contains wallet w/ credit cards, ID, etc
-Contains an inhaler (i have asthma)
-Contains a small silver cell phone; nothing fancy. If there is a text in the inbox saying "this phone is stolen" call the number the text came from. I sent it.

If anyone you know/ seen has come in posession of any of these items within the last 24 hours, please contact me at 858-208-7088, or email photowise885@gmail.com.

We've done our part; police report, our OWN investigating, cruising around town to get any kind of lead or witness. Hitting up the pawn shops and letting them know what was jacked. Everything you could think of; definitely as much if not more than the investigator assigned to the case....

The ultimate shitiness of the whole deal is : Pete's camera. I already have a new purse, bank cards, ID, etc. But that camera was Pete's heart and - dare i say it - SOUL. It's hard to see the person you love say that they are going to give up their passion because of a stranger's selfishness and disregard for his fellow man. At this point, I don't care if the thief drops the thing on the doorstep in the middle of the night. I want to find out who did this and beat them to a pulp. Asshole, wherever you are.

In the meantime, ANYONE who sympathizes and/ or admires Pete's work, I encourage you to check out his site, and donate if at all possible. I have no expectations; only hope. Poor guy. There's honestly no other thing in this world that means more to him then his photography. It's a pretty tough deal.

Donations of $20 or greater will receive a 13" x 19" print of any image in Pete's portfolio.

Thanks for reading this post. There's plenty of entertaining good news to blog as well, but we have to air the grievances first. 

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For Tomorrow,

Sade