When you tell people you live in the Flint, MI area you usually get one of two responses….
1. I’m sorry, where is that?
or
2. Oh, I saw Roger & Me. Do you know the Rabbit Lady? (for the record, my mom worked with her.)
Despite the rap of high crime and all around suckiness, I am glad to say that I have gotten away relatively unscathed. I have never been the victim of a crime. I go to a decent school (UM-Flint), and I have met some great professors and some truly awesome students. Dom is taking acting, so we are around a lot of the theater students, which is always fun.
The other day, one of those students posted on her Facebook that she was robbed! She’s a younger college student, living with her fiancee who is also an actor (they are both awesome, by the way, but this has nothing to do with that.) Point of the story is, the couple lost a Laptop, an XBox 360, a Nintendo DS (one of Kate‘s Christmas Present from Carl), and a selection of games.
This just really annoys me that this happened to two people that are so incredible (then again, it would annoy me if it happened to anyone I know). I recently sold my Nintendo DS, but now I wish I hadn’t because I would have gladly given it to Kate. I am sure it wouldn’t replace the one she had, but it would have been better than nothing.
I have some PR friends in the business that work with XBox and Nintendo and I hope that I can pull some strings and see about getting them some surprises. Dom and Carl are friends on XBLA and they both are everyday players. Before I came on to write this Dom even mentioned that if Carl managed to get a hold of another XBox (via a donation or something, since they probably cannot afford to replace everything they lost) that he would hand over our copy of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Carl’s favorite game) because he doesn’t play it nearly as much as Carl played his.
I don’t know how much we will be able to help, but I am hoping that we can do something for Kate & Carl. I cannot imagine coming home to find my stuff snatched, especially when the items that are gone were either necessary or at the very least cost a lot of money and were cherished items to the people that owned them. The only consolation is that no one was hurt.
Both Kate & Carl are taking this in stride, but I am sure they would love to be able to regain what they lost. Still, their upbeat attitude is awesome considering the circumstances. Now, it’s time to help these guys get their stuff back.
Xbox are you listening?
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Ashtyn is in her early 30s. She is a mother, writer, college student, and music lover. Ashtyn has had a successful career as a writer since 2003. She turned to blogging in 2005. Ashtyn attends Wright State where she is getting a degree in Psychology. She has extensive knowledge in SEO and Social Media Development.
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