Interviewed this guy who served 27 years of a 40 year sentence today for "gun crimes." He wouldn't elaborate, except that it was for three different offences. Doesn't really matter as that isn't the point of the story I'm working on, but it was interesting none the less. He's been on parole, living in a halfway house in New Westminster for about three and a half years. For some reason I couldn't help but keep wondering if he killed anyone. I found that thought exciting.

The story is basically about a halfway house in a community that has pretty much welcomed it. None of that NIMBY stuff that would normally come with such a facility in a neighbourhood. Heck, I would be one of those people yelling and screaming: "I don't want those kind of people in my hood." I already have enough freaks in my neighbourhood, including some weirdo who goes around whistling for his cat at night while shaking a bucket of catnip. Oh wait, that's me...
But I do have a neighbour whose deceased husband supposedly made his money selling arms to the Nazis during the WWII. She's a bit of a crabby bitch.

The facility also has an each year open house, which is a part of an annual neighbourhood barbeque. The image of these convicted felons, murderers and thieves serving burgers to children and seniors, so cool.

Now if one of those people could snap... That would be front page news! :P