Police run-ins

     Because of my propensity for freedom, and outside-the-box methods, I find myself talking with the police a lot.  Not because I've broken any law, just because I was doing something that is similar to what criminals do.  I shared with you the story of me "up on the rooftop," so here's a couple more:

     Picture this, I walk outside my apartment building and proceed to walk around my neighborhood.  I keep myself on the sidewalks or the parking lot that surrounds my building.  I was going on a small mission to learn things.  I know what you're thinking..."Why would he want to learn things?  That's the dumbest thing I ever heard."  Anyway...I was studying plants, and trees comparing them to one another...I took a look at some of the telephone poles, and all the wires/lights/ and transformers suspended by them.  I investigated the various decorations that people had placed in their lawns or on their porches...(from the sidewalk, mind you.)  As I came around the block, back towards my building I noticed some vents sticking out of the second floor of the side of my building.  So I walked over to them and discovered a cable TV wire draped across the side of the building into the window of a nearby apartment.  I wondered if somebody was possibly stealing cable...but I decided it wasn't interesting enough to look further.  At this point I sat on the front steps of my building and began reading the newspaper that was left there for its subscriber.  That's when the police showed up.  He walked up to me, as I continued to read...sort of a "it's none of my business until he makes it my business" attitude.  He asked me, "What are you doing here?"  In a gruff tone.  I told him I lived here.  That caught him by suprise for some reason...I guess I'm the only one that likes to enjoy the sunshine in front of my residence.  As I handed away my ID to prove I lived here he asked me if I had been looking in people's windows.  First of all, nobody on side of the building would even be worth sneaking a peek and, and second of all, I don't do that sort of thing.  I told him exactly what I was doing that may have provoked the call, satisfied he left...he didn't even leave me with the usual instructions that police usually do...such as, "stop looking in people's windows."  The more they come for me, and find out that I'm doing nothing wrong...won't they grow tired of the people calling them out to look at me?  Next story...coming up in the next entry.