Ahh, life's little adventures.  Never a dull moment.  Story incoming :)

Yesterday morning I realized that I'm almost out of my favorite makeup (MAC ftw), and the nearest place that has a MAC cosmetics counter is 10 miles away at a Nordstrom's in Chandler.  I had never been there, but the mall is supposed to be pretty nice, so I get ready and I start to head to Chandler.... and as I'm backing out, I realize that my brakes don't work.  Like almost 0 pressure.  Lovely.

My mall plans crushed, I inch my way to the auto repair place at 10 mph with the emergency lights on (ever try to stop your car using friction and the e-brake alone? neither had I, until now..)

So as I sit in the waiting room at the repair shop, the news channel headlines with a breaking story.  Another hostage situation, oh joy.  Sensationalized useless news coverage.  Boring..
Then, mid-yawn, I see where the hostage situation is.  The camera crew is sitting outside a Nordstrom's.. at the Chandler mall.  Suddenly I'm wide awake.  Apparently, an escaped felon shot at police and held people inside the mall hostage...





Had my car not had brake problems, I would have been in there.  Stuck as a hostage for 3 hours.  Of all the days for me to pick to head to Chandler.. and of all the days for my car to break down.  Just another minor chapter in the strange parade of events I call life.