in or out

This morning I am beat. At 1:27am the fire alarm went off and rang for the longest 7 minutes in history. I watched the clock.

I'm sure the correct thing to do in this cirumstance is to leave the apartment when the alarm goes off. But I always think it's some stupid drunk pulling it because it never goes off during waking hours. Ever. The last time it was 3:30am and I didn't go outside then, either. If I don't see smoke in the hallway and don't smell it in my apartment it is something that can be waited on until I hear the fire trucks. And the fire trucks have yet to visit my apartment building.

Really, it's pretty easy for me to get out. I open my patio door and walk outside. If I'm feeling really sociable (if it were an actual emergency) I could wander up to the sidewalk. But at 1:30 in the morning I'm not feeling very sociable; I just want the noise to stop.

It does make me wonder what I would grab if something really did happen. I really have no idea. I could probably stand at the door and chuck stuff out onto my patio. Probably would just grab my money-related documents because I'm so nutty about documentation for my taxes. Maybe a picture or two. A china teacup/saucer selection. Ya, I don't know. And, frankly, don't want to know. This is why I have insurance.

Just finished "Too Much, Too Late" by Marc Spitz yesterday. He really does write some unlikeable characters into his books. But I'm so interested to see what happens with "How Soon Is Never?", if it winds up a releasable movie. There was a mention of a Marc Spitz in a Simpsons episode, but I can't figure out if it would have been another Marc Spitz because there was very little context behind it. Just something Homer said that was unrelated to everything and really just a mention. Hmmm...

Oh, and it's almost a sure thing that I'll be getting a PC notebook. The Macs aren't as friendly with PCs as I need them to be.