Groundhog Day

[days_unfolding]

I'm not sure what's going on, but I think I need to change some of my patterns of leaving, etc. Apparently I'm a little too visible (which concerns me). I also need to avoid coming to the lab on the weekend. (BTW, this is a good place to note that I was in only on Sunday for about a half-hour, somewhere between 8 and 9 P.M. Keeping a time log is not a bad idea. Hello, LJ?)

Sheesh. This is like the movie Groundhog Day. Without the happy ending.

I am really enjoying the quiet (lack of a ringing telephone), but I wish that it didn't take extreme measures to get it.

Addendum: Oh, yeah, still off of LJ. Work stuff, condo reconstruction stuff, doctor's appt. stuff, stuff stuff-:)

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Groundhog Day

[tequilasunset.livejournal.com]

Wondering why you're thinking that you're a
little too visible?

I realized the same thing with my daily habits-
(After I started getting "phone messages").
I'd go for my five mile walk at the same time...
I did many things that were TOO obvious to "others".

Is this what you meant? Is someone stalking
you? You mentioned the phone calls in your
journal. I was getting these often, even
having my poetry recited to me on my voice mail.
I know it had to be someone from lj living in
my state who could call that often. At first
I was amused, the person would leave taped
songs, and only left them on my VM. It
continued for weeks. The phone company said
they could not put a tracer on my voice mail, or
listen to my VM as it would violate my privacy!
(The caller would only leave messages on my VM.)
I can understand the privacy law, but my privacy
is more valuable than my life? There was no
way to say for sure if this guy was out to
hurt me but the songs... they were all songs
with references to, "You left me, and I can't
forget you" type of songs. Then my poems,
he picked my poem/bio, "Look For The Woman."
Would recite this poem in a freaky voice, and
used deep breaths like he came from a cave.

If you're concerned… I'd change habits. It could
be nothing... it could be something to worry about.


Take Care-

Re: Groundhog Day

[days-unfolding.livejournal.com]

I'll try to do a friends-only append later....Thanks.

Re: Groundhog Day

[days-unfolding.livejournal.com]

Sorry Carol--I've been scrambling to prepare for the condo reconstruction contractor tomorrow A.M. I need to make this brief.

Anyway, the person on the phone is certainly stalking me (or making "nuisance calls" in the language of the phone company). The calls consist of silence until the person hangs up (or I do) or hanging up when I get on the line. These calls have persisted for a year-and-a-half. The longest period of time that they stopped was right after I left the company at which I now work. They started up again in April (?) of last year.

I opened a police report that I believe has now expired. The phone company talked me into blocking calls rather than tracing them. I'm putting that decision in the top 100 list of mistakes that I've made in my life, if not higher.

Does the caller have a role in the rest of my life? Well, that's the million-dollar question. I would be much happier if I had an answer. I've assumed that the caller is someone that I know IRL because I would think that a stranger would get bored after the first few times. I really don't think that a stranger would keep it up for a year-and-a-half. Also, I have gotten a phone call every single time that I made reference to the lab at which I worked and now work again, no matter how oblique. I wrote one reference to remodeling of the lobby when I went for an interview last year--and no one outside of the lab would know about that--and sure enough, I got a call. I've also sorted people along those lines, which I probably shouldn't do, but it's hard not to.

The incident that upset me wasn't a stalking incident. The mutual distrust at the lab has gotten bad enough that we're playing a fun game of "who gets to watch whom leave". A couple of people trailed me out to the parking lot, and it gave me the creeps. (This has happened more than once; it wasn't just a coincidence.) I parked my car elsewhere in the hopes of keeping the twain from meeting, but I can't always do that. I'd be willing to agree to leave or not leave at certain times, but that agreement presumes that the other person would believe that I'd stick to it.

"I need to make this brief." Heh.

Did you ever find out how the caller got your phone number? Scary.

Re: Groundhog Day

[tequilasunset.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you work with a few jerks.

Never did find out who it was calling, the
person stopped. A month or so ago, I had
a few more weird calls, and none lately.
The phone companies don't seem to take this
stuff as serious as they should.

Good luck Adrienne, and if you you're
being harassed, I'd report it to someone-
It's an awful feeling...

Re: Groundhog Day

[days-unfolding.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I'm not being harassed (except by the caller). Just in a mess.