Another one bites the dust, it is just unbelievable how easily each and every one of us can be violated no matter how careful we all can be, we are all at risk. After my robbery incident in one of my jobs in Las Vegas last January of 2007 which is in one of my blogs (LINK) . A good friend of mine and a fellow photographer Jeremy Clover had his equipment stolen inside his own vehicle just like mine, but the only difference is they did not break is card like they did mine. Several weeks later a fellow creative/photographer and a good friend Henry Salari was robbed as well, both friends were robbed of their main tools of livelihood, this are the tools that create us, this are the tools that feed us, how dare this robbers/crooks violate us so easily.

We all know that this kind of people are people who do not think like normal people should think, I consider them the scum of society, the law may see it as a petty theft or another theft case, but this is grand theft to me, they have not robbed us of our equipment, but they have robbed us of our jobs, they took away all the hard work you put into building your equipment that acts as part of your job and the sad part is, they took it away in minutes while it took you months and years to put as much as you can together.

I am not saying this is the end of us nor this will stop us from doing what we love. I have gained it all and I have recovered from the mark those robbers have left in me, I can be paranoid all I want but still I am still very vulnerable just like each and every one of you are. All we can do is be extra careful and just be watchful for others.

If I see someone in forget to lock their doors in a parking lot I always inform them, I see someone in the train get up for a second to do their thing I always try to watch for the items. (it doesn’t hurt to glance around and be cautious)

I just totally feel for those who have gone through this, it is totally a bad experience, it is just like your favorite thing being lost or stolen no matter how small nor big it is, once its gone it does, it does crush you.

But as human beings we do adapt, we do learn and we do survive. Move on.