impregnability

"do you feel safe?"

this question was proposed to me last night by a friend. typically i am not the sort of person wandering around scared for myself in situations. i walk around alone, downtown, with the ipod in, and at night. probably not the smartest thing for somebody to do, especially a woman, if i may drop the gender card.

i just don't ponder it that much. maybe it's the naivete or complacency of my having lived in eugene all my life, but i don't think so. i walk with an air of confidence, aware of my surroundings. apparently this results with individuals not molesting me, for the most part.

so many times i have listened to people, newly moved to the area, who talk about certain neighborhoods of eugene as unsafe. what? really? of course there are areas i know would not be wise for me to venture into by myself, at night, therefore i do not go. but my neighborhood? the whit? downtown?

maybe i am just a "badass..."