March 3, 2005
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About Me:
Five Finger Discount…
[Setting: A bright summer day between my freshman & sophomore years of high school]
…..I spot what I’m looking for and continue to scope out the area surrounding it. I’ve done this exact process several times and before walking over I take a deep breath. I do it without drawing any undue attention to myself.
No one is around to see my act of defiance and I pick up the item. My hand then darts across it’s surface to remove the sensor tag securely attached to it’s outer hull, before thrusting it into my jacket.
(For a brief moment my mind has an ethical battle with itself.):
My parents did not raise me to steal….Why am I doing this?…What if I get caught?…Who am I really hurting?
I shake my conscience away like a basketball player throws away a dirty towel.
Without making eye contact with anyone in the store I briskly proceed to the front entrance. My heart is pounding from the adrenaline and I resist the urge to just bolt for freedom.
Walking through the door, I let out a sigh of relief and run all the way home. Returning to my room I close my door and admire the item and the pure beauty of how easy it was to do.
I’m bored of the object of my fancy and throw it into the corner of my room to be forgotten….
Comments (108)
I know that feeling. I know the feeling of giving the thing away after, as if it was a dirty item. I know it to the bottom of my heart. Your writing stirs me today.
hehe or not so forgotten as you’ve just written an entry about it.
So what exactly is the item?
:ohmy: so what was the item you stole?
see, i would’ve throw that item in the corner had i not been caught, slapped with cuffs, escorted off to jail in the paddy wagon, and thrown into a cell with dirty mexicans…true story my friend.
oh, you’re so bad dude. what did you steal? c’mon… fess up.
when i was a young’n i did that too
my object of desire was a ravishing red grape. it tasted good in mouth and i had no need to remove the security tag.
I have never stolen anything.
My conscience kills me if I even think about it.
=/
tsk tsk tsk Lan !
I still <3 you tho =p
i did the exact same thing
haha we all go through that.
My hand then darts across it’s surface to remove the sensor tag securely attached to it’s outer hull, before thrusting it into my jacket.
“outer hull”? what the hell are you stealing? spaceships? :alien: <– i never thought i’d get a chance to use that icon. :thumbsup:
LOL…. hmmm interesting.. outer hull, eh? lol… :rolleyes:
i have an even more provocative story than that–similar theme though…
I did that once. It was a synthetic hair color guide sample miniponytail thing. I pinned it onto my voodoo doll. :devil:
:ph34r:
it’s such a different adrenaline rush when you get caught ! not saying it’s good, but damn. it’s an experience you’ll never ever forget. i didn’t actually do it myself, my friend did, but i was labeled, the accomplice.
I did that with candy at a 7-11, I got caught too…
you probably stole condoms :whistling: hahahha
DIRTYYYY DIRTTYYYYYY BOI, yes you are *shakes head*
I did the same thing tho, i use to steal a lot of things like clothes, wore them one and never wore them again…sometimes i wonder why i took them to begining with…i guess i just want the # of stuff to increase…ya know, the more the better =Y
sinner! :innocent:
Great story. I so know the feelings that most of the comments are talking about.
I’ve seen your site before on some graf. blogring. I just wanted to say that I really liked your ” smile” post :worthy:.
i think we’re all guilty of stealing something at one time or another. i’ve stolen a few things before. but now i actually find it more satisfying to buy them myself. it makes you appreciate it more. and plus. you won’t feel the guilt. good entry. i could relate to almost every word and feeling in it. ehhh. i’m glad those days are over.
I remember sliding cassette singles up the sleaves of my jackets. Those were my favorite things to steal as a kid…….
Atleast you didn’t get caught stealing a condom….LOL…that would have really been embarrasing….
All hail the #1 featured content. I know how it is with the stealing. I used to be quite the little thief. I think for most people, it’s a phase they grow out of as they mature.
u bad bad boy!! wheres the pictures? entertain me with eye candy!
aww i wish you could come to club Fur too…don’t worry as many pics i take or people take of us at Fur…you can pretend like you’re there chillin’ with me
) don’t worry i’ll drink on your behalf!
nancy
Yeah I want to know what you stole, I am intrigued now …
ryc: you can take him
for one night and then give him back after you realise how much he snores 
So what was it? YOU bad BAD man.
Hey u! what’s cha up too?
maybe…it is a sign. heheh oh wells!!
<3 ur da bomb lol
x2!!!
I was always too scared to steal more than just gummie bears. Always was the “good girl…”
haha i do things like that too…
lalala ppl wondering what it is… have you forgotten what it is??
anyways…
that golf game is addicting!!
wow, you can really paint a vivid picture with your words…
really??hahahaha… :flowers:
seriously what did u steal?
I remember as a little kid I would steal small items, but I didn’t put it in my pocket. I put it in my underwear, thinking that no one would dare look there…
i wonder if that item’s still there, under some of the “other” items? :ph34r:
RYC: Haha I know it’s bad but I can’t help it lol.
OMG you shoplifted! lol. What did you steal? Tell tell tell tell..
been there done that hahahaha :biggrin:
hahah…your a dork!….hmmmm….what if you got caught?……tisk tisk….by the way, what’d ya steal?!?!?
Shibby =P You steal?? Geez that’s hard to do…I would be scared to do that only becuz I’d be afraid of getting caught and facing the embarrassment. = But that’s just me.
naughty Boy!
i think u just wanted it because its something that ur parents wouldnt get for u huh? u lil brat!! hehehe
bad bad bad boy.
tsk.
tsk.
txxxk.
wow you were on blind date. that’s awesome. hahaha.. hopefully our clip makes it onto real world. hahaha..
thank you…i really want this one. but the agility has been postponed..thank goodness…
Helen
no they arent new pics, i’m just bored and cant think of anything to update with. plus my pc is so slooow due to me having to d/l asian films for my parents =/
Clue… he hangs out with snoop dog all the time! =)
Lucky.
So naughty. I haven’t stole anything in a really long time. I think I stole a piece of candy once from the grocery store when I was really little.
P.S. Thanks for the nice comments we’ll talk later.
“who am i hurting” by using neutralization techniques such as denial of injury and denial of victim we make an attemp to justify our deviant acts. :biggrin: theres some sociology/psychology for u haha take care
I think your a great guy… :throb:
Your amazing, you always come to my site and leave comments like no one eles I know. <3
For that… I love you!
lol, ttyl..
- Jess
*** Random Props ***
Some things we seek, we just can’t buy.
yeah..been thru that.. u kno the YOUNGER years..funny thing is.. once we got a box of jimmies..and they forgot to scan it so that the THING would get DE active..so on our way out of the walmart doors.. (me and my bf at the time) the system goes off..and gesh..we HAD to b the only ones walkin out at that time..so they stopped us and looked at our reciept.. i had bought a comforter set and a box of jimmies..haha..so they had to take it out and DEactive the sucker..hmm is that worser than actually gettin’ caught buyin them lol.. i mean its already embarrassin buyin them in the first place..lol heheh well i think haha..
butt yea the pregnacy is very xcitin..im 2 months and 3 wks far long.. sex is able to be determined at this time in a sonogram..but it wont be soo accurate..since the baby is soooo small..so they prefer to wait til about five months..wen the baby gets bigger..so..i’ll be hangin out waitin til then
im just as xcited..i want twins..yea im crazy like that!
haha..i remember those days..getting past the sensor polls was such a relief…ahah
YOU THEIF!! u bad ass!!! haha… san francisco and possibly san jose to meet some friends!!
got caught stealing condoms by an old lady at walmart. beat that.
five finger discount… HAHAHAHAHHA
i didnt know what that was until fuckin’ i was 14!!
hey I hope you don’t mind that I subscribe. ur entries seem pretty interesting.
I remember stealing paper from school once.
Yup – I am sooooooo ghetto! :innocent:
i have stolen things, but have never stolen from a store. sucks how we human beings get tired of things easily.
haha thanks bud
sometimes though, I feel as if I’m lapsing back into the past. and it makes me angry… grrrrr.
oh, heres my story btw: I was 7. I stole a pencil eraser top from Dollar General. I felt bad and turned myself in the next day. haha! im a loser.
haha.. been there, done that :innocent: :innocent:
Never shoplifted, but got arrested for it. A girl I was shopping with asked me to take her heavy purse to the van, because she was tired of carrying it. I was such a dumb kid.
are you like that with girls (or guys), too?
i think EVERYONE has stolen at least once in their lives :devil:
haha ur absolutely welcome… i’m a psychology major and a philosophy minor so just about everything in life i can analyze haha… it seems cool but trust me my friends hate it now cause i cant have too many conversations without analyzing their actions or relating it to what i learned =)
family issues are the craziest and they can really tear someone apart… ah i’ve been thru alot wit that and i’m glad to say that my family life now is amazing as well… =) talk to u later…
yup! i just bought a new jcrew one and got the bottoms monogramed with tridelt (shhh we’re not suppose to do that tho haha) yay
oh and this other one that’s like reversible from navy to cherry color. yay and and… yay!
OoOoooO You Lil Thief YOU!!!
I know, I know — you stole *her heart* :wub:
people like you give asians a bad name… haha, yeah, i’ve stolen something when i was 4 and got caught. my brother told my mom and i had to go back to return it
Haha….Lan, you’re soo funny. You went through all that trouble just to be bored of it and throw it into the corner. So, now what about your conscious? Did you ever think about where you’re gonna end up if you fail cause what if it wasn’t so easy the next time…haha…..j/k. :laugh:
p.s. Haha..so why did you brush you teeth then, huh? So that you can be 2nd? Hmmm….I know you don’t like to be first on my list anymore…huhuhu…j/p w/u. :tongue:
Have a great weekend, Lan!
Take care.
-Linda :smile:
we’ve all 5 finger discounted before. it comes with being a poor student. i once stolen a package of chocolate chip cookies.
u just ran ur hand over the item to remove the sensor?! like magic?
i think we all have “five finger discount” stories…i was tempted to do that with a dildo once. they’re soo expensive. i was young and couldn’t afford it…didn’t have the guts to do it though. lol
why are you going to hell?
Yes.. I need not to hold it in anymore, Lan.. U’re just tooooo much! I feel INCOMPLETE without u!
Was that more along the lines of what u were looking for? haha.. DORK..
It’s all about the heat of the moment…and then karma gets you and the thing you stole breaks or gets lost or you give it away.
I do go to your site btw. =)
stealing is fun when u dont get caught!! ^^ and when you’re young and dumb too.
Everyone has had a similar experience whether it be at a store or stealing the last cookie out of the cookie jar…haha..rock lee IS cool, despite his appearance, that is.
K
You cleptomaniac. I’m telling.
RYC: You think my sister is cute huh? Don’t worry. I won’t kick your ass. My sister will. My thug brothers and I taught her well. Her bite is meaner than her bark. Watch out.
It’s interesting how we want something so much (so much that we’re risking a felony), but when we finally get it, it’s not as exciting anymore, huh? :wink:
Ewww. TEASE!!!! lol.
wow. that was me in grade 8. i was sucha bad girl. but no one suspected a straight A student with a 4.0 GPA. what did you take?
andddd…no i wish i drew those pictures. i love them so much!! they are by explodingdog =D
Yeah, I think it depends on the degree of clinginess. But, again, i’m not that bad. i’m understanding..and i have friends of my own. i only expect for my bf to take out the time in the week to see me at least twice. and talk on the phone everynight.
cool story. im glad you didnt get caught.
Haha — so weird — I used to 5-finger discount too when I was little … I dunno why — not that I needed to — maybe the rush? maybe b/c you “can”? …
this is all a giant metaphor for how you treat women isn’t it?
scumbag!!!!
ryc: that website was very shady. I don’t know exactly what each of those words say, but I get what it’s selling…
sho nuff.
sorry. have a great weekend. u seems to have a good character just stop helpin urself to things my dear.
wow..i’m like 100000000000000 times more racist than that remark! Haha….
i think my friend stole a curling iron in high school. LOL. i stopped when i got caught taxing make-up. that’s probably i don’t wear any now :whistling:
of course! but still. i am not attracted to lazy or not ambitious or motivated ppl. total turn off. being driven in whatever ur passion is sexy, don’t u think?
the first thing i stole was a barbie shoe from my cousin. Problem was I only took one of the shoes, not the pair. Plus, i was so worried about getting I never put the shoe on the barbie. neither my cousin nor I were able to use the barbie shoe.
yes I like your quote too. you again have a cute page. i hope you enjoy your weekend lan.
mary
AHA I CAN’T CARRY A BIG ASS TANK LIKE THAT EVERYWHERE I GO! HAHAA
I GOT A SURPRISE FOR YOU. I FORGOT TO UPLOAD IT IN MY WEBHOST PAGE SO I’LL SEND YOU THE LINK LATER!
dang…ur bad lan! didnt realize u kan feel so much from just stealing something haha! i usually just bloop* thats it…done deal…hehe…bad bad
random props…..and ive done that before….except i got caught.
anywho..i checked out ur other pics w/ smiley faces…cute cute! :biggrin:
i hope i get to 7 too! =)
good story
DAMN YOU THIEF….IT BETTER BE WORTH STEALING…I USED TO STEAL SALDILITOS WHEN I WAS A KID…SEE YA!!!
wow… i kno how you feel1 arent you disappointed in your self? i was… oh well we all get over things like that!!!! well bye babe….
The feeling outlived the relevance of the item… That’s probably why there are kleptomaniacs.
what did you steal?
One time I stole some make-up at a drugstore and got caught by the owner. Rather than call the police he made me and my girlfriend show up every day after school for a month and if we blew it he would turn us in. He gave us 15 minutes to leave school and run 10 blocks to the store then he would make us empty the trash or sweep the sidewalk. It made a big impression on me and I made it every day “the run to the drug store” . This was many years ago. Just a corner drug store and a nice guy who made his point while saving us from ourselves. I haven’t thought about that in a lot of years. :worthy: