Getting robbed at gunpoint

Sometimes you think it's going to be a normal day. It's just going to be dinner with your boyfriend at a nice little restaurant, but then you find yourself being asked to give up your money at gunpoint.

That was exactly what happened on Wednesday, at a restaurant called Furenzu in Emeryville. We'd just finished our dinner, and were waiting for our check. Two men in parka jackets came in, one holding a gun, telling everyone to give up their money. They took what money they could, and left.

It was a good thing I didn't bring any money with me, but others weren't quite as lucky. I was afraid they'd take wallets with credit cards and IDs, but they didn't. Those would have been harder to replace. The story was online within a few hours. The funny thing about that is, ABC reported on the note that Dan and I wrote which went something like, "The food was excellent, but we picked the wrong night to come here. Love, two people that got robbed." Apparently, the robbery was the 8th of its kind: small upscale restaurants in typically low-crime neighborhoods in the East Bay.

The whole thing didn't quite bother me until I was trying to head to bed. I was really anxious, and sort of upset about the stupidity of the human race sometimes. I'm trying to find a way to restore my faith in humanity.