what's fucking nuts about this story is that for all the jaywalking, crossing in the middle of the street, and general assholery i commit while walking around the city, on this particular night i waited for the light, let a car make his turn, and then proceeded to walk safely in the crosswalk.
and then there was a giant bright light coming at me.
"holy shit" my brain screamed at me as i saw the cab coming from out of nowhere directly at me. i knew i couldn't get out of the way, so my next instinct was to simply jump into it and take the hit. i've been in enough vicious mosh pit sin my time, i figured it couldn't be all that bad. i mean, whats worse? a bunch of guys coming at you from random directions with the intent to violently knock into you or bracing yourself to take one hit that you know is coming?
"no you stupid mother fucker, protect yourself" my brain said as i extended my arms and stopped the cab.
now don't get me wrong, i realize while he was coming faster than he should be, he wasn't coming that fast. i also realize he was hitting his breaks. but i'll be damned if i didn't feel myself help that cab stop and even push it back a wee bit.
that's when my ranting started. i know it started with "what the fuck?!?" and continued on to pointing out that i did indeed have the light, but i have no recollection of the 15-20 seconds after. i just remember the look on the guys face, he had no idea i was there. it was not the face of a guy who is a dick driver, it was truly a holy shit did i dodge a bullet face.
so i continued on my way. his passenger was nice enough to roll down the window and apologize as the car just sat there.
i honestly have no clue where he came from. like i said, i let a car make a turn before starting across the street. my only guess is this guy came from the second lane and was making a wide turn.
it is pretty amazing how fast the brain can go from "holy shit" to "fuck can't dodge this" to "maybe i can take the hit" to "god damn it protect yourself" in the span of a couple of seconds. crystal clear thoughts too. time really did slow down, or at least felt that way.
in the words of road warrior hawk…what a rush.
