hit by a cab…

Nyc_taxi_3 well almost.

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.

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a love poem…


if you and me could be 4cc67918d7f2e
together
the world would be
a beautiful place

full of hope
and joy
lacking pain
and hate

but since we can't
it'd be really nice if we could fuck on the side every now and then 

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“d” as in what…?

Dog br1 i love delivery guys…

delivery guy: i have delivery.
me:  where to sir?
delivery guy: 9D
me:  9D?
delivery guy:  D as like perro.  

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quickie: my gramps on ernie johnson…

so ernie johnson is calling the alcs on tbs and my grandfather is not a fan of his. this is because ernie johnson sucks at calling baseball. i think he's normally tbs' basketball guy. i bet he's good at that. baseball, not so much.

grandfather was explaining to me a couple of the things he particularly hated about mr. johnson. here's my favorite:

"so guererro slid into second and johnson guy says 'and vlad slides into second.' who is this vlad? his name is vlad-o-mir. he's talking about him like he's sleeping with the man."

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30 days of truth: the prelude…

Superman-returns-movie-1-1152x864 since i've been entirely shitty at keeping this site updated (though totally not shitty in paying to keep it existing) i figured i'd try this little exercise which i saw here.  he saw it here and here and said those people got it here.  it's basically a writing exercise designed to give you things to write about and i suppose explore your true inner feelings about yourself and others.  essentially it's cheaper, though less effective, therapy.

it's called the 30 days of truth.  why?  i guess because the idea of it is to be honest to yourself (and however many strangers wander through your little patch of the internets).  I'm not sure if whoever invented it wanted it to be written over 30 consecutive days, nor do i care.  i simply hope to get it done ever.  ideally within 90 days or so.

why so long?  well, for starters, i hope to have other stuff to post a tad more frequently.  also, because looking at the questions, i genuinely have no answer for a couple of them.  like the one around day 14 or so (i could look at the list and be accurate, but i won't) about a hero who let me down.  i don't really have a hero.  never did to my knowledge.  of course, this could be because the hero let me down and i stopped letting that person be my hero.  as i said i think that's the point of this, so some of them will require thought.  worst case scenario, i'll write a letter to superman scorning him for knocking up lois lane in an alternate timeline causing the shitty new superman movie and wonder aloud why he didn't simply attempt a "spin the world backward" abortion to save us all.

so, without further delay, here are the questions of truth.  you can tell i copied and pasted them because there are capital letters. *drumroll*

Day 01 → Something you hate about yourself.
Day 02 → Something you love about yourself.
Day 03 → Something you have to forgive yourself for.
Day 04 → Something you have to forgive someone for.
Day 05 → Something you hope to do in your life.
Day 06 → Something you hope you never have to do.
Day 07 → Someone who has made your life worth living for.
Day 08 → Someone who made your life hell, or treated you like shit.
Day 09 → Someone you didn’t want to let go, but just drifted.
Day 10 → Someone you need to let go, or wish you didn’t know.
Day 11 → Something people seem to compliment you the most on.
Day 12 → Something you never get compliments on.
Day 13 → A band or artist that has gotten you through some tough ass days. (write a letter.)
Day 14 → A hero that has let you down. (letter)
Day 15 → Something or someone you couldn’t live without, because you’ve tried living without it.
Day 16 → Someone or something you definitely could live without.
Day 17 → A book you’ve read that changed your views on something.
Day 18 → Your views on gay marriage.
Day 19 → What do you think of religion? Or what do you think of politics?
Day 20 → Your views on drugs and alcohol.
Day 21 → (scenario) Your best friend is in a car accident and you two got into a fight an hour before. What do you do?
Day 22 → Something you wish you hadn’t done in your life.
Day 23 → Something you wish you had done in your life.
Day 24 → Make a playlist to someone, and explain why you chose all the songs. (Just post the titles and artists and letter)
Day 25 → The reason you believe you’re still alive today.
Day 26 → Have you ever thought about giving up on life? If so, when and why?
Day 27 → What’s the best thing going for you right now?
Day 28 → What if you were pregnant or got someone pregnant, what would you do?
Day 29 → Something you hope to change about yourself. And why.
Day 30 → A letter to yourself, tell yourself EVERYTHING you love about yourself

 

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the social network…

Tsn hi everybody!

so it's been another fairly long while.  at this rate this stupid lil blog will only be good for a barely mediocre post a month.  that's not to say life has been mediocre, it's been great.  i've even thought about writing a bunch of times.  just didn't happen.

i figured i'd take this time to tell you how amazing the social network is.  you should go see it.  sure it's going to be trendy and the movie "everybody sees," but it's worth it.  you'll enjoy it.  

that said,it's totally a movie that can be watched on dvd from the comfort of your home without missing anything.  there isn't a single visual that screams "gotta see this on the big screen."  and really don't we all have big screens anyway?

no, you want to see the social network for the writing.  i'm a huge aaron sorkin fanboy, so take what i say with a grain of salt, but this is an incredibly well written movie.  and the actors nail the dialog (so well that i didn't even hate justin timberlake).

there really isn't much else to add.  the movie is based on a book which tells the probably true story of the creation and evolution of facebook.  if you care you'll be inclined to like it.  if you don't you won't.

if you liked the west wing, sports night, or a few good men, see the movie.  if you didn't, reevaluate what you do with your spare time.

i went to see it with my cousin.  10 minutes into the movie the older gentleman sitting next to her was asleep and snoring.  he awoke with about 5 minutes to go in the movie.  as the credits rolled he asked my cousin all sorts of questions about the movie he could have watched.  the last one was my favorite:

"my nieces are always telling me i have to get on facebook with them.  they say "uncle freddie, uncle freddie, get on facebook!" what is facebook?  is it like, a social network?"

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(retiring old flying post. testing typepad quick compose. let's see how this works together…)

so, as we all know, i'm pretty paranoid of flying. thing is i'm not certain what the worst part about flying is… the interminable thought that the giant metal tube i'm in hurling through the air inexplicably suddenly stops hurling through the air or that i forgot something. like deodorant. clearly the only thing worse than dying in a flaming wreck of a plane crash is not dying and smelling like a locker room because you have no deodorant.

i'll be in va. hopefully not in several burning pieces. and i'll try to get back into posting when i return.

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i love my brother…

(pic later.  maybe.  i have to mow the lawn.)

so i'm going to virginia next week to pre celebrate my god daughter's birthday.  i mentioned to my brother my flight was at a certain time.  then when it apparently got changed i texted him that info as well…

me:  so my flight got changed.  leaving at 215 not 3.
bro:  how does that happen?  they just change it when they feel like it?
me:  well, two weeks ago.  just didn't look at email (good thing i did) and i have no clue.  kinda weird.
bro: that's the one that's scheduled to crash.

yup… i love my brother. 

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(really) quick convo since it’s been so long…

31KeQ-nuaAL  

guy:  my lighter.  he took my lighter.  that idiot took my lighter and left?
me:  man, give him a break.  his dad just died
guy:  then his dad doesn't need my lighter.  i need to fucking smoke.

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conversations…

Delivery-boy  it's been busy here at the building and quiet in life so there hasn't been much to say here.  here are some conversations i've had over the last few days…

delivery driver:  sorry man, i can't read.
me:  no problem, i'll take care of it.
delivery driver:  no…i CAN read, but i can't see.  i lost a contact this morning.
me:  damn, that sucks.  how do you drive like that?
delivery driver:  not very safely.

future resident:  i'd like to move some luggage on monday.
me:  well, the building is closed for work and move son monday, but if it's just luggage we can help you out.
future resident:  it is a desk, a table and two chairs.
me:  sir, that's not luggage.
future resident:  yes, i want to move my luggage.
me:  but a desk is not luggage.  if you can buy it at a furniture store, it's not luggage.

me:  wow hameed, you're the delivery expert of the year?
hameed, domino's delivery expert of the year:  yes.
me:  cool.  are you the only one?  or is everyone the delivery expert of the year?
hameed:  just me.
me:  can i get a picture with you?
hameed:  no

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