RE-RUN #22
"kids do the darndest things..."
11:31 p.m.
original date: 9-15-03
ok...at 5pm, i'm heading to the back to get my stuff...i turn down this aisle, and here comes a kid...about 15-16...with a half-gallon of vodka!
alright, let's get some stats...probably a foot taller than me, though i'm sure i outweighed him, haha...30 years younger...
well, i promptly get in front of him and say "you're gonna have to give me that!"
see, if you take something from the store, YOU ARE STEALING MY SHIT, OK????
so, i block him, and he proceeds to hit me on the left side of my face with the bottle...thank god it was plastic!
i'm down on the floor, he's running out the door...if the little cocksucker had just given me the bottle, all i would have done was tell him to get his ass out and not come back...
well, the adrenalin is pumping...i run out the door, but he's got a bit of head start on me...i'm yelling for him to put the bottle down...i throw my BOXCUTTER at him, for crying out loud! i call him a "faggot"! haha...
he gets up to the end of the parking lot and turns down f st. when i get there i can't see him anywhere...FUCK! there's several directions he could have gone...i thought i saw him behind the real estate office, but no...i'm looking all around, i'm pumped, i'm panting...hey, the old guy can really MOVE when motivated, people!
after a minute or two, i give up...i'm walking back, and i peek into the cancer society thrift store, i thought maybe he ran in there, but that would be kind of stupid, lugging that bottle...
then i passed the cancer society office...and THAT'S when i did something REALLY stupid...they have a plywood sandwich board on the sidewalk, that says "see's candy" on it...i walk by it and give a good punch...haha, it's down on the ground, see how YOU like it, punk!
i walk around the corner into the parking lot, and one of the cancer ladies comes around behind me..."hey!", she says...i turned around, but i honestly can't remember if i said anything....then she says "come back and pick up that sign!"
i turn around and say "i think you can handle it!"
hahahahahaha!
i wish i had thought of something really off-the-wall...
like "sugar kills!"
i guess i'll go explain myself tomorrow....ouch!
anyhoo, i just have a little cut above my left eyebrow, it didn't even really bleed. the side of my face hurt for a while, but not too bad...i was HOPING for a black eye, i've never had one!
i went into the office and bev and terri calmed me down, terri got me a bottle of water...
a customer told me i shouldn't chase 'em, i'm gonna get knifed someday...
i hope the kid is wondering if i got hurt...and i hope he gets a hell of a hangover....i mean, fuck, it's only monday...whatever happened to waiting for the weekend? oh well, like they say, it's five o'clock SOMEWHERE...
i sat out on the curb for a while, and then i walked all the way downtown, and all over...i got my 10 miles in today (i walked during my luch earlier), i had a LOT of energy!
oh, and walking by the video store, i decided to pop in and rent amelie...i haven't rented a movie in months...it comes highly recommended from steve! think i'll watch it in the morning...
so, i'm pissed, a bit sore, and oh, i dunno, a little disappointed in the human race right now...
and how was YOUR day?
love, michael