That's one thing I liked about martial arts classes: it improved my
mindset WRT that sort of thing. It got me used to hitting back, even
if the strikes weren't with any force to speak of.
Can I blog about this, using your olive name? (Evan)
--J
On 5/21/07, Alex Melnick <aemelnick_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Briefly: I was attacked on a Fullerton sidewalk on Friday night.
> Physically I'm fine. I'm confused.
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> The story:
> I went to Disneyland with some friends on Friday night. We hung out
> nearly till the park closed at midnight. I took the Harbor Blvd. bus
> to Orangethorpe, in Fullerton, and started walking the two-plus miles
> home. A few minutes into my walk, two guys stopped me. I think they
> were trying to look menacing, and they partly succeeded. One of them
> asked me, "Why you talkin' $#!% about me?" I said something brilliant,
> like "Huh?" He repeated his question, then punched me in the jaw.
> They stood and glared at me a moment more, then ran away.
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> The guy didn't really hurt me, though I had a bit of a headache the
> next day. I'll admit it's a bit scary to think what might have
> happened if they'd started really beating on me, but the thing that's
> bothering me most is not knowing what the guy was talking about.
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> Of course, as you'll all remember from high school, I'm a really,
> really bad judge of whether someone is being serious or not, so maybe
> that was his idea of a joke. It didn't seem like it, though. He
> really seemed to think that I, personally and specifically, had injured
> him. If it had been one guy, I'd just figure he was crazy, but with
> two guys I don't know what to think.
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> BTW, I did call the cops, who seemed to resent the fact that I was
> bothering them with something so minor. They seemed suspicious that I
> had gotten off the bus so far from home; when I pointed out that the
> more convenient buses didn't run into the evening, they seemed to think
> I was being a smart-a$$.
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> One of the cops suggested that I get myself a can of Mace to carry
> around. I didn't bother pointing out that what put me at a
> disadvantage wasn't inferior force but slow reaction time--by the time
> I realized what was going on, I would have had to chase after them to
> spray them. Conversely, if I'd been more alert, I probably could have
> hit the guy back, and harder than he hit me, at that.
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> Anyway, it's over, I guess. A random event with no consequences. If I
> were a blogger, it would give me something to blog about, but I'm not,
> so you get subjected to it instead. Thanks for reading.
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> --Alex
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> Alex Melnick
> aemelnick_at_yahoo.com -- http://www.geocities.com/alexm_94109
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Received on 2007-05-21 16:47:14