I didn't know I had an Olive name.
--- Joy McCann <joy.mccann_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> 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:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Briefly: I was attacked on a Fullerton sidewalk on Friday night.
> > Physically I'm fine. I'm confused.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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$$.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > --Alex
> >
> > Alex Melnick
> > aemelnick_at_yahoo.com -- http://www.geocities.com/alexm_94109
> >
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Alex Melnick
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http://www.geocities.com/alexm_94109
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Received on 2007-05-22 10:41:35