Well, an alternate name for Joy's and Dean's blogs. I'm changing John
to Count Linguist, BTW.
--J
On 5/22/07, Alex Melnick <aemelnick_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
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> --- Joy McCann <joy.mccann_at_gmail.com> wrote:
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> > 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.
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> > Can I blog about this, using your olive name? (Evan)
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> > --J
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> > 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
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> > > 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.
> > >
> > > 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
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> > > 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.
> > >
> > > --Alex
> > >
> > > Alex Melnick
> > > aemelnick_at_yahoo.com -- http://www.geocities.com/alexm_94109
> > >
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> Alex Melnick
> aemelnick_at_yahoo.com -- http://www.geocities.com/alexm_94109
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Received on 2007-05-22 11:01:21