This is not the post I was intending to write this evening, but ... I need to write things down to sort them out in my head as best as possible. At approximately 2:50PM on my walk home from the metro station, I was attacked from behind. I have walked down Wayne Avenue at least twice a day for 5 years, at all hours of the day and night. I have always felt perfectly safe doing so. Even today didn't seem out of the ordinary. As I approached the intersection of Dale and Wayne, I passed a young black man in his early 20s. I made eye contact and nodded. I crossed Dale and heard a noise. I turned and saw someone running up Dale. That's when I noticed someone following me. I turned off my iPod and reached for my phone. And he jumped me, putting me in a chokehold and trying to pull me to the ground. I began hitting him over my shoulder with my large umbrella (which, sadly, is now in pieces). I hit myself in the head a couple times, too, and have a few lumps. He pulled me to the ...
Hallelujah!
ReplyDeleteI never get hot installer people. But I see them installing in other people's places all the time. It's just not fair.
ReplyDeleteand this is all you write? what about meatless monday? what about *my* needs, because we all know, it's all about me.
ReplyDeletei'm so glad you have computer from home now. you don't have to worry about that nasty old firewall from hell that the i.t. people installed there.
it is a tragedy that the installer wasn't at least a bit warmish. where's their customer service?
Prepare to have your brain melted by your blogroll. Or is that just me? ;)
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