Life Stories: April 2004 Archives
I'm being a bit slow with the blog this week because I'm trying to finish up a novel I'm working on. Plus, news is slow. I'm still trying to schedule a meeting with the city attorney about my CCW... Kerry is still busy stuffing his feet down his throat... Bush is still wearing blue ties and staying above the fray... porn stars are still getting AIDS... terrorists are still plotting against us... the Lakers are still unstoppable... Michael Jackson is still a freak... the 9/11 commission is still a joke... everyone in the world still hates us, but wants to live here... and so forth and so on.
I'd like you to all to comment on any real life fights you've been in.
I've only hit people twice with the intention of actually hurting them. The first time was in the third grade. I got ear infections a lot, and my mom made me wear these wool hats to keep the wind off my head. My best friend Jake would always grab my hat off my head and run around with it, making me chase him. I told the teachers but they never did anything to stop him. I told my dad, and he told me that the next time Jake took my hat I should punch him in the stomach and take it back.
So I did. The teachers were mad and they called my dad. They said, "Michael punched Jake. That's bad." My dad said, "Yeah, I told him to, since you weren't doing your job." That was the last I heard of the issue.
The second time was in the fifth grade. I asked to be excused from class to go to the bathroom, and a minute or so after I got there the class bully followed me inside. We were alone, and he started pushing me into the wall and making fun of me. Using the tactic my dad had taught me two years earlier, I punched him in the solar plexus under his ribs and he collapsed onto the ground. I went back to class.
The bully came back into the room about 15 minutes later and didn't say anything to anyone, as far as I know. He never bothered me again.
I don't know if these really qualify as "fights", but that's all I've got.
Always a fun game, and now via e-Claire and yarbroughs I see there's a blog version.
Since nothing could be less interesting than learning more about your humble host, I'm going to change the rules up a bit; Miss Claire only accounted for Truth, but the Dare part of the game is more entertaining. So ask me any questions you like, or dare me to post an article taking any position you want on any issue you desire. (Don't worry about whether I'll agree with the position or not, that's half the fun.) I'll answer the questions, and turn some of the best dares into posts.
Update:
Miss Claire ups the stakes herself.
But Mr Williams -- it hardly seems sporting if you're gonna pick and choose like that . . . Here's a challenge: pledge to post the first three dares -- any subject, no matter what. If you succeed in making cogent arguments on those random three subjects, I'll send $30 [that's ten bucks a post!] to Castle Argghhh! Fighting Fusileers for Freedom! -- Spirit of America -- Blogs for Iraqi TV Fund!!Now all we need are some challenges.
I'm consolidating these two threads for convenience.
I have an appointment with the Hawthorne City Attorney this afternoon to discuss my CCW application. I'll let you know how it goes.
Update:
The city attorney asked to reschedule for tomorrow, because he wants an internal affairs officer from the Hawthorne Police Department to be present. Kinda makes me wish I had someone to go with me, too (like a lawyer or something).
Update 2; April 15, 2004:
The CA asked to reschedule again, because apparently the Chief of Police wants to come. Probably going to happen some time next week.
I'm not like everyone else -- I'm inwardly invincible.
