Spring: Spiders and Fights

Spring is here and you know what that means.

Spiders.

Now I'm not a big fan of spiders. I'm not one to be totally paralyzed by the sight and I have no problem disposing of the actually helpful but generally just scary little creatures. But they just creep me out. I don't like climbing into attics or under houses because of spiders. When I do yard work, like cleaning out backyard and the like, I constantly wish I was wearing gloves to protect from spider bites (yet I never actually bother to put any on go figure). Even in video games if my character comes across a particularly gruesome arachnid I have to fight the urge to panic and flee the 8 legged monster usually depicted as much larger than any spider ever should be. If I were in the movie Jumanji, I would have just let the hunter shoot me if it would save me from those nasty spiders at the end.

Why do I bring this up? Because in Spring a person of my has the wonderful luxury of constantly walking into spider webs. For example, on Thursday, Naysayer P Squirrel and I were walking down to meet Banana Slug, VG Anteater, and Whedon Watchedit to the Awesome Burger Chain that is only located in my region, henceforth known as ABCs. Naysayer and I were just wandering down to meet them and suddenly I feel the familiar strand of a spiderweb stretch across my face. I react as usual and smear the strand from my face and kind of do a dust off motion for the rest of my body in fear that the spider was on my person and kept walking. Mind you, there were no trees around and there was a street to my left and a grassy area to my right. Where was the spider making this stupid web?? It was like it was just there for me, and miraculously ONLY me to walk through it. Naysayer is shorter than me but when it goes across my face it should probably go across his forehead or something. Nope he didn't feel a thing.

Next night, I decided to accompany Clark on a late night food run. We go to this little hole-in-the-wall Pho place at 1:30 at night. We part in the nearby neighborhood and walk to the restaurant. I walk through not one but TWO spiderwebs in the 3 minutes walk up the street. The second time, I was explaining to Clark about how I always walk into spiderwebs and felt the spiderweb go in my mouth! Why is it always on my face!! And of course, he didn't get anything on him. And he's taller than Naysayer. Oh life.

The worst time that ever happened I felt a full on web, not just a strand. And there was significant resistance, like the web pushed back as I walked through it. It was as I was walking up to my parents home. Now I've seen what kind of spiders they get there. The big juicy red ones that explode if you step on them. When I walked through that web I dropped all the laundry I was taking to get washed and I did freak you. I started shaking my arms and legs and rubbing my hands all over me like I was covered in ants. I ruffled my hair and took off my jacket and shook it around. If it hadn't been like 3am and people had seen me they woulda thought I was on drugs and walking across hot coals. I laughed it off after and told my sister but still it was that kind of annoying fear that doesn't quite paralyze you but still really gets to you. I'm told some people feel that way about clowns. o<| :0)

Speaking of ABCs. Thursday has become ABC day at work. We went for lunch last week, Naysayer, myself, Pokeboss and one other staff member, um for the sake of making up names for people we shall call him Captain Peanut until I think of something better. Then Naysayer and I went to it for dinner. Twice in one day! The reason I mention this is because while at dinner we saw a fight break out across the street. Whedon Watchedit was looking out at the gas station and noticed these two guys taking swings at each other. A bunch of guys were standing around watching and one of them even managed to have his shirt off. They kept punching but not really hurting the other and then all of sudden they stopped, started again, and then stopped and departed. It almost looked staged. But it wasn't. Banana Slug called the police and but they had already ended and run off when they arrived. Happy Cinco de Mayo! Dinner and a show.

I've been in two or three fights in my life, mostly when I was in middle school and usually with my best friend. They aren't that interesting and pretty stupid really. More exciting was the fight I saw about a year and a half ago when we were visiting Bridges at her grad school, a famous private school in the northern part of the state. Its been a while now so I can't recall everyone who was there. Clark and Brock were both on the trip but Brock was visiting his sister and Clark was visiting his family, both of whom were in the area, so they missed this. Alejandro, Bridges, Nemesis, Mama G, AVP, another friend of ours Mustang Alley, and Liz's bf Settler Type, and I think Diet Lemonade were all there. (Yes it was a family trip sort to speak sorry if I forgot anyone)

It went like this, we were checking out the bar scene in the city next to Bridges' grad school. We'd bar hopped and danced and drank and generally had a lovely time, (though those silly beer drinkers got ripped off paying about the same as I was paying for rum or whiskey). Anyway, we were hungry and wanted some good greasy food. We found the famous Pizza Joint around and got ourselves some nice slices of deliciousness, after a long wait in line of course. We were sitting, eating in this crowded room and our group got divided because of limited seats. I was on one end and I get up to get myself and Mama G some water. As I turn I notice some Asian guys talking to one of Bridge's classmates, the only Mexican-looking person in our group (Sunshine and I are part Mexican but nobody can tell and Nachos Boy wasn't there). There are 4 or 5 of them and they are kind up in our guys face trip to make trouble. I don't know what they said but I am stupidly standing behind them. I guess they were saying he shouldn't be there because that was their territory. They start pushing our friend and he pushes back and all of a sudden out of nowhere these three or four Mexican guys start attacking the Asian guys from behind. Fists are being thrown, tables are being turned we all spread out as pizza flies everywhere in the crowded joint. At first I had feebly tried to stop on of the guys from pushing our friend but as it escalated I moved back toward the door, not to leave but to get a safer view of course. AVP, who was sitting with our friend and standing next to him when this started jumped back then remembered his pizza and rushed in, grabbed it and got out just before the table got flipped. One guy got knocked back and fell and broke a chair. Another guy was knocked down and proceed to get brutally kicked in his stomach as he tried to get up. The fight lasted just over a minute and the Mexicans cleaned up. The manager correctly identified the guy who started the fight with our friend and the rest of us all slipped out. We took a quick inventory to make sure we got everyone and then decided we should go home. Oh the things you see while traveling!

Ok its late enough got a busy week at work again. Gnight all!

-JTY

Listening to: Lady Gaga and Elton John duet: Speechless and Your Song. Two things: One, Lady Gaga is really catchy though her latest stuff isn't as good as her earlier. Two, my brother and I stumbled across her HBO special and couldn't look away. She at times seem so normal and then did all her WTF moments. Half Lady. Half simple Gaga. Guess it fits.

Reading: Fable, the comic book series. I gave it to Tenshi but she hasn't read them yet, so I did. They are really good.

Playing: Borderlands DLC- Viva la Robolucion!

Happy Mother's Day mom hope you liked the awesome stuff we got you. I'll tell the rest of you about that next time if I remember.