I will become him

After-contemporary

I was making my way back from a friend’s house two nights ago. The weather was warm, no wind, clear view to the moon. Now I prefer to walk neighborhood streets instead of busier traffic lanes to fully enjoy these nights, however, you should know that there has been a recent spate of muggings of young white guys walking alone at night in my area, and I probably should have taken a busier street. But as I said, I did not.

So I was walking along when I heard a sharp crack in a bush ten feet ahead of me. The bush rounded the corner of a house, so that while most of it was visible, a part swung around the house and into a sort-of alley. I didn’t think too much of it, because it could have been many different things and probably was just a rat or cat. And while it would be easy to assume danger was around the corner, I’m a subscriber to Ockham’s Razor and knew that it was most likely nothing of any interest.

That’s when I heard whispers.

Now I knew the crack was not just a rat or cat, but instead the angry smack of a blackjack on a palm, or the break of a pool cue into two impromptu weapons, to be divided among assailants who only had time to grab one weapon before going out to beat and rob. Evil, in some form, sought me from behind that corner…

And yet I continued toward the sounds. That part I will never understand. Was it a weird desire to assert myself in spite of the world? Or maybe an anger at an unfounded fear that needed to be squashed by nothing less than visual proof?

I kept walking. I was three feet away from the corner when another crack rang out, much louder and clearer than before, and I saw that the noiseΩ was not

Wait a minute.

Was that an omega symbol?

Cool! How did I just type that? (I broke two fingers recently so my typing has been off) Ok let’s see, maybe shift plus “O”? O. Nope. How about option plus “O”. ø. Not quite but getting there. I’ll try option plus other stuff. ¡™£¢∞§¶•ªº–≠ COOL! œ∑´®†¥¨ˆøπ“‘«åß∂ƒ©˙∆ Oooh delta! Gotta be here… ˚¬…Ω Oh I see. It’s option plus “Z”! That makes sense.

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Have a great day!

Posted September 15, 2009 at 5:16pm || home

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