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Thinking back on my Friday night neirdness, I remember a similar incident in college, though in this one, I was the one with the beach ball.
I was at my boyfriend's, reclining on the love seat in the living room. His roommate was lying on the couch, propped up on his left arm and somewhat facing me. His roommate, who often hung out with us, was a very deliberate, mellow person. He never seemed to get excited or worked up about anything (though there was never a question of what kind of mood he was in).
I had been fussing with a large rubber band, and just to tease him, I shot it at him, hitting him on the head.
Out of nowhere, he leaped up, grabbed a bottle of shampoo that had been sitting on the coffee table in front of him and darted toward me. Darted isn't even accurate enough to describe it. I'd never seen him move so fast. He raised the shampoo bottle above his head and threatened to hit me with it. I instinctively covered my head. He stood there for a moment with the bottle raised, then backed off. He put the bottle back down on the table and sat back down on the couch, with no explanation, apology or comment.
I sat there in silence, shocked, for a few more minutes before I left the room. I don't think he would have really hit me. But I'm not sure why being shot by a rubber band prompted such an extreme reaction.
I don't think there's a point to this story, other than I thought of it while reading the previous post.
Current mood: Pensive
P.S.: While I'm thinking about other posts, it also occurred to me re: the post about the e-mail from my aunt that if my aunt -- who has a graduate degree and is very intelligent -- had remembered that my mother is a legal alien, she'd have thought twice about sending me that. There was a long list of recipients, so I'm sure she just forwarded it to a "friends and relatives" distribution list. But she should get to know who's on that list a little better.
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I always remember the TV ads for some Time-Life series of books about the Old West that included the tale of some bandit "who once shot a man for snoring too loud."
Posted by ~ @ 06/24/2003 07:04 AM EST