@ 3:48pm: The Inner workings of an Aussie
Yesterday I ran over a clown.This is not something I'm proud of.
But in my defense I honestly didn't see him walking towards
us.
The day started like any other... but usually my days start off just fine before they go to either 'weird' or 'shitty.' I had the day off so I was going to spend some time with
everyone. Get caught up, find out how everyone's been doing. I have so many staying with me and not enough hours in the day to spend time with them all. I was going to remedy that yesterday.
I had my Yoga class with
Zhang first thing in the morning. I think I'm getting better at it, not that it helps much. Fucking geese. We won't even go onto that topic right now. After my session with
her, I noticed that she seemed to have a lot on her mind. She always has a quiet way about her but that morning it seemed more apparent. So I decided right then and there to start my day off with spending some time with
her. She could be the first on my list. We talked for a bit before I convinced her we should go into town and rent a scooter. For all of you that have never been on one... you don't know what your missing.
The plan was to rent a scooter, ride around the park and then have some icecream. It was a good fucking plan!
Let me take a moment to explain parks in Prague. When a person thinks of a park, they usually go back to their ol' school grounds. A nice space, but small. Parks in Prague are not small, ever. Think more along the lines of Central Park in NY and you get a better idea of what I'm talking about. So when I say 'ride' around the park, I literally mean you can. I took
Shann out there one evening to do the same thing and we got by without incident! So I knew the plan worked! Just leave it to Fate to fuck around with me. God that woman has it out for me!
I got the scooter, the plan was coming along nicely and
she even appeared to be having fun. She loved the fact that the scooter was red, why? I'm not sure but it was kinda nice to see her smile again. We were riding around the park and I was taking it easy because
she's never been on one before. We were following this path through the trees and I think I got distracted with a game of frisbee going on nearby. Parks in Prague are always packed, no matter what time it is. A lot of street venders spend a good portion of their time in parks. As do the general public. Street performers in the parks are the coolest and they just wander around and entertain. Yesterday there was a clown performing from a small group of kids. Because I was distracted with the frisbee game I didn't see him coming our way. He'd finished his little routine and was going to go find another audience.
I think what scared me most was the scream
she gave. Right in my ear! This blood curdling scream and my attention was ripped back to the path. And right in the middle of the path was the clown...
I ran his ass right over. THUMP THUMP! Balloons and fucking glitter everywhere! I didn't even stop. That's the thing. I didn't even stop. I ran the poor guy right over and just kept toddling along. I mean what do you do?! I RAN A CLOWN OVER! You can't just stop! I'm a wanted man! Do you know what they do to guys like me?! A CLOWN?! Of all the people that had to be on the path it just had to be one of the world's most loved beings! I'm a dead man...
I'm going straight to hell.
Zhang, I'm sorry love. I'm really, really sorry...
But that's not the half of it... oh no. That was just my morning. I had a whole afternoon to live through yet. I quickly got the scooter back and Zhang and I went directly home. I pretty much left her to her wiles while I looked for a place to hide. I had all these visions of a lynch mob coming after me. Finally I just holed up in one of the living rooms and tried to distract myself with a little tellie. I'm not really one for TV but it seemed to be the thing to do. So I'm flipping through the channels when suddenly
Orli comes in ranting and raving about silly string. I got to listen to him explain, in rather explicit terms just how awful silly string tastes. A good mate would have had sympathy, a good mate would have apologized. What do I do? I howl with laughter and cause the poor
Brit to wonder if I'm sane. I think it was just how serious he was, trying to explain how wrong it was to go around shooting people in the mouth with silly string. I think the stress from my earlier assault on a clown had something to do with my reaction as well. It's really amazing how many times a mate can be called a 'bloody git' in a span of thirty seconds. (I counted 12 times)
So
Shann love, when
Orli comes to talk to you... and I know he will... you can put his mind at ease. I'm not crazy, well... no more than the next person. If you could tell him that for me? That's a good Shelia.
I had one day off yesterday and human contact seemed to be impossible. I was cursed yesterday, plain and simple. I pretty much avoided everyone else the remainer of the day and spend the evening with my
blue fairy. I'm not going to give up though. I'm a stubborn arse when I want to be so I'm going to keep trying to spend time with all of
you.
Just... don't be alarmed when shit goes down.
mood; lovedmusic; Neil Young - Keep on Rockin' in the Free World
