merchbitch

have you ever seen something that has stopped you in your tracks? made you want to call people and tell them you love them? made you think you should be more cautious?

well, i was just walking down the street and heard a shreik and looked to see what the woman with the pram was screaming at.

her partner must have been crossing the road when somebody was driving out of a blind T-intersection and whilst looking for traffic in the blind direction, failed to notice the pedestrians J-walking in the direction he was travelling. but this is the freaky bit. i happened to see the pedestrian get scooped up by the "bubble car"(new honda or daewoo or something small and round) and propelled a few meters forwards from the car and land on his feet.

"fuck!" i thought, i'm sure all the involved parties thought more/said more/ emptied more into their pants, when i heard the crying and noticed the feat that this gent just did through the trauma of it all. not just that he had manged to stay on his feet during the ordeal, but he was holding onto his toddler, and that must've been the one thing in his mind is to protect.

i J-walk way too often and am a little over confident, and having a friend who was knocked into a coma byu a truck and has suffered substantially, and knowing that you can be the most careful in the world. there will always be someone else who is not so alert, and they will run into you.

hopefully i'll make it to NIN, on another note.