tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110372212024-02-19T03:17:55.307-05:00Or, the struggle to stay sane in the face of realityunlikelyMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11940773401667829826noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11037221.post-77646547027322235472009-02-19T01:36:00.006-05:002009-02-19T02:58:59.312-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Pilj_TyNA1OME7F3tCtVY6d92RTGGZEY0zE8GiLY6KRERiGN334YpNCvRqpxZC5CIASieSb08kCna8Wy7EVtlXChWas_CR4y5ONidxhtsSH7MiYBh7TWcXu6mZcrXHKSei9WWg/s1600-h/grace_chon_rottweiler_2.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 136px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Pilj_TyNA1OME7F3tCtVY6d92RTGGZEY0zE8GiLY6KRERiGN334YpNCvRqpxZC5CIASieSb08kCna8Wy7EVtlXChWas_CR4y5ONidxhtsSH7MiYBh7TWcXu6mZcrXHKSei9WWg/s200/grace_chon_rottweiler_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304414843397591266" /></a>t is folding in on himself.<br />i provoke him, pushing for an explosion, scrambling against impending implosion.<br />my physics do not apply. i am impotent.<br />i cannot gratify my own need, and cannot tolerate his. <br /><br />it is temporary, but unpleasant.<br />it is recurrent, but treatable.<br /><br />is it avoidable? curable? terminal?<br /><br />i was nearly head butted by a rottweiler today. i was on my motorcycle, lane splitting. he was lunging from a 1/2-ton pickup stopped at a light. i saw him coming, late. i leaned away, yet felt our heads connect- my full face (helmet), his muzzle. it was an insignificant brush- pleasingly surreal. the unanticipated benefits of armour.unlikelyMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11940773401667829826noreply@blogger.com0