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note to self:
show up to a riot on time.
do not show up early: if you show up early, you will be pushed back to the source of the riot. if you show up late, you will run smackdab into the panicking police and riot squads that have arrived to fend off the swarming masses.
if you show up on time, however, you will be sandwiched in between the two forces at work, meaning you'll be caught between the source (example: the boston garden) and the symptom (example: the drunken revelers that started pouring out of government center/the north end/faneuil hall after the CELTICS BECAME THE NBA CHAMPIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE YEAR I WAS BORN).
if you find yourself in said position, don't panic! you'll be able to notice when the situation turns sour (ie: when girls starting lifting up their oversized celts jerseys to flash the riot police and when rowdy bros from BU start ripping down stop signs and traffic lights) before anyone else at the source, and you'll be able to calmly head in the SAFE direction while laughing and cheering at the massive onslaught of people fighting against the cops to get to exactly where YOU are.
at this point, when people start jumping onto fleeing automobiles and cabs, keep going AWAY from said source of mayhem. you will know you have made the right decision when you see the boston police riot control squad, clad in black bulletproof armor, the MEAN kind of police dogs (aka: not the kind that politely sniff for drugs, the kind who "disarm" people by pouncing on their limbs to drag them to the ground) marching parallel to you and in the opposite direction down washington street, smacking their billy clubs the size of BASEBALL BATS against their shinguards as they advance towards the ravaging chaos.
SCARIEST FUCKING THING EVER
BUT. IT. WAS. AWESOME.
show up to a riot on time.
do not show up early: if you show up early, you will be pushed back to the source of the riot. if you show up late, you will run smackdab into the panicking police and riot squads that have arrived to fend off the swarming masses.
if you show up on time, however, you will be sandwiched in between the two forces at work, meaning you'll be caught between the source (example: the boston garden) and the symptom (example: the drunken revelers that started pouring out of government center/the north end/faneuil hall after the CELTICS BECAME THE NBA CHAMPIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE YEAR I WAS BORN).
if you find yourself in said position, don't panic! you'll be able to notice when the situation turns sour (ie: when girls starting lifting up their oversized celts jerseys to flash the riot police and when rowdy bros from BU start ripping down stop signs and traffic lights) before anyone else at the source, and you'll be able to calmly head in the SAFE direction while laughing and cheering at the massive onslaught of people fighting against the cops to get to exactly where YOU are.
at this point, when people start jumping onto fleeing automobiles and cabs, keep going AWAY from said source of mayhem. you will know you have made the right decision when you see the boston police riot control squad, clad in black bulletproof armor, the MEAN kind of police dogs (aka: not the kind that politely sniff for drugs, the kind who "disarm" people by pouncing on their limbs to drag them to the ground) marching parallel to you and in the opposite direction down washington street, smacking their billy clubs the size of BASEBALL BATS against their shinguards as they advance towards the ravaging chaos.
SCARIEST FUCKING THING EVER
BUT. IT. WAS. AWESOME.