Rambling.
Not that it's anything new, but I can't sleep. Perhaps it would be too dramatic of a double entendre to say "Justice never sleeps." But at times like this all I really think about it getting through school and starting police academy. When I think about it, it kind of surprises me that it took me this long to decide what direction to take my life. It really seems like it's been in front of me for a long time and I just never really thought about it.
I know I don't really talk about what's going on in my life, but I touched briefly on an event on my facebook that happened a few weeks ago. The night started not really any different than any other day in Los Angeles. The bus had to stop and wait for the ambulance because a woman (I think it was a woman) HAD to put on her make up while riding the bus... And as Murphy's law would have it, she stabbed herself in the eye. I mean like hard. Like the bus hit a bump and it was like "When Pencily met Eye Bally." But as far as I was concerned that wasn't the exciting part.
Once the bus got going again and I was finally at my stop, which just happened to be in a less than wholesome neighborhood, I stepped off to a guy running and looking behind him. My eyes just kind of instinctively followed his head and I noticed he was running from cops. (Totally unrelated: STFU Ryan Seacrest) *Ahem* Anyway. First thought is "Holy shit, I should grab this guy." Looking back, probably not the smartest decision, but I never claimed to be a genius. So I reach out to stop the guy and one of the first take downs I learned in Aikido just kind of came back to me even though I haven't done it in years. >.> (Explanation: You pretty much grab a person at two points on their arm and turn them in a circle while twisting/pulling forcing them to kneel and then lie on the ground to avoid their arm being broken.) Unfortunately I didn't exactly asses the area around me and I didnt' really have the clearance to take him in a full circle and I ended up slamming him into a brick wall.
At that point the two officers hurry and cuff the guy. I thought I was gonna be in HUGE trouble for getting in the way so I just kind of start to walk off and one of them yells "Hey!" I'm pretty sure I was moments from shitting myself at this point and I'm like "Uh, sorry, it was instinct." He replies "You ever thought about being a cop, that take down was CLASSIC!" I thought for a second and came to the conclusion that it's never once crossed my mind. So I'm like "...Not really." Then the other cop was like "You should."
And I mean, honestly I was totally pumped up. I mean it felt right. It felt like I was really good at something. It felt like something came naturally and just flowed from me. So here I am now. Talking to Terri about getting my financial aid stuff taken care of and starting School for criminal justice in the fall. The fall is a long way away. I can't wait.
Too make this post EVEN LONGER... No one is reading at this point so I'll just keep going for my sake. Sam and I were at a bus stop late one night not too long ago. (Note to self: Bus stop = Crime.) So anyway, there was this guy being really loud and verbally violent with this older lady. Supposedly she insulted his flowers or something like that. At first I wasn't going to step in mostly because there's a thin line between protecting and oppressing. So seeing as how it was just verbal I decided to just watch in case I was needed to step in. After a few minutes the lady starts to walk away and the guy starts to follow her. At this point they're heading towards a kind of shady out of view area so I figured it's about time to do something. No sooner than I get to a full standing position and start to head their way the guy notices me, stops, and walks the other way. I didn't even have to do anything. I wasn't sure exactly what happened there, but Sam's take on it was that guys like that aren't used to having the opposition of people standing up to them.
It really seems like the wind is giving me a little nudge in the right direction. I know some of my friends aren't going to agree with the path I've chosen. I completely understand though. There are a lot of bad cops out there. But there's a lot of bad everything. I mean there's bad bakers, or bad paper boys. But even more importantly there's a lot of good. I mean no matter how much bad there is, I like to believe that there's more good. I wanna be one of the good guys. And I sure as hell wouldn't mind getting pay and health care for being one. So that's it. That's the three to four year plan.
I know I don't really talk about what's going on in my life, but I touched briefly on an event on my facebook that happened a few weeks ago. The night started not really any different than any other day in Los Angeles. The bus had to stop and wait for the ambulance because a woman (I think it was a woman) HAD to put on her make up while riding the bus... And as Murphy's law would have it, she stabbed herself in the eye. I mean like hard. Like the bus hit a bump and it was like "When Pencily met Eye Bally." But as far as I was concerned that wasn't the exciting part.
Once the bus got going again and I was finally at my stop, which just happened to be in a less than wholesome neighborhood, I stepped off to a guy running and looking behind him. My eyes just kind of instinctively followed his head and I noticed he was running from cops. (Totally unrelated: STFU Ryan Seacrest) *Ahem* Anyway. First thought is "Holy shit, I should grab this guy." Looking back, probably not the smartest decision, but I never claimed to be a genius. So I reach out to stop the guy and one of the first take downs I learned in Aikido just kind of came back to me even though I haven't done it in years. >.> (Explanation: You pretty much grab a person at two points on their arm and turn them in a circle while twisting/pulling forcing them to kneel and then lie on the ground to avoid their arm being broken.) Unfortunately I didn't exactly asses the area around me and I didnt' really have the clearance to take him in a full circle and I ended up slamming him into a brick wall.
At that point the two officers hurry and cuff the guy. I thought I was gonna be in HUGE trouble for getting in the way so I just kind of start to walk off and one of them yells "Hey!" I'm pretty sure I was moments from shitting myself at this point and I'm like "Uh, sorry, it was instinct." He replies "You ever thought about being a cop, that take down was CLASSIC!" I thought for a second and came to the conclusion that it's never once crossed my mind. So I'm like "...Not really." Then the other cop was like "You should."
And I mean, honestly I was totally pumped up. I mean it felt right. It felt like I was really good at something. It felt like something came naturally and just flowed from me. So here I am now. Talking to Terri about getting my financial aid stuff taken care of and starting School for criminal justice in the fall. The fall is a long way away. I can't wait.
Too make this post EVEN LONGER... No one is reading at this point so I'll just keep going for my sake. Sam and I were at a bus stop late one night not too long ago. (Note to self: Bus stop = Crime.) So anyway, there was this guy being really loud and verbally violent with this older lady. Supposedly she insulted his flowers or something like that. At first I wasn't going to step in mostly because there's a thin line between protecting and oppressing. So seeing as how it was just verbal I decided to just watch in case I was needed to step in. After a few minutes the lady starts to walk away and the guy starts to follow her. At this point they're heading towards a kind of shady out of view area so I figured it's about time to do something. No sooner than I get to a full standing position and start to head their way the guy notices me, stops, and walks the other way. I didn't even have to do anything. I wasn't sure exactly what happened there, but Sam's take on it was that guys like that aren't used to having the opposition of people standing up to them.
It really seems like the wind is giving me a little nudge in the right direction. I know some of my friends aren't going to agree with the path I've chosen. I completely understand though. There are a lot of bad cops out there. But there's a lot of bad everything. I mean there's bad bakers, or bad paper boys. But even more importantly there's a lot of good. I mean no matter how much bad there is, I like to believe that there's more good. I wanna be one of the good guys. And I sure as hell wouldn't mind getting pay and health care for being one. So that's it. That's the three to four year plan.