Comments | paul_stansifer: Let me tell you about my bat!

paul_stansifer

Let me tell you about my bat!

May 17, 2010 09:56

So, one Saturday, I was sitting in my room, innocently browsing the Web ("There's nothing innocent about browsing the web!" -Jake), when I see a brown blur in the corner of my eye. It's the bat signal! It indicates that a bat is flying around my room in circles ( Read more... )

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dreadpirateange May 17 2010, 15:36:52 UTC

Haha, I tremendously enjoyed this story!

I mean, I'm sorry you had to be all sleep-deprived and bat-crazed for a while, but it made a very good read.

I'm glad you aren't rabid!

pinkrhino May 17 2010, 17:04:03 UTC

oh my, that was HILARIOUS AND AMAZING! and i'm sorry you had to go through all that except no i'm not, because it's not often i get to laugh for 10 minutes straight, and thank you, you just made my MONTH.

to the BAT-MOBILE! ...of sleep.

paul_stansifer May 17 2010, 20:23:23 UTC

I should admit that, after I decided that I should just get the shot and not die, the experience was less about existential terror, and more of an adventure. For example, the only time that I'd ever been to the Charles/MGH stop previously was when I wasn't paying enough attention and forgot to get off at Kendall/MIT, and I enjoy exploring new parts of the city. And I'd never been to an emergency room before. It turns out that it's not a big giant room with people being wheeled in all the time and Simon Tam saving people's lives and chewing out incompetent doctors.

Also, when they were checking me in at the ER, they asked me a lot of questions. But they were all about me, so it was like taking a test where I kept thinking "Ooh, I know this one!". It was really fun! I have been told that this attitude is unusual.

galorette May 17 2010, 23:08:39 UTC

I feel the same way about health surveys. Narcissism meets "all my answers are right."

I enjoyed this story (immensely!) but am rather sad it ended with a bat beheading. I suppose if you had let it go, it would have just come back in by its secret bat routes...

eotbeholder May 18 2010, 05:16:59 UTC

Glad your epic struggle had a happy ending, and sorry if my bat-knowledge led you astray. And speaking of This American Life and dangerous animal invasions, you're just lucky you didn't have a squirrel: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/115/First-Day

osirusbrisbane May 18 2010, 05:52:06 UTC

That whole post was pretty awesome, but your box label is pure win.

eiviiaru May 18 2010, 07:01:09 UTC

I just read this post out loud to Internet people over Skype. It is rad.

I am glad you are not dying of rabies!