The Best Feeling In The World - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

numist · 10-22-2003, 10:43 PM

I was just thinking about this as I spoke with another supervisor today at work.

What is the greatest feeling in the world?

Really; Think, Post, Discuss.

For me, the greatest feeling I have ever had has been when I go to sleep next to my g/f at night, and when I wake up next to her in the morning. Nothing makes me feel more complete than having her body next to mine, still asleep and warm, as I massager her into waking up.
Makes my heart warm just thinking of it.

Ok, your turn.

anleja · 10-22-2003, 11:09 PM

When my 11 month old daughter smiles and holds out her arms for me to pick her up... that's probably it. Such a simple gesture, but it makes me happy no matter what mood I'm in.

Good thread, I'll post more deeply after I get some sleep. I like the positive threads the most.

almostaugust · 10-23-2003, 12:02 AM

I love the feeling of wakeing up with my gf. The only feeling i think that compares (and this is gonna sound shallow as anything) is scoring a vital goal in a soccer game.

Doos · 10-23-2003, 12:54 AM

To bring this thead down a bit, surely relieving yourself after holding it in for a while has to be right up there.

jawshoouh · 10-23-2003, 02:31 AM

skydiving from 18,000 feet

jimk · 10-23-2003, 04:33 AM

playing puppet show with the 3 yr old last night, just getting really silly & he stopped the action & said, "i like you, daddy."

fuzzix · 10-23-2003, 05:00 AM

Nostalgia.

lurkette · 10-23-2003, 05:24 AM

Holding ratbastid while he sleeps. Bliss.

bundy · 10-23-2003, 05:52 AM

the best (non love related) feeling i´ve ever had was when i reached the top of Kilimanjaro a few years back.

i know its not a massively difficult climb, but the last night climb up a few kilometres of scree rocks up the side of the crater, in the middle of the night, at about -20c (with winds as well) was harrowing to say the least (and thats not including the altitude headache).

but coming to the top, just as the sun was beginning to rise up over the African savannah below, with the light making the snow an amazing golden/pink colour, along with the massive adrenaline burst you get when you finish climbing ..

i mean, this all combined to make a total orgasmic rush that lasted a few days.

(my only regret of the whole experience was that my shitty camera froze and didn´t work at the summit)

well, that was the best feeling in the world... i´ll never, ever forget it.

Sleepyjack · 10-23-2003, 06:47 AM

aside from any kind of feeling of love or exterme lust or something, probably listening to any kind of music that gets me going and when i feel like breaking stuff or more so pumped up and i workout, play sports, dance around or let some aggresion go....

but i am a little weird like that...so

but more so than that, is whenever you feel like you've made some kind of connection with someone, other than physically, although that doens't happen too often for me....

Also, please don't say sporting acheivements are shallow!
they're great, any kind of physiscal activity against some kind of adversity and to overcome it is great. Ha, no matter how shallo that sounds.

ok i am gonna stop here.

Averett · 10-23-2003, 06:50 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by jimk
playing puppet show with the 3 yr old last night, just getting really silly & he stopped the action & said, "i like you, daddy."

That is so sweet!!

I've got to go with Love. Being loved and loving somebody else.

yellowgowild · 10-23-2003, 07:14 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by jawshoouh
skydiving from 18,000 feet

Damn that's high, I only went at 13,500, I'll have to try that. Skydiving for the first time is the most amazing thing I ever felt.

quadro2000 · 10-23-2003, 09:04 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by lurkette
Holding ratbastid while he sleeps. Bliss.

Is this before or after you kick his ass out of the bed?

Just teasing.

What a difficult question. The easy answer is the moment after sex when Quadrette and I are laying on each other and napping, relaxed and satisifed. But there are other awesome moments. When I'm on stage and completely forget about the audience and am locked in with the other actor, and conversely, when I get a big laugh at one of my lines.

One more would be the feeling I get around the second week of December when the Christmas spirit sneaks up on me and knocks me on my ass.

lurkette · 10-23-2003, 09:40 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by quadro2000
Is this before or after you kick his ass out of the bed?

Just teasing.

Nyah

Just to set the record straight he's the one who kicked me out of bed. But there are no hard feelings.

petergriffin24 · 10-23-2003, 09:40 AM

I would have to agree with other members and say waking up next to my girlfriend is such a great feeling it puts a smile on my face every morning. Then I hope she wakes up and really puts a smile on my face *wink wink*!

numist · 10-23-2003, 10:18 AM

jimk, I hope someday, when I have kids, I can have the satisfaction of one of them saying that to me, that would make my life complete.

quadro had a good one too, the lying down after sex is always really really good, but I usually have to go to the loo...

Great responses guys! Keep em comin!

a2k · 10-23-2003, 11:57 AM

Being the first person on the chairlift after they've closed the ski area for 3 days because they got SO MUCH SNOW.

Playing a gig to a packed house that dances like crazy, hangs on every note, and knows every word.

Discovering that she's as into you as you are into her, and you're WAY into her.

Lunchbox7 · 10-23-2003, 12:01 PM

Nothing beats the adrenalin rush

sipsake · 10-23-2003, 12:12 PM

Waking up next to my new bride, then walking out onto the porch of the bed & breakfast and watching the shrimp boats go out as the sun rises over the Sampit river as it flows into Winyah bay.

Stare At The Sun · 10-23-2003, 01:17 PM

I'll be vulgar:
Not pulling out...

If not that, then adrenalin, plain and simple.

Heh, and the fight scene in Rocky 4 is always a good feeling

twotimesadingo · 10-23-2003, 06:14 PM

strangely enough, my best friend and i were just talking about this the other day...

no feeling compares to the walk into a woman's bedroom. i feel more alive during that 15 second walk than i do when fighting.

that experience is the best when it's the first time, and especially when it's a girl you don't know well.

it's a feast for the senses: ocular and olfactory stimuli are almost enough to literally knock me from my feet.

i've talked with other friends about this, but no one seems to get it; i feel it's as erotic, if not more, than the actual deed.

figgles · 10-23-2003, 10:25 PM

Nothing in the world can possibly better the feelign you get when first you see your new born child. Twice i had the pleasure and then after a 4 year break another came along. This time despite the expectations of the joyous moment to come i shared with my wife as she was awake for this childs arrival, the greatest moment in anyone's lives. When my son opened his eyes and showed me his beautiful blue eyes (2 x brown and dark so far!)
i thought nothing beats this.

iktoweya · 10-24-2003, 05:56 AM

Hrm. Id have to say hanging out with my nephew. He really looks up to me as an older bother. Being away at college doesn't give me much time to hang out with him anymore. Every chance i get to hang out with him i do. i can tell it makes his day in turn making my day.

There is also a reverse to that and that is when one of my cousins calls me up to hang out with him. He is like the bigger brother i didnt have. No matter what we do together, at the end of the day there is always a smile on my face.

damhna · 10-24-2003, 06:32 AM

Good Feelings:

When my son's little hands grip me so hard when he's scared and buries his head in my chest knowing Daddy can protect him no matter what .

When his mom , just before sleeping , mumbles "I feel so safe in your arms"

The moment when you first see defeat in an oppoents eyes.

Standing ovations from people YOU thought were amazing.

When you finally look around and realize what an amazing thing being an american is , and know you belong to that and contibuted to it , thats gotta be up there too.

junglistic · 10-24-2003, 09:46 AM

i cant pinpoint THEEE best feeling.

but, waking up beside my sweetheart on a sunday morning has to be #1..

also an awesome feeling, after working X amount of days straight, getting up @ 5am, and the next day (day off), waking up subconsiously (sp?)without an alarm clock at 5am, and just thinking in my head, yessssss. i get to keep sleeping.. oh what a feeling.

numist · 10-24-2003, 12:28 PM

damhna, those do sound fantastic...

especially the standing ovation thing - I know a lot of fantastic people and they all have unrealistically high opinions of me.

Now I cant wait to have a child (in a few years, not now), it sounds like a great feeling sometimes, despite the lost sleep.

floonine · 10-24-2003, 12:35 PM

Listening to your favorite live album, and fading out of reality long enough to see the screaming fans begging for your attention.

Or a puppy.

costello · 10-25-2003, 06:57 AM

i'll agree with the standing ovation. 3 years ago i did a play in high school that went to state. well we won and after we preformed got a standing ovation. 7000 people

the best though has to be having a family. its the only dream i have. i dont care what i do for a living, any of that. just comming home to a family that i love with all my heart and knowing they feel the same way is something i cant wait for. i love needing someone that needs me, and vice versa

CandleInTheDark · 10-25-2003, 02:06 PM

The best feeling is that of acomplishment.

saucy knave · 10-25-2003, 10:49 PM

Bah, Doos beat me to the gag.

numist · 10-25-2003, 10:57 PM

CandleInTheDark - do you have a specific accomplishment in mind, or any accomplishment at all?

matt_mll · 10-25-2003, 11:02 PM

good question and good thread. I deffinately think that the best feeling in the world would be taking home a healthy newborn child for the first time. Since I haven't gotten that far yet, I would have to say waking up next to my g/f after having been away or alone for a long time.

ForgottenKnight · 10-25-2003, 11:58 PM

It must have been holding her, her holding me, and looking deep into her dazzling eyes...

Journeyman · 10-26-2003, 12:11 AM

When I was 14, me and a friend were walking home from a movie rental store in the middle of night over a bridge that has a 20 foot drop to the right and moving traffic to the left. In the movie store, I had taken it upon myself to inform this guy that whoever buzzed his head sorta butchered it. He informed me that it was a birthmark. And that was that.
At the bridge, a small white car pulls over in front of us and he storms out and heads straight for me, yells at me some while shoving me back, then grabs at me and yells at me about how I don't know who he is and he will fucking kill me. Given the strength difference and the environment, he could have. I apologized as much as a could untill he finally stormed off and left.
This person was 2 grades ahead of me, so I ended up seeing him here and there in highschool for the grand total of 6 months that I ended up going to highschool in my freshman year. I left and started community college.
Because of that, I had to do an independent study thing at night for drivers ed, at the school district. I sit myself in the back corner seat and crack the drivers ed book, and this person walks in eating a burrito, walks right towards me and says "That's my seat, dude." I jump to another seat, bury my head in my book, and stopped going to independent study soon after.
My friend (not the one who was with me that night), I told him about the whole situation and how I was sort of upset and wanted some kind of reckoning, and he quite simply stated that I'd get wasted (he was in this persons grade).
Four years after being threatened with death, I was moving a cord of firewood from the driveway to the backyard for my parents. I see this person pull up to the house directly across the street from mine. Apparently, his girlfriend babysat my neighbors kids, and he had gone to see her there (after she had supposedly broken up with him the night before...).
I have never been in a fight before this, and I have no training in any sort of fighting skills. I walk two more blocks of wood to my backyard, feeling adrenaline turn my legs into lead. But I need this.
So I walk across the street, and grab his attention. "Hey, remember me?" - "No." - "You threatened to kill me about 4 years back after I asked about your hair in movie magic." - "Oh yeah, I remember you..." - "Yeah, you mind apologizing for that?" - "Apologizing? Bitch, you had no right to say the shit you said and.." - "Dude, I was 14 at the time, and I know you were 16..." - "Yeah, so now I'm 20, and you're 18? So you wanna settle it like men?"
That's when I hit him, hard. His girlfriend who had come out of the house halfway into the conversation screamed something and distracted me, which is when he came back at me. What I remember are him throwing wide haymakers that were easy as could be to keep from getting to my face, and sticking him with a few hits to his head, wondering why he's not getting knocked out. Some grappling/wrestling went on, the most that resulted was me being over him with his back to me, and putting a hook into the side of his head and wondering if it was right to hit somebody in the back of the head.
His girlfriend got in the middle of it while we were seperated for a moment and squaring off, looking to sling some more. She screamed about the 3 kids she had in the house, and we broke it off. He got in his truck and said for me to meet him at the nearby elementary school (which was really silly, as it was about 3 and kids would be getting out of there, too). He sped off, with a black eye and a cut by his ear. I checked myself in the rear view mirror of my car, I was clean as before.
I sort of stomped around and said to his girlfriend about how she hooked up with a probable wife beater, and when i found out that my neighbor's wife was on the phone with someone other than the police (she had come out at some point, I forget when), I got in my car and headed straight for the school. When I got there, I parked, and he was nowhere around.
As it turned out, he has some priors in this area of the penal system, and drove straight to the police station. I found this out when I went home and talked with my mom, who had talked with this person's girlfriend.
In the 20 or 30 minutes it took for the local police (I've known one of them for a long time) to show up (they had him at the station and me at my house, no need to rush things), I was in one continuous release of endorphins.

Thus far, that's the best feeling I've ever had in my life.

numist · 10-26-2003, 12:16 AM

Definitely not what they taught me when I learned martial arts, but still I can imagine how that could have been a great release...

good story either way... that must have been one hell of a haircut!

sailor · 10-26-2003, 06:39 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by fuzzix
Nostalgia.

I vote for that one. Ive been having a lot of that since I went to college.

*Nikki* · 10-26-2003, 08:48 PM

When my man is in my bed and we lay facing each other. We talk and kiss and eventually fall asleep like that face to face completely intertwined in each others arms.

anti fishstick · 10-26-2003, 10:04 PM

my best feeling in the world was being a camp councelor, having hordes of kiddies wanting piggy back rides and one in particular clinging to me all week. towards the end of camp, she hugged me tight and said "i wish you were my sister". awww. warm fuzzies and i don't even like kids ;P

GoldenOuroboros · 10-26-2003, 10:40 PM

I'm with you Numist on the goin to sleep with your S.O, but there are so many other feelings in this world that I'm yet to discover, such as holding my own child in my arms, being there for the childs birth and things like that. But maybe one day they will come.. I guess you can only wait and be patient

troit · 10-27-2003, 09:30 AM

I have got to agree with a few of the fellow members comments --there is nothing quite like the feeling of love. Being single again over the past year after being invloved in a five year relationship has taught me the value of love.

When I first split up with the Ex I had feelings of remorse and anger. But as time passed I realized the specialness of love and now am actual thankful for the time we had together. For example -- There is just something about watching an individual you care for sleep. Be it a spouse, SO, close friend or family member -- to be a witness to the peacefulness stirs up the feeling deep inside that compares to no other.

Someday I'll find another and will have learned from my previous actions and cherish our time together rather than squander and take for granted something so precious.

10-22-2003, 10:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
numist Banned Location: UCSD, 510.49 miles from my love	The Best Feeling In The World I was just thinking about this as I spoke with another supervisor today at work. What is the greatest feeling in the world? Really; Think, Post, Discuss. For me, the greatest feeling I have ever had has been when I go to sleep next to my g/f at night, and when I wake up next to her in the morning. Nothing makes me feel more complete than having her body next to mine, still asleep and warm, as I massager her into waking up. Makes my heart warm just thinking of it. Ok, your turn.

10-23-2003, 12:02 AM	#3 (permalink)
almostaugust Junkie Location: Oz	I love the feeling of wakeing up with my gf. The only feeling i think that compares (and this is gonna sound shallow as anything) is scoring a vital goal in a soccer game. __________________ 'And it's been a long December and there's reason to believe Maybe this year will be better than the last I can't remember all the times I tried to tell my myself To hold on to these moments as they pass'

10-23-2003, 12:54 AM	#4 (permalink)
Doos Crazy Location: South Africa	To bring this thead down a bit, surely relieving yourself after holding it in for a while has to be right up there. __________________ Don't be alarmed, I'm an African. Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels good.

10-23-2003, 04:33 AM	#6 (permalink)
jimk Addict Location: Chicago	playing puppet show with the 3 yr old last night, just getting really silly & he stopped the action & said, "i like you, daddy." __________________ raw power is a guaranteed o.d. raw power is a laughin' at you & me -iggy

10-23-2003, 05:00 AM	#7 (permalink)
fuzzix Psycho Location: Australia	Nostalgia. __________________ I'm most definately not 'lovin' it'.

10-22-2003, 11:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
anleja disconnected Location: ignoreland	When my 11 month old daughter smiles and holds out her arms for me to pick her up... that's probably it. Such a simple gesture, but it makes me happy no matter what mood I'm in. Good thread, I'll post more deeply after I get some sleep. I like the positive threads the most.

10-23-2003, 02:31 AM	#5 (permalink)
jawshoouh Banned Location: GMT -5	skydiving from 18,000 feet

10-23-2003, 05:24 AM	#8 (permalink)
lurkette My future is coming on Moderator Emeritus Location: east of the sun and west of the moon	Holding ratbastid while he sleeps. Bliss. __________________ "If ten million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." - Anatole France

10-23-2003, 05:52 AM	#9 (permalink)
bundy . Location: Tokyo	the best (non love related) feeling i´ve ever had was when i reached the top of Kilimanjaro a few years back. i know its not a massively difficult climb, but the last night climb up a few kilometres of scree rocks up the side of the crater, in the middle of the night, at about -20c (with winds as well) was harrowing to say the least (and thats not including the altitude headache). but coming to the top, just as the sun was beginning to rise up over the African savannah below, with the light making the snow an amazing golden/pink colour, along with the massive adrenaline burst you get when you finish climbing .. i mean, this all combined to make a total orgasmic rush that lasted a few days. (my only regret of the whole experience was that my shitty camera froze and didn´t work at the summit) well, that was the best feeling in the world... i´ll never, ever forget it. __________________ Ohayo!!!

10-23-2003, 06:47 AM	#10 (permalink)
Sleepyjack Fast'n'Bulbous Location: Australia, Perth	aside from any kind of feeling of love or exterme lust or something, probably listening to any kind of music that gets me going and when i feel like breaking stuff or more so pumped up and i workout, play sports, dance around or let some aggresion go.... but i am a little weird like that...so but more so than that, is whenever you feel like you've made some kind of connection with someone, other than physically, although that doens't happen too often for me.... Also, please don't say sporting acheivements are shallow! they're great, any kind of physiscal activity against some kind of adversity and to overcome it is great. Ha, no matter how shallo that sounds. ok i am gonna stop here.

10-23-2003, 09:40 AM	#15 (permalink)
petergriffin24 Insane	I would have to agree with other members and say waking up next to my girlfriend is such a great feeling it puts a smile on my face every morning. Then I hope she wakes up and really puts a smile on my face wink wink!

10-23-2003, 10:18 AM	#16 (permalink)
numist Banned Location: UCSD, 510.49 miles from my love	jimk, I hope someday, when I have kids, I can have the satisfaction of one of them saying that to me, that would make my life complete. quadro had a good one too, the lying down after sex is always really really good, but I usually have to go to the loo... Great responses guys! Keep em comin!

10-23-2003, 11:57 AM	#17 (permalink)
a2k Crazy Location: Seattle	Being the first person on the chairlift after they've closed the ski area for 3 days because they got SO MUCH SNOW. Playing a gig to a packed house that dances like crazy, hangs on every note, and knows every word. Discovering that she's as into you as you are into her, and you're WAY into her.

10-23-2003, 12:01 PM	#18 (permalink)
Lunchbox7 Addict	Nothing beats the adrenalin rush

10-23-2003, 12:12 PM	#19 (permalink)
sipsake Psycho Location: Memphis	Waking up next to my new bride, then walking out onto the porch of the bed & breakfast and watching the shrimp boats go out as the sun rises over the Sampit river as it flows into Winyah bay. __________________ When life hands you a lemon, say "Oh yeah, I like lemons. What else you got?" Henry Rollins

10-23-2003, 01:17 PM	#20 (permalink)
Stare At The Sun Eh? Location: Somewhere over the rainbow	I'll be vulgar: Not pulling out... If not that, then adrenalin, plain and simple. Heh, and the fight scene in Rocky 4 is always a good feeling

10-23-2003, 06:14 PM	#21 (permalink)
twotimesadingo Psycho Location: that place with the thing	strangely enough, my best friend and i were just talking about this the other day... no feeling compares to the walk into a woman's bedroom. i feel more alive during that 15 second walk than i do when fighting. that experience is the best when it's the first time, and especially when it's a girl you don't know well. it's a feast for the senses: ocular and olfactory stimuli are almost enough to literally knock me from my feet. i've talked with other friends about this, but no one seems to get it; i feel it's as erotic, if not more, than the actual deed. __________________ I'll be the one to protect you from your enemies and all your demons. I'll be the one to protect you from a will to survive and voice of reason. I'll be the one to protect you from your enemies and your choices, son. They're one and the same I must isolate you, isolate and save you from yourself." - A Perfect Circle

10-23-2003, 10:25 PM	#22 (permalink)
figgles Upright	Nothing in the world can possibly better the feelign you get when first you see your new born child. Twice i had the pleasure and then after a 4 year break another came along. This time despite the expectations of the joyous moment to come i shared with my wife as she was awake for this childs arrival, the greatest moment in anyone's lives. When my son opened his eyes and showed me his beautiful blue eyes (2 x brown and dark so far!) i thought nothing beats this.

10-24-2003, 05:56 AM	#23 (permalink)
iktoweya These pretzels are making me thirsty!! Location: 105B	Hrm. Id have to say hanging out with my nephew. He really looks up to me as an older bother. Being away at college doesn't give me much time to hang out with him anymore. Every chance i get to hang out with him i do. i can tell it makes his day in turn making my day. There is also a reverse to that and that is when one of my cousins calls me up to hang out with him. He is like the bigger brother i didnt have. No matter what we do together, at the end of the day there is always a smile on my face. __________________ i miss K-Wise

10-24-2003, 06:32 AM	#24 (permalink)
damhna Tilted	Good Feelings: When my son's little hands grip me so hard when he's scared and buries his head in my chest knowing Daddy can protect him no matter what . When his mom , just before sleeping , mumbles "I feel so safe in your arms" The moment when you first see defeat in an oppoents eyes. Standing ovations from people YOU thought were amazing. When you finally look around and realize what an amazing thing being an american is , and know you belong to that and contibuted to it , thats gotta be up there too.

10-24-2003, 09:46 AM	#25 (permalink)
junglistic Insane	i cant pinpoint THEEE best feeling. but, waking up beside my sweetheart on a sunday morning has to be #1.. also an awesome feeling, after working X amount of days straight, getting up @ 5am, and the next day (day off), waking up subconsiously (sp?)without an alarm clock at 5am, and just thinking in my head, yessssss. i get to keep sleeping.. oh what a feeling.

10-24-2003, 12:28 PM	#26 (permalink)
numist Banned Location: UCSD, 510.49 miles from my love	damhna, those do sound fantastic... especially the standing ovation thing - I know a lot of fantastic people and they all have unrealistically high opinions of me. Now I cant wait to have a child (in a few years, not now), it sounds like a great feeling sometimes, despite the lost sleep.

10-24-2003, 12:35 PM	#27 (permalink)
floonine Insane Location: Silicon Valley, Utah	Listening to your favorite live album, and fading out of reality long enough to see the screaming fans begging for your attention. Or a puppy. __________________ Political arguments do not exist, after all, for people to believe in them, rather they serve as a common, agreed-upon excuse. Foolish people who take them in earnest sooner or later discover inconsistencies in them, begin to protest and finish finally and infamously as heretics.

10-25-2003, 06:57 AM	#28 (permalink)
costello Insane Location: Tucson	i'll agree with the standing ovation. 3 years ago i did a play in high school that went to state. well we won and after we preformed got a standing ovation. 7000 people the best though has to be having a family. its the only dream i have. i dont care what i do for a living, any of that. just comming home to a family that i love with all my heart and knowing they feel the same way is something i cant wait for. i love needing someone that needs me, and vice versa __________________ "They don't even know what it is to be a fan. Y'know? To truly love some silly little piece of music, or some band, so much that it hurts." -Almost Famous

10-25-2003, 02:06 PM	#29 (permalink)
CandleInTheDark Addict Location: Where the music's loudest	The best feeling is that of acomplishment. __________________ Where there is doubt there is freedom.

10-25-2003, 10:49 PM	#30 (permalink)
saucy knave Tilted Location: West Siiide	Bah, Doos beat me to the gag.

10-25-2003, 10:57 PM	#31 (permalink)
numist Banned Location: UCSD, 510.49 miles from my love	CandleInTheDark - do you have a specific accomplishment in mind, or any accomplishment at all?

10-25-2003, 11:02 PM	#32 (permalink)
matt_mll Crazy Location: some volcano in the middle of the pacific	good question and good thread. I deffinately think that the best feeling in the world would be taking home a healthy newborn child for the first time. Since I haven't gotten that far yet, I would have to say waking up next to my g/f after having been away or alone for a long time.

10-25-2003, 11:58 PM	#33 (permalink)
ForgottenKnight Jesus Freak Location: Following the light...	It must have been holding her, her holding me, and looking deep into her dazzling eyes... __________________ "People say I'm strange, does that make me a stranger?"

10-26-2003, 12:11 AM	#34 (permalink)
Journeyman Like John Goodman, but not. Location: SFBA, California	When I was 14, me and a friend were walking home from a movie rental store in the middle of night over a bridge that has a 20 foot drop to the right and moving traffic to the left. In the movie store, I had taken it upon myself to inform this guy that whoever buzzed his head sorta butchered it. He informed me that it was a birthmark. And that was that. At the bridge, a small white car pulls over in front of us and he storms out and heads straight for me, yells at me some while shoving me back, then grabs at me and yells at me about how I don't know who he is and he will fucking kill me. Given the strength difference and the environment, he could have. I apologized as much as a could untill he finally stormed off and left. This person was 2 grades ahead of me, so I ended up seeing him here and there in highschool for the grand total of 6 months that I ended up going to highschool in my freshman year. I left and started community college. Because of that, I had to do an independent study thing at night for drivers ed, at the school district. I sit myself in the back corner seat and crack the drivers ed book, and this person walks in eating a burrito, walks right towards me and says "That's my seat, dude." I jump to another seat, bury my head in my book, and stopped going to independent study soon after. My friend (not the one who was with me that night), I told him about the whole situation and how I was sort of upset and wanted some kind of reckoning, and he quite simply stated that I'd get wasted (he was in this persons grade). Four years after being threatened with death, I was moving a cord of firewood from the driveway to the backyard for my parents. I see this person pull up to the house directly across the street from mine. Apparently, his girlfriend babysat my neighbors kids, and he had gone to see her there (after she had supposedly broken up with him the night before...). I have never been in a fight before this, and I have no training in any sort of fighting skills. I walk two more blocks of wood to my backyard, feeling adrenaline turn my legs into lead. But I need this. So I walk across the street, and grab his attention. "Hey, remember me?" - "No." - "You threatened to kill me about 4 years back after I asked about your hair in movie magic." - "Oh yeah, I remember you..." - "Yeah, you mind apologizing for that?" - "Apologizing? Bitch, you had no right to say the shit you said and.." - "Dude, I was 14 at the time, and I know you were 16..." - "Yeah, so now I'm 20, and you're 18? So you wanna settle it like men?" That's when I hit him, hard. His girlfriend who had come out of the house halfway into the conversation screamed something and distracted me, which is when he came back at me. What I remember are him throwing wide haymakers that were easy as could be to keep from getting to my face, and sticking him with a few hits to his head, wondering why he's not getting knocked out. Some grappling/wrestling went on, the most that resulted was me being over him with his back to me, and putting a hook into the side of his head and wondering if it was right to hit somebody in the back of the head. His girlfriend got in the middle of it while we were seperated for a moment and squaring off, looking to sling some more. She screamed about the 3 kids she had in the house, and we broke it off. He got in his truck and said for me to meet him at the nearby elementary school (which was really silly, as it was about 3 and kids would be getting out of there, too). He sped off, with a black eye and a cut by his ear. I checked myself in the rear view mirror of my car, I was clean as before. I sort of stomped around and said to his girlfriend about how she hooked up with a probable wife beater, and when i found out that my neighbor's wife was on the phone with someone other than the police (she had come out at some point, I forget when), I got in my car and headed straight for the school. When I got there, I parked, and he was nowhere around. As it turned out, he has some priors in this area of the penal system, and drove straight to the police station. I found this out when I went home and talked with my mom, who had talked with this person's girlfriend. In the 20 or 30 minutes it took for the local police (I've known one of them for a long time) to show up (they had him at the station and me at my house, no need to rush things), I was in one continuous release of endorphins. Thus far, that's the best feeling I've ever had in my life. Last edited by Journeyman; 10-26-2003 at 12:17 AM..

10-26-2003, 12:16 AM	#35 (permalink)
numist Banned Location: UCSD, 510.49 miles from my love	Definitely not what they taught me when I learned martial arts, but still I can imagine how that could have been a great release... good story either way... that must have been one hell of a haircut!

10-26-2003, 08:48 PM	#37 (permalink)
Nikki ~~~~~~~ Location: Charleston, SC	When my man is in my bed and we lay facing each other. We talk and kiss and eventually fall asleep like that face to face completely intertwined in each others arms.

10-26-2003, 10:04 PM	#38 (permalink)
anti fishstick Post-modernism meets Individualism AKA the Clash Location: oregon	my best feeling in the world was being a camp councelor, having hordes of kiddies wanting piggy back rides and one in particular clinging to me all week. towards the end of camp, she hugged me tight and said "i wish you were my sister". awww. warm fuzzies and i don't even like kids ;P __________________ And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. ~Anais Nin

10-26-2003, 10:40 PM	#39 (permalink)
GoldenOuroboros The Cheshire Grin... Location: An Aussie Outback	I'm with you Numist on the goin to sleep with your S.O, but there are so many other feelings in this world that I'm yet to discover, such as holding my own child in my arms, being there for the childs birth and things like that. But maybe one day they will come.. I guess you can only wait and be patient __________________ Can you see me grin grin grrriiiiinnnning?!

10-27-2003, 09:30 AM	#40 (permalink)
troit Transfer Agent Location: NYC	I have got to agree with a few of the fellow members comments --there is nothing quite like the feeling of love. Being single again over the past year after being invloved in a five year relationship has taught me the value of love. When I first split up with the Ex I had feelings of remorse and anger. But as time passed I realized the specialness of love and now am actual thankful for the time we had together. For example -- There is just something about watching an individual you care for sleep. Be it a spouse, SO, close friend or family member -- to be a witness to the peacefulness stirs up the feeling deep inside that compares to no other. Someday I'll find another and will have learned from my previous actions and cherish our time together rather than squander and take for granted something so precious. __________________ I've yet to dephile myself...