But ultimately, as sorry as I feel for the many many wonderful men who get lumped in, that doesn't outweigh my own sense of self-preservation. So yes, keys (or pen) out, radar on scan, back-seat checked, and generally wary about meeting a new guy in any situation--certainly not in public if I'm alone.
Mal: You want to tell me how come there's a statue of you here looking at me like I owe him something? Jayne: Wishing I could, Captain.
'Jaynestown'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Pix - Jan 10, 2005 2:54:49 pm PST #4548 of 10002
The status is NOT quo.
Atropa - Jan 10, 2005 2:55:02 pm PST #4549 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Heh. I think that's just sensible preparation for potential self-defense. Or, you know, not dropping your purse.
Self-defense. I've deliberately broken someone's wrist with my purse.
Jesse - Jan 10, 2005 2:55:48 pm PST #4550 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I don't think I've done the keys-in-fist thing since I got held up at gunpoint. Eh.
Katie M - Jan 10, 2005 2:56:08 pm PST #4551 of 10002
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
I've deliberately broken someone's wrist with my purse.
Damn! I think your purse is bigger than mine.
Steph L. - Jan 10, 2005 2:57:43 pm PST #4552 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Always make sure your trunk lid is locked and check your back seat and floor before you get into your car.
And under the car, as you approach it.
§ ita § - Jan 10, 2005 2:57:53 pm PST #4553 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I know I'm nobody's personal safety role model, but I hadn't realised precisely -- it's not that I'm looking to not get mugged on the way to my car, it's that I'm looking to not be startled by a mugger on the way to my car.
I don't do the key thing, since my remote unlocking device is a huge blocky thing that would throw my punch off no end. I am, however, likely to not make my purse too hard to get at -- I don't want to get in a tug of war about it. If they get it away clean, then they can have it.
It's not that I don't want to be robbed. It's that I don't want to get hurt (worse than my mugger).
Atropa - Jan 10, 2005 2:59:05 pm PST #4554 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I've deliberately broken someone's wrist with my purse.
Damn! I think your purse is bigger than mine.
The current one is a metal-frame leather purse I got at a vintage store, and it's about 9" tall and 11" long. The purse I used to break someone's wrist with was a box-type purse, but I'm pretty sure I could do it with this purse if I needed to.
Pix - Jan 10, 2005 2:59:31 pm PST #4555 of 10002
The status is NOT quo.
And under the car, as you approach it.
This too. I didn't post it originally because I didn't want to sound (more) paranoid.
§ ita § - Jan 10, 2005 2:59:35 pm PST #4556 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
And under the car, as you approach it.
You know, if I was watching a woman approaching her car, and trying do work out when to jump her -- this might be when. How do you do this without compromising your balance and increasing your dead space?
Pix - Jan 10, 2005 3:00:59 pm PST #4557 of 10002
The status is NOT quo.
I just do it from a distance.