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Strange Adventures in the Bastard City

Tuna Ghost: Pratt knot hero

19:03 / 22.05.02

Well, not so much "strange" as "disturbing and flattering at the same time".

So I'm driving down Eight Mile Road just outside of Detroit (the same 8 Mile road supposedly featured in Eminem's upcoming movie 8 Mile or something like that) with some friends from work, and we stop in a gas station to by a blunt shell. Eight Mile Road is, to people who both live there or merely drive through it, a ghetto. I wouldn't bother going near it if I didn't have friends who live there.

So I'm leaving the gas station near midnight when a woman, nearing forty by my guess, steps out of a van and says "Excuse me, but you are so handsome. Really." I tell you, it felt great. Maybe Detroit isn't the shithole I thought it was.

23:00 / 22.05.02

I hate to say it, but she's just saying that because she thinks you've got a pretty great coat.

Tuna Ghost: Pratt knot hero

01:14 / 23.05.02

[ego falls, struck in the back of the head by a blunt comment]

ugh!

Actually, it was like 60 degrees out. I was wearing my work clothes, which consists of a lot of black, white shirt, and a tie. It was a Gerry Garcia tie, by the way.

01:44 / 23.05.02

The van, did it have a bed in it at all?

04:43 / 23.05.02

Yeah those random unexpected comments can be a real pick-me-up. Congrats you handsome beast you!

Mine was..
"oh, you're sooo cute"
Unfortunatly it was said when I was in a HORRID mood so my reply was "Hey, fuck you! Cute is for rabbits". One of the moments that I do indeed reflect upon with regret. (She was sweet/supermodel hot)

I can only hope you reacted better than I did.