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I can't really imagine it, but man, I would like to. I take nighttime walks because really, it's my only option. And I live in a nice neighborhood, other pedestrians, etc. But I still keep my ipod turned down so I can hear people behind me. I stop randomly and look behind me, keep a light in my pocket, watch dark shadows, and don't get too close to the bushes.
I live in a college area so there are usually people around, but sometimes they're drunk people and that's not too much fun. I hate having to feel like I'm risking my safety just by walking around the block a few times for fitness. #eveensler
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Did you read any of the other comments on this thread? Most of the women here have this issue. And I think most women do think about this, unless they're deluding themselves or clueless about the lack of safety precautions in most places.
I'm not saying it's not something you don't personally worry about, but that viewpoint is the exceptions. Most women, especially living alone, do have to watch out for their safety on a regular basis. #eveensler
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'Cause I love her, but if that's her mission? With what I've been reading around here (and of course, not just here) lately, it's looking like it's gonna be awhile. #eveensler
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I had dropped my id and he was trying to catch up with me. I almost gave him a heart attack when I jumped out with my mace raring to go--thank god I didn't fire. #eveensler
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It is insane to actually think about all the precautions that I take on a daily basis out of fear. It becomes such a part of daily life that when I actually think about how many times I make an "escape route" for myself, it's sad.
And I live in a safe area. #eveensler
10/22/09
Dude, I <3 you. My husband has had similar experiences. #eveensler
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It might have made things worse.
I feel like a dick and now I try to be super aware of space and body language. #eveensler
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I mean a shiver. #eveensler
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When I pulled into the parking lot of the restaurant, I heard this "WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING, MAN?" from the Dude. The guy tried to claim we were together, and then said the Dude was lying about our marital status, and then fried to pass it off as the Dude being hostile, that he wasn't doin' nuthin', and besides, that girl is ugly, anyway.
That was the day the Dude understood.
08/26/09
I know there is plenty to criticize in his personal life, but he got shit done. I'd rather have a deeply flawed man who gets stuff done than a very nice one who can't do anything. Although nowadays, there seem to be more and more assholes who get nothing done, like the worst of both worlds.
I'm not going to bring up his death with any family members, as the odds are excellent that they will mention Chappaquiddick.
08/26/09
I was thinking about his eulogy of Bobby, the end anyway:
My brother need not be idealized, or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life, to be remembered simply as a good and decent man, who saw wrong and tried to right it, saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it.
I'm not sure Teddy was always a good and decent man--he made a few, as he himself said, indefensible mistakes--but he became one, and we don't need to forget his early failings to celebrate the things he did to help those Americans most in need of it.
And not for nothing, if my two sisters were shot and killed while serving in public office, I would crawl into a hole and never want to come out.
08/26/09
Any bets as to when Fox will fuck this up?
08/26/09
My parents lived in Boston for 20 years and although he was never my senator, he was always my favorite. Someone downthread characterized his life as a Greek tragedy, which I think is spot on. I think of his life as a tale of redemption, of someone who started out badly but carried on the responsibility of an influential family name and tried to do good for those with nothing.
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He undeniably achieved some very good things, the Kennedy saga always fascinates, I wouldn't wish brain cancer on anyone, and I hope in death his name provides a further goad for health care reform ("Let's do this for Ted"); however, I am somewhat dismayed that because the man died many today are characterizing the death of Mary Jo K. as simply a political slip-up, one that every politician makes; perhaps my feelings are based on my (relative) seniority and small contact with that young woman's family.
It is fine to laud the passing Senator but I am a little queasy at the retroactive trivialization of certain past events. I do think he did the positive, creative thing with whatever sense of guilt he had over his part in a young woman's death and went on to work for many liberal causes, but there was a reason why he never became President, and I do think that particular situation was extraordinary, not politics as usual.
Just my 2 cents.
08/26/09
I'm not saying that incident overshadows his life, and there really isn't much more to say about it, but it did happen and it can't be totally ignored in an analysis of his life.
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