Today while I was
walking to the
video store it happened yet again. To
elaborate on this vague statement I must tell you what I look like. I am roughly
six feet in
height and I
weigh around 160lbs. I wear a black
hooded sweat shirt and
cargo pants. I wear a
chain wallet. I have
long hair and a
goatee.
I always wear an angry expression (I shall write a node;
How to get people to leave you alone).
At any rate, I am by no means a
menacing presence. I cannot
boast extreme
size or
strength. My skill in the
martial area is minimal, if even
substantial enough to mention as
existent. However, when I put my hood up and put on my "
leave me the fuck alone" face, I tend to make "
normal" people
nervous.
I don't get
angry with them for it, it always makes me feel really
aweful. Today I exited my
apartment building while fiddling with my
CD player. Eventually I noticed that I was walking fairly close behind a
young lady (about 7 feet).
She kept
glancing quickly over her shoulder. It became painfully apparent that she was trying to
monitor my proximity to her person without appearing as if she was looking. Then her glance started
flitting between me and 21st street traffic as if preparing for a
mad dash. At this point I could tell her destination was on this side of the street. I had to be on the other side at some point anyway, so to spare her the trouble of "shaking" me, I
prematurely crossed the street. She
relaxed visably.
Observe the
fear you may cause in others as
it is a rough world.
Put them at ease.
It's the least you can do.