I almost got run over today.
I was in a world of my own, listening to my music, and car pulled out from nowhere and almost took me out.
Its like everything slows down. The music stopped, everything turned digital. A small heads up display appears from nowhere, a green outline of the car surrounded the bodywork of Vauxhall which was about to end my wonderful life. A electronic buzz shouted "WARNING WARNING... G-Reg car about to break your legs".
And then it happened. A massive jolt which pulled me out of my body backwards. The car hadn't hit me, but it was about to, and my life started flashing before my eyes. It started with my childhood. A mini me standing in front of me wearing a Paddington Bear outfit. Then six years later, still wearing the outfit. Another ten years rushed before me, still couldn't shake the Paddington theme. It was starting to get embarrasing. University, pubs, booze, vomit and hangovers.. i re-experienced them all. That sucked.. i had to write four years worth of coursework within 3 nanoseconds. Still, i did better on that Learning Philosophies essay this time. Deepend, and all the wonderful people i met there. It was starting to come to an end, and the rate at which my life was shooting past was reducing.. i was starting to remember last month, last week, three days ago, two days, two hours, two minutes, two seconds.. and then duh! of course.. look right, left and right again before crossing the road. So, i stepped backwards before the car hit me, it carried on, and because of my experience, i remembered where i put my keys for work and that there is a �20 Waterstones voucher underneath that Sophie Ellis Bextor CD on my desk.
Made my day that did.
I was in a world of my own, listening to my music, and car pulled out from nowhere and almost took me out.
Its like everything slows down. The music stopped, everything turned digital. A small heads up display appears from nowhere, a green outline of the car surrounded the bodywork of Vauxhall which was about to end my wonderful life. A electronic buzz shouted "WARNING WARNING... G-Reg car about to break your legs".
And then it happened. A massive jolt which pulled me out of my body backwards. The car hadn't hit me, but it was about to, and my life started flashing before my eyes. It started with my childhood. A mini me standing in front of me wearing a Paddington Bear outfit. Then six years later, still wearing the outfit. Another ten years rushed before me, still couldn't shake the Paddington theme. It was starting to get embarrasing. University, pubs, booze, vomit and hangovers.. i re-experienced them all. That sucked.. i had to write four years worth of coursework within 3 nanoseconds. Still, i did better on that Learning Philosophies essay this time. Deepend, and all the wonderful people i met there. It was starting to come to an end, and the rate at which my life was shooting past was reducing.. i was starting to remember last month, last week, three days ago, two days, two hours, two minutes, two seconds.. and then duh! of course.. look right, left and right again before crossing the road. So, i stepped backwards before the car hit me, it carried on, and because of my experience, i remembered where i put my keys for work and that there is a �20 Waterstones voucher underneath that Sophie Ellis Bextor CD on my desk.
Made my day that did.
