So, today as I sat waiting to hear if a show we produced a pilot for got picked up I was chatting with my friend and Birthday Girl Kim who lives in SF. We were talking about this thing called the Feelatorium - a sort of blind mole installation in the Bay Area - and the following chat ensued: Names have been changed to protect the innocent...
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MyFriendKim: that thing definitely brings out my claustrophobic side
Me: really? I didn't know you had one
MyFriendKim: i had a bad experience when i was like 12 or 13 at yosemite
Me: fell into a geyser?
MyFriendKim: ...
Me: what happened?
MyFriendKim: we were going through this crawly rocky area (that one is allowed to go through) and i just remember panicking and like not being able to move or something, i had to be calmed down
Me: that kind of thing sticks with you
MyFriendKim: and i mean, dang, it was like boulders
Me: I remember once this friend of mine and I were playing and he put me in a box and then stood around with a canister of mace and blasted me every time I tried to get out
MyFriendKim: now my palms are getting clammy
MyFriendKim: what?
Me: no shit
Me: we had these little cans of mace in the house in case of robbery I guess
MyFriendKim: yeesh
Me: friend isn't really the right word
Me: a bully I was trying to pacify
MyFriendKim: i guess not!
Me: I ended up (seriously I think) plotting his murder
Me: we were digging holes in the back yard and I hit him in the head with a shovel
Me: He's now a fairly well known director
MyFriendKim: err
Me: He directed (REDACTED)
MyFriendKim: you hit him in the head with a shovel?
Me: yes - not hard enough, I guess
Me: I think I pulled it at the last second
Me: but I think he never picked on me again after that
Now I'm not advising that anyone use this as a way to deal with a bully - just found myself surprised that I had totally forgotten about it.
Ah the Halcyon days of youth.
allo? you know it's not actually called the Feelatorium, right?
(Captain's Note)... well it should be...
Posted by: kim | February 17, 2006 at 01:31 AM
i'm trying to figure out where halcyon fits in
Posted by: Anita | February 17, 2006 at 02:03 AM
GROPEATORIUM
Posted by: Kim | February 20, 2006 at 02:04 AM
They have bully's in Canada? One would think that they would all grow up to be hockey players, not directors...
heh
Posted by: Sheila | February 20, 2006 at 10:07 AM