Yea, that was a fuckin' meteor. A meteor! You remember that period where asteroids were the hot thing in Hollywood and everyone HAD to have a asteroid movie. Right after that came everyone needing an animation about bugs. Anyway, there is also this:
It's not a funny shot angle, the wheel is bent because he hit a car crossing an avenue. He decided to gun it through a red because there didn't seem to be any cars, but there was, and if he had been a few seconds earlier he'd be dead instead of just really shook up. I wish I had a picture of my friend Shawn's scar who was kick starting a finiky vespa when it shot off and the kickstand tore through his leg, just missing tendons, bones, and other things that could have crippled him for life. We forget that just walking down the street is a hazard and we're in a country without land mines or roadside bombs. We forget that we could die at any moment or be horribly maimed, and we forget to look at what we have and appreciate it.
But, like the meteor we get lucky and we hit the car not the other way around and it reminds us that we are weak creatures living in a world of extreme hazards we just blow through everyday until something reminds us. Luckily my friend's bike and the meteor that didn't hit Canada was just a reminder.
-Idaho Bob-
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