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Originally posted by CallMeMaury
My olderbrother tried to murder me several times. Drowning twice, tried to push me out of a window, attacked me with a kitchen knife. I have been in more fights with strangers than I care to recount, though I find there is something about my appearance that makes people want to fight me. I have been robbed and in car accidents and drunk more than would seem humanly possible. I have done a lot of drugs and slept in the streets and survived natural diasters.
Do I feel "unbreakable?" NO. I am just a lucky bastard who knows how and when to punch a person square in the face. I am not bragging. I am just lucky.
I get out of a lot of situations but I am scared a lot.
Originally posted by RuneSpider
I've won more fights than a scrawny, somewhat outa shape white kid should have. I've fallen pretty hard, and had some pretty good wieght drop on me. Had some instances where I should be more injured than I end up, I guess. But mostly thats a combination of dumb luck, flexibility, knowing how to take a punch, good muscle memory, and knowing how to roll.
Unbreakable? Nope, just managed noto to break so far. Saying something like that's asking for trouble, in my opinion.
Originally posted by RuneSpider
reply to post by ExCloud
Sorry, sometimes I forget where I am.
Want to add to what I said and say I got in a bit of an accident where I had a car door bend around my head, fallen several feet from trees to land on rocks and not be particularly injured, and several other things.
Generally speaking, we all have instances in our lives where we should not have survived. Generally we should take them for granted and try very hard to avoid such instances in the future, cause eventually the old fellow comes along to collect the debt.
Yes, we are all going to die some day, doesn't mean we have to make the old guy's work any easier. Even the people who do stunts for a living make sure they are as safe as possible beforehand.
Esit: I didn't say scrawny black kid 'cause I am and was a scrawny white kid. Sorry, like I said, sometimes I forget where I am, when I think about where I've been.
[edit on 2-7-2008 by RuneSpider]
Originally posted by CallMeMaury
reply to post by ExCloud
I am not the type who tests death. I actually have severe anxiety which limits me on a daily basis. I am afraid of death. I just tend to end up in these situations. Granted, I have done drugs, but mostly to self-medicate. As far as the fights: I don't know why but strangers always want to fight me. I have never met anyone who has as much trouble staying out of fights as me. I have studied martial arts and I fully restrain myself. I fully believe it takes two people to start a fight and I have gotten out of more fights than I've been in simply by playing the coward. But there is something, where a stranger will see me and one second of eye contact will spur violence.
It almost feels supernatural. In real life I am a funny, gregarious, somewhat introverted guy. These ridiculous situations seem to descend upon me. Other than the drugs and alcohol obviously, though I have never been involved in violence while drunk or high.
I had a lot of experience fighting growing up, with a sociopathic brother who wouldn't think twice about ending my life. HE was much bigger than me and I didn't have a choice to fight him.
I have survived severe car accidents, including getting hit while I was walking, with minimal injury. I have survived hip deep hurricaine flood water and twisters. I don't know why my life is so mixed up with insane stuff, but I definitely don't try to court death.
As far as unbreakable goes: after all this stuff, I may not be broken, but I'm not exactly good looking. I have a facial disfigurment where my mouth doens't close all the way and my teeth are all long and crooked with impact marks on them. And I have scars from the time my brother tried to knife me. Definitely not unbreakable.