BerkeleyPC

I know this probably won’t be politcally correct but it was scary and as hard as I try, I just don’t know if I can fit into the PC Berkeley culture.  Sorry if the name of the blog has mislead you.  BerkeleyPC it seems is more about my trying to understand and fit in to Berkeley culture than it is about explaining how to do it. 

Anyway, here’s the frightening experience I had.  I was parked by the Berkeley YMCA which is right across the street from the Post Office.  I went in and got my mail, (oh yeah, check out the other frightening mail experience), and when I came back across I was about to get in my car and a …  woman??,  man??,  thing?? Cousin It??…. I’m sorry but I’m not sure what to put here.  It was something shaped like ‘Cousin It’ in a black Burka.  All I saw was a black head covering, something resembling a screen window over the face which didn’t allow you to see inside at all, and a black gown that covered everything, you couldn’t even see the feet.  It looked just like the one pictured only black, and it was walking down the sidewalk on the other side of the street. 

Then once I saw it and it saw me see it, it changed direction and jaywalked across the street right at me.  I nearly screamed. I wasn’t sure whether to run or stay and fight, but I knew if I stayed there could be an explosion, and I would be in pieces, so I figured that wouldn’t be the right thing to do.  But by the time I figured out running was the best thing to do, I realized it was too late.  There was no way I could get out of blast range in time.

So instead I froze with my hand on the car door and watched its every step.  It may have looked in my direction, I felt a glance but nothing indicated that it had turned it’s head so it must have been moving its eyes as it continued in front of my car and then down the sidewalk.

As I got in my car I was glad I didn’t run.  I was certain if I had done that, that it would have chased me and then let its finger off the trigger as soon as it was close enough.  Or if I got to a police officer first it would claim that I had tried to rape it and then disappear as I was explaining to the cop that the reason I was running was because I was afraid she, he or it might explode.

So that was my scary experience.  I apologize to all of the innocent Burka wearing Berkeley-ites who might be offended by this post.  I’m trying really hard.  Really, really hard.