THE BIRDS
i saw alfred hitchcock's movie the birds when i was in high school and i scoffed- it was really dumb- birds....ooooooo scaaarrrryyyyy. as if!
never in my life would i have thought that scoffing at such a thing would come to bite me in the butt. but it did.
saturday morning, i was coming home on the train from teaching my "tiny dancers" class. i got off at the government center stop and promptly walked to the dunkin donuts kiosk that's located in the center of the train station. grabbed myself a hot cocoa and a donut and happily made my way outside.
as i made my way down the many steps from government center toward the haymarket i enjoyed the somewhat warm air and my luscious boston creme donut. i turned to see that there were a few seagulls that spied my food and came to beg for a bite- i did not oblige and continued on my journey.
the gathering of birds seemed to increase with each step i took and i have to admit it did start to make me a little nervous. at one point i abruptly ran at a group of them, in hopes that they would get more nervous than myself and run away... nope.
it wasn't until i heard the swooshing of wings near my head that i got panicky... and whereas i should have just ignored them and continued on my way, i hated the idea of getting pooped on. after a long moment of fighting the urge to look, i finally looked around and was terrified to see that more than 30 birds surrounded me... some waddling along side me, some hovering over my head. my step quickened... as did my heart rate... and the pace at which i ate my donut. this was not okay.
just then, i felt the light brush of air close to my face, peered to the right to see a seagull no more than an inch from my face... I FREAKED!
at just this moment i let out a scream of fear, turned and chucked the remainder of my donut as far behind me as i possibly could and quickened my step. i looked up, and the 3 people that were walking ahead of me had turned around to see what i was freaking out about...
the only thing i could do was smile nervously and say "birds" as i pointed my thumb behind me... put my head down and continued walking... then reminiscing... then laughing...
OH MY GOSH- i was just bullied out of a donut by mean and horrible boston city birds. i can't believe that just happened... and i am totally miffed that i don't have my donut anymore... and i just totally embarrassed myself in front of total strangers acting like tippi hedren in the birds.
for the record, it really is as scary as it looks in the movie.
STUPID SEAGULLS... I WANT MY DONUT BACK!
5 comments:
this is me hearing the story for the 4th time and still laughing.
birds.
LOL...LOLOLOLOL!!! I've seen The Birds and thought it was the worst attempt at special effects I've ever seen. However, it's a different story when you're the one being attacked. Once Reagan had a kamikaze butterfly attack her every time she left the house. We'd walk out the door and she'd immediately start scanning the sky with these jerky motions of her head. At first I thought she was just losing it and told her so. This broke her concentration so she could respond and sure enough the butterfly was suddenly there, all over her like white on rice. She screamed like a little girl and ran into the car. "NOW do you believe me?" I've seriously never seen anything like it.
ok, I've HATED birds FOREVER--even stupid fancy birds. I ove this story!!
did I tell you I got pooped on this winter walking down Newbury? Yeah, that was a beautiful day--gave the casual diners something to see as I frantically scraped my arm on a tree next to their tables. stupid birds.
HA HAAAA!!! Peggy you wrote this PERFECTLY. I guess some birds have a 'hood' and you better not disrespect, or else they're going to bully you out of a donut! My favorite part was you saying you RAN at them. I bet they wouldn't have minded a bit of hot cocoa either. :)
PS...the psycho butterfly story is TOTALLY TRUE, and its true that NO ONE BELIEVED ME, and it only attacked ME. Friggin birds and butterflies.
hey girl! YES it's been 8 years. Man, do I feel old! ugh! And yes, it is ALL because of you that Nate and I are married. We couldn't have done it without you! :-) haha!
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