The most messed up thing, I almost saw.

So this was on my birthday, Feb. 16th. I was walking home from class on New Montgomery street listening to "Ride the Lightning" by Metallica, and all of a sudden I see a cop on his walkie talkie freaking out. I also notice a large group of people standing around. I started to wonder what the hell was going on, so I stopped and looked around, then I looked up and saw a guy standing on the ledge of this building which is a Bank of America/Forever 21. He is in what appears to be his boxer shorts coming in and out of the window. Then I look down and the security guard who works at either the bank or Forever 21 is pushing people out of the way. By this time a large group of people has gathered around to see this. I then whip out my phone and snap a picture of this guy, just because it looked strange. Then I called Mandi to let her know what was going on, and she was naturally perplexed. She thought that it was interesting but wanted me to hurry home so we could have some of my birthday cake. Disappointed I left, turning around to see the ever growing crowd, unsure if I would find out what happened.
One week later...
I was again in the same class and we were discussing some local/national current events before the days lecture. I then say "Hey, did anyone find out what happened to that guy who was standing on top of Bank of America/Forever 21?" Almost everyone was puzzled and then one guy said in the most casual tone "Oh yeah, he jumped." Everyone gasped. He then continued in the same tone "Yeah, I rode by on the bus and they were scooping him up." I instantly thought back to that and ran two things through my mind A) that would have been incredible to see that, and B) that would have been really messed up to see some dude jump to his death.
I didn't see him jump but for the next few hours I was sort of piecing it together in my mind; him jumping, the crowd screaming, him hitting the ground. It would have been crazy to see, but at the same time I would have been witnessing someone die before my eyes in an incredible brutal way. Plus he was up so high and I was standing with the crowd not to far from where he landed, so chances are that I would have been splatted with blood or something else. So while I didn't see that guy jump, and I'm kind of glad that I didn't, I missed out on seeing something fairly out of the ordinary.

P.S. this photo is the one I took while standing there, so this guy ended up jumping no more than an hour later.

So in spirit of the Super Bowl, I thought I'd share my take on it. I love football, its my favorite sport, sometimes it's an unhealthy thing to follow, with the stress that comes with it, replaying things that happened in your mind, and also playing the "shoulda, coulda, woulda" game. My team is the Vikings, and I equate being a fan of theirs as being in an abusive relationship. No matter how bad or how many times they hurt me, I still come back to them. But sadly this is not about them, it's about the Super Bowl. If I were to sum it up in one word it would be: boring. Nothing about the game really got my attention, except for the onside kick to start the second half. The commercials were a complete and total disaster. Not one funny one in the bunch (most of them were Bud Light & Doritos). The only bright spot were The Who. I think The Who are a great band, but when did the halftime show of the biggest sporting event of the year become the highlight of the night? Also even though I guessed just about all of the tunes that The Who would be playing it was still better than the game and commercials combined. Although I will say that it was a welcome change of pace for them to show more than 3 plays and then go to 4 minutes of commercials, but despite the fact that my team was not in the biggest game again, I thought that Super Bowl 44 was a complete stinker on all fronts.