One minute I'm jogging along the river listening to Feist, and the next minute...okay. okay. so I wasnt really "jogging" per se. It was more like "slowly trotting". Some would even call it "walking". And I wasn't really listening to Feist...it was Fergie. Fergalicious to be exact. (and no i wouldnt pay for that garbage- it was illegally downloaded, thank you.) But writers are allowed to embellish, right? okay, okay. So I'm not really a "writer" per se, but more like a "blogger" .... But i digress. So I'm slowly trotting along the river and a possum high up in a tree catches my eye. And I guess I got caught up in the moment. Maybe it was because I am an American in Australia. Or maybe it's because I was wearing khaki shorts and hiking boots* , but i totally had a terri irwin moment and started talking to the possum. As I am talking to this possum, it is looking me right in the eyes. it's listening. It was truely a moment. Then this possum starts climbing down the tree towards me like I was freakin Snow White or something.!! It was going to cuddle with me!!!! either that or KICK MY ASS! I freeze like a deer in headlights until i noticed two more possums just up the footpath** . I immediately assume this possum has called his little possum posse and i am definitely going to be attacked. maybe even killed. Or at least infected by rabies***. Well I quickly picked up my "slow trot" to a "mild jog" and got the hell out of there.
*Just for clarity, this is definitely another embellishment
**Australian for sidewalk
***turns out they don't even have rabies here. at all. that is why their quarantine laws are so strict. (shot out to my lil kitty Luna back in the states.)
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About to be mugged by Possums? Possums are really no threat at all as long as you know how to handle them: just lie down and play dead.
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Fergie pisses herself.
A possum walked into my garage on Saturday. Is was scary and mildly exciting. The only thing I had to attack it with (just in case) was a lighter. I wasn't sure how I was going to manage fighting it ith flame, but I was prepared to figure out how...and fast.
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