can't really think of a good one. can't really think.

work on friday was fine. afterwards i got a ride to the lizard, for a very not-interesting party.

well, it wasn't interesting until i was ready to leave. i was standing at the cafe, talking to a friend of the mongoose (joker), when some guy came in with a sliced hand, asking for napkins to clean it up. he gave him some, but the asshole stood there cleaning it over the sweet containers. joker asked him to step away, and was ignored, so i asked him. he looked at me and said "what, so you work in the cafe now?"
what the fuck? after a bit more shouting at him, we got him to go, but he'd gotten us both annoyed.

around 3am i walked through the dance floor to say goodbye to some friends, and i felt something unusual. i turned around, looking straight into the face of some kid, and i told him that i was trying to pass, no need for punching.

he punched me again. by this point i wasn't sure what was going on, i thought i'd misunderstood something, and when i tried to continue walking i was suddenly confronted by four or five guys, one of them absolutely massive (and taller than me, not a good combination), and all looking like they wanted a fight. i tried talking to the oversized one, when the guy who'd started it all launched himself at me. i flung him off, and suddenly i was on the ground, and it was all i could do to protect my face while i got the shit kicked out of me.

that was nice. real nice. especially nice that my "friends" made such a solid attempt to help me. they were able to describe what happened just fine - "wow! i couldn't believe what i was seeing!", but at the time they just waited until these assholes had finished with me and then helped me get up. i'm so pleased.

primary thing that upset me? i could have taken any one of them, probably a couple at least, and i really didn't get a chance. that makes me feel the opposite of warm and squishy inside.

i'd been kicked quite hard in the forehead, so i was dazed and confused... the mongoose, the bartender, joker and the bouncer went in and cleared the guys out, but it was too little too late. and i was really feeling like shit. those great friends of mine took me to the "city officer" to see a doctor.

the doctor was totally cool. he performed some tests, then we had what should have been an arb conversation (i suspect it was part of the testing), to make sure there was no neurological damage. aside from me seeing weird colours for an hour or so. the arb conversation got interesting because he's in a similar situation to me army-wise, so we got silly. he gave me a referral to an emergency facility, but told me that was only because it's procedure, and personally he didn't think it was necessary. he also gave me until monday to return to base, and for that he's a king.

the guys dropped me off at the mongoose's place, his parents were awake when i got there at 5am and fussed over me, which was really nice. the mongoose came home, and they made me stay awake about half an hour before letting me crash... the doctor had told me to go straight to the hospital if i threw up, and i was feeling the urge. but i didn't. go me!

i basically slept most of today, got up around 3pm for his mom's cooking, which is the shit. aside from being a little slow, and sensitive, and my neck hurting, i'm actually alright now. but my nose bled for most of the day, which didn't help me. i KNOW i'm paranoid enough without things like that.

we spent the evening watching tv, then took a taxi to the lizard. i hung around there chatting until about 12.30, then drove a friend's car home (he's coming soon to pick it up). now i'm going to shower, and in the morning it's a slightly less-early wake up. which does make me happy.