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I got into a fight - March 7, 2008

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I wasn't allowed to be angry when I was growing up. I wasn't allowed to have reactions to any wrongness that was directed my way, in part, because the wrongness tended to find its way up my branch through the roots of the good old family tree. Honor thy mother and father at all times, you know. We'll get into that later.

Anger has never been difficult for me to express; I just express it in the wrong direction. If someone is a bastard to me, I clench my jaw and then get depressed. It's a snap reaction, one of those reactions you pick up in your formative years--if you were guilted into being the family punching bag--and though it's a tremendously unhealthy and unreasonable venting strategy in regard to the self and to others, it's also a bitch to kick. It's been one of the things I've worked very hard to change throughout the years.

So now, I guess you could say I get angry. Really angry. I'm pretty confrontational, particularly where I currently live, Hollywood California, where no one seems to have any manners, where people with twenty-seven items get in the "ten items or less" line, where people drive fifteen miles below the speed limit because a Bluetooth headset is somehow so distracting that they're incapable of operating both it and their car. Where no one knows how to merge from three lanes to two. Where no one knows how to parallel park. Where people take their sweet time maneuvering both a blunt and a left turn on the green arrow, so that only one--maybe two if lucky--cars can enjoy the privelege of the green arrow. Where people are so simultaneously narcissistic and mannerless that I find myself raging apoplectic every time I get behind the wheel.

So I finally got into a fight, and it was everything I dreamed it could be.

Runyon Canyon is a park in West Hollywood. If you've ever driven north on La Brea or Fairfax, and you've seen a cragged hill carved up with butter colored trails, then you've seen Runyon Canyon. It is the preferred exercise spot for actors, actresses, studio executives and my dogs, Maxie and Murphy, which is unfortunate because I have to take them there each day and be close to actors, actresses, and studio executives. I can't tell you the superficial inanity I hear there.

While heading up to the second overlook via the long trail (Murph requires a ton of exertion)--the girls and I fell in behind this douche with floppy hair and Diesel jeans on--oh yes--a Bluetooth headset. He had with him a dog he called "Wanda." Wanda was a some sort of pitbull mix, perhaps pitbull and pointer, and she exhibited all the behaviors of a dog with dominance issues. She pounced on other dogs' backs and necks, bounded around banging into humans and never listening to the douchebag (who would?), who called her in an effeminate tone she ignored the entire way up the mountain. He whined "Wanda, come," no less than a hundred times. Wanda never came. When Wanda took a shit on the side of the trail, douchebag kicked rocks over it. Apparently, its not possible to pick up shit AND operate a Bluetooth headset at the same time.

I began to fume.

We got to the top of the mountain, a good spot for Maxie to sun herself and flirt with the actresses, and for Murph to play "fetch the tenny ball." I tossed her tenny, and not surprisingly, Wanda dove on Murph's back and attacked her, which the douchebag responded to by pointing his pussy finger in Wanda's apathetic snout and effeminately cursing her. I just lost my shit.

"You listen to me and you listen good," I found myself saying after bounding over to someone who was at least twenty years my senior and probably powerful within the Hollywood hierarchy.

"Your fucking dog is out of control. Your dog has BEEN out of control the entire way up the mountain. Either get control of your fucking dog, or put it on a fucking leash."

He was rather aghast. He took off the Bluetooth, and though he had already scolded his dog for attacking mine, he said, "Your dog attacked Wanda."

[What kind of man names his fucking dog Wanda?]

I clenched my fists. I nearly punched him. "Oh no, no, no, dipshit. Your dog is a fucking mess; it attacked three dogs on the way up, and now it just attacked mine. Put it on a fucking leash."
"N...no."

A crowd had gathered. Shirtless, glistening Hollybots with visible six pack abs. They liked this next part.

"And how 'bout if you pick up your dog's fucking shit piles instead of kicking rocks over them?"
"It...it was diareah!"
"No it wasn't. I saw it. It was a huge pile of shit."

He turned circles, red in the face. There was some muttering, and then he looked me in the eye and said, "Do you know who I am?"

I burst out laughing. Cackling. Really, really hard. What place is this? What matters here? Who suggests they're so important I should grant their mongrel the pleasure of chewing on the neck of my precious Murph pup without protest?

"Do I know who you are? That's priceless. You know who you are? I'll tell you who you are: you're a fucking pussy who can't even control a dog, that's who you are, and you get your fucking dog on a leash and you pick up it's shit, because you're ruining it for the rest of us responsible dog owners."

With twenty Hollybots snickering, I started back down the trail. I called out, "Maxie, Murphy, come." My well-behaved pups trotted up to me without hesitation, which doesn't always happen--I must admit--and I had never been so proud. Just to be a cunt I turned and said, "That's how it's done," and then "Douchebag."

Two models who saw my outburst approached me on the descent and said, "I cannot believe you just spoke to him like that. Do you know who he is?" I told them I didn't give a shit, but now I wish I would have asked because it would have made the fight all that much more satisfying knowing the day of which raging douchebag I had ruined.

What is wrong with this place and these people within it? I would sooner leave Steven Spielberg's lifeless corpse on the top of that mountain before I'd let his dog attack mine because he's "somebody."

Posted by The Bunny at 11:30 PM

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Not so much a fight as a shouting match, but good for you all the same. I don't usually comment, but felt it was a good idea to voice some support on this one. The beauty of life is that it ends and in that ending, we are all equal. Whoever Douchebag may be, he is in reality nothing more than just another sack of organs and bones, no better than any of the rest of us. For a few moments, you made him acutely aware of that fact. Good times. :)

Posted by: Erik at March 8, 2008 02:08 AM

that's beautiful!

Posted by: k at March 8, 2008 03:09 AM

Perfect, albeit it angry. He deserved the slice of pie, also known as life, that you served him. Good for you sweetie. Maybe he'll actually take pride in his dog and his self now and get the dog broken and trained.

Posted by: Wayland at March 8, 2008 11:43 AM

I would have paid money to see that. And I am sure that someone you know, or someone who reads here, knows what self-important guy in Hollywood has a dog named Wanda. If you ever find out, please post an update.

Posted by: 10lbs at March 8, 2008 12:05 PM

The next time someone goes, "Do you know who I am?" Another good response is, "If I did, I'd be selling this story to The Enquirer, Asshole."

No one in Hollywood wants to be known as a pussy who can't control their dog.

Hmmm... maybe you should have found out. *evil grin*


Have a drink and a Hell Ya! on me. Bunny Power Rocks!

Posted by: Argent at March 8, 2008 01:10 PM

Where is Caesar Milan when you need him?

Posted by: Michelle at March 8, 2008 03:24 PM

Bunny, I am very dissappointed. I thought you would have at least punched a bitch.
But I guess with those stuck up ass belonkers you would have gotten a nice little criminal record. But it wouldn't be all bad. You're jail art would probably be fantastic!

Posted by: Liz at March 8, 2008 08:51 PM

Good on you. Seriously.

Bad dog owners make me think unspeakably cruel and satisfying thoughts.

Posted by: Tiffany at March 9, 2008 12:17 AM

Irresponsible pet owners drive me fucking crazy. In my area, for some reason everyone lets their stupid mutts outside unsupervised and unleashed. Therefore, they decide that the sidewalk is part of their territory and that they're gonna eat anyone who crosses the line.

I hate people. But I love Bunny.

Posted by: Cori at March 9, 2008 01:10 AM

I'm a vet student, and it's unbelievable how many morons bring their obnoxious dogs into the hospital without any sort of control over them. They stand aghast while their leg-humping inbred maniac of a dog mauls some poor lab minding his own business, then get offended when I rush in to break up the fight and place a leash over their dog. "But he doesn't use a leash!" they invariably whine. "They do in this hospital" is how I respond, and point to the sign stating people must have control over their pets at all times while in the lobby.

Then there are the fucktards who giggle and urge their dog to "get the bad doctor" when their freaky ankle biter goes apeshit in the exam room and stampedes me while shitting all over the floor...

Sometimes I really want to seize pets from bad owners and bash the idiots over the head. Maybe feed the bodies to zoo animals?

Posted by: Erin at March 9, 2008 01:31 PM

Fuckin' A.

Posted by: colin at March 9, 2008 02:55 PM

As a student at a fairly large public university that sees a large portion of its student body imported direct from Southern California...I empathize completely.

Posted by: Eridax at March 9, 2008 08:22 PM

This is just the beginning. Next comes the mutilation of small animals. It'll end when you are wearing a cape made out of Tucker's skin and you're singing "gooodbyeeee hoooooorseeeesssss -- I'm dying over youuuuuuu"

Posted by: KungFu Mike at March 9, 2008 08:45 PM

Awesome. Totally awesome! I have to admit, I was really hoping for some thrown elbows or muay thai clench to go along w/ the story. Speaking of muay thai clenches can anyone beat Anderson Silva? Seriously? I have tickets to the UFC Fight Night 13 in Denver :-)

Posted by: TheReverend at March 9, 2008 11:09 PM

You are like, my hero.

Posted by: Carolyn at March 10, 2008 10:22 AM

This whole entry is hilarious to me... I recently moved to Los Angeles from Denver. I've never met a more inconsiderate group of pricks in my life as the general crowd on Sunset by my office.

"DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?!" has become a standard thing for me to overhear someone use when they aren't getting what they want.

Plus, I appreciate the fact you clean up after your puppies. As much fun as it is to kick rocks instead, I definitely get sick of cleaning animal shit out of my yard that our dog is definitely not responsible for.

Posted by: Julene at March 10, 2008 02:54 PM

Ohh Bunny...
Really I'm impressed that you showed as much control as you did. I really already dislike this guy and I have noo idea who he is. Then again, I give you credit for living in that area at all.

Irresponsible pet owners really should be subjected to the same standards as parents of human children... besides, puppies are much more important than babies...

kidding. kinda.

Posted by: Kraysian at March 10, 2008 08:29 PM

Okay, so who was he? :::grin:::

Fabulous, Buns, fabulous!

Posted by: Judi at March 11, 2008 10:39 AM

Oh god I love you, this is too priceless.

I can really relate to this, too. As nice as I can be I have serious anger issues when it comes to inconsiderate people, and I tend to bottle a lot of pent up fury. Your fight was completely glorious; I applaud you.

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one with problems. :D

Posted by: Samantha at March 11, 2008 09:38 PM

Good for you for calling him out. But that wasn't really a fight, that was an ass-reaming.

Posted by: gravyboat at March 12, 2008 03:46 AM

LA is terrifingly superficial. Five years of living there can't have done me any good.
But good for you! I wonder who the fuck he was...or though he was.

Posted by: A at March 13, 2008 11:28 AM

-sigh-

I'm a fan of the blog and all but not having this guy's name is the biggest cocktease ever!

For shame Bunny...I thought you never cockteased!

Posted by: Kuroi Kaze at March 13, 2008 05:08 PM

a thought experiment (and i use that term only to give what's really just a daydream far more weight than it deserves) has long fascinated me. what would happen if there was a major catastrophe in the united states? what if an asteroid slammed into the west coast. or a virus outbreak took out 3/4 of the population? what would these self-important types do? unfortunately, the infrastructure required to make public their inevitable personal meltdowns would likely no longer be in place. i doubt it would be much different than some shitty vh1 "reality" series anyway.

but that isn't the really interesting part of the fantasy... err, i mean thought experiment. the interesting part is what would happen to everyone else. the two things are kind of related, i think.

you see, hollywood is in the business of creating fantasy. the "importance" of the people there is based on that fantasy, which makes their importance a fantasy. they live in this really delusional, unhealthy universe. but then again, we all do.

human beings are animals, right? we were built to fucking survive. well, fuck and survive, but fucking is really surviving when it comes down to it.

so, we've got this infrastructure in place... civilization. we get heat, water and food pumped into our homes. we don't have to survive anymore. .. it's all done for us. i think that's made us all crazy.

i mean, you take your dogs for a walk so they can do dog things. i buy fake mice and indoor grass and sit around for hours teasing my cats with a laser pointer so they can do cat things.

and what do humans do? we sit around eating and drinking crap that's been churned, beaten and eroded like a lump of slop being pushed through intestines, staring at a box for hours on end and obsessing over other humans who, just like us, share 92% of their genes with chimpanzees on a good day.

we have instincts that we're told, from birth, are bad and must be suppressed. we're brought up under this illusion that we're different from the animals. we're god's special little children.

is it any wonder we're all fucking insane? is it any wonder so many people are on dope, or drunk, or depressed, or schizophrenic?

so, ultimately, i think such a catastrophe would be good for us. we'd have to survive again. we could all finally go back to not being so fucking neurotic.

i guess what i'm saying, bunny, is: fuck it, let's breed...

Posted by: MeanMrMustard at March 17, 2008 12:11 AM

human DNA is 98% similar to chimp DNA. sorry to be a dick but it takes two seconds to go to wikipedia and look it up so you don't seem uneducated when you write. good luck.

people's "importance (social acknowledgement)" in LA is measured the same as their importance anywhere else outside of politics: how economically valuable they are. i hate hollywood's populace as much as anyone else, but their importance is not fantasy. they just make money giving a shit about the most shallow aspects of our existence. we could say it's their fault, but...wasn't that you ogling InTouch in the grocery aisle yesterday?

people who say, "don't you know who i am" have no idea who they are.

Posted by: brady at March 22, 2008 03:37 PM

Sounds like you need to move.

Posted by: themotherfuckerof invention at March 23, 2008 06:27 AM

Amen girl!

Posted by: Michelle at October 17, 2008 07:12 PM

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