phobias

sometimes i have problems pronouncing words starting with 'th', cause they sound like 'f' with a little twist. for example, 'three' sounds like 'free', except when you say 'three', you have to stick your tongue out partially and bite it with your teeth. most of the time i am able to do just that, but when i screw it up it ends up as 'thlee', and i become an uneducated retard. it really doesn't help that my id number has three of them.

i also have a small fear of sitting in planes. not the actual flying, cause i like the rush of take-offs and landings. the fear i have is somewhat more specific. i hate sitting at the rear end of planes because that's the first thing to go in most crashes. i figure the safest place to be is right behind the cockpit in the first class section (because the pilots will save themselves first and foremost, unless you believe all the bullshit they feed us). but my financial structure is too frail to support it so that's out of the question. the next safest part is right at the wings (because you can't steer shit without them, so that'll be the pilots' second highest priority). the section in between the cockpit and wings isn't that safe either cause it's not structurally sound and plane crashes sometimes start there too. otherwise it's all cool. hmm. does that make sense? i blame air crash investigations on the national geographic channel for that.

frankly a boat's a much better bet if you have the time. the reasoning is simple: you stand a much higher chance of surviving a 3-10 storey hop due to pirates and misplaced icebergs than a 30,000ft plunge due to pigeons and defective rivets, and you'll know without a doubt you'd be landing in water.

the more one learneth, the wussier one becometh.