MurphyUnderConstruction

In 2013 at nearly 400lbs I decided to go for a trial at World Health gym in Northeast Calgary.  I was terrified but I did it anyway. I was about twenty minutes into a brisk walk on a treadmill and nervously looking around.  In my head everyone was looking and me and laughing and a few times I almost just hit the emergancy stop and leave but I kept going. Two guys were on elipticals behind me and I heard them laughing to each other.  I heard one of them say "OMG look at that guys neck it looks like a package of sausages" I was filled with rage and stopped the treadmill.   I walked up to him and said "Do you wanna repeat that?" they both just stared at me and said nothing.   I went and packed up my stuff and just left.   I didn't step back into a gym until 2018 when I got a flyer in the mail to try Fit4less.  I brought my headphones and drowned everything and everyone out but I survived and started to go three times a week. When I hit my g...

  In April of 1994 I had just spent an evening of laughs with some friends at Bayshore shopping center with a group of comedians sittings in the food court.  They were exchanging stories and jokes and I hadn't laughed so hard in a very long time.  It was about 9pm in the evening so I decided to head home in high spirits.  As I was in the parking lot I was approached by three Somalian guys around my age.  I have never discussed this part of my incident but the lesson I learned years later it's something I've kept hidding for a lot of years.  One of them eventually came at me and I attempted to defend myeslf but failed.  I had one of them a headlock and now realize he was stabbing me in the back multiple times.  One of the other guys had a switchblade and took a few good swipes at my leg.   It was over pretty quick and I didn't even know I had been stabbed, I started to walk away and felt pain in my leg.  I put my hand down and it was...