come back here, eddie munster!

so, most of you probably know the story of how i dyed my hair black one time and my mom freaked out... chased me around the house and screaming "it better be a wash-out!!!!!" ...well, it wasn't a washout. i had always wanted black hair, just to see what it would look like. my old youth minister, kevin kirkland, had black hair and i thought he was so cool, so i wanted black hair too. i went to albertson's and bought a box of black hair dye and went home and dyed my hair (and my eyebrows too)

.....HORRIBLE DECISION, TAYLOR!!!

it looked so ridiculous. i am too pail for black hair, and this was out of a box, so you can only imagine what i looked like. i eventually found a way to get past my mom, as she was chasing me down the stairs, and i ran (out of pure fear) to my sister's house. she lived down the street. well, lo! and behold... sure enough... here comes mom in her xterra (going about 653,47364983 mph, i might add) roaring down the street and up into my sister's circle drive. i heard her coming and had enough time to run across the street and hid behind dr. brown's trashcans in his driveway (I'VE NEVER BEEN SO EXCITED FOR IT TO BE TRASH DAY!). mom got out of her car and started to walk up to my sister's front door and i realized i had two choices:

1. stay hidden, and face certain doom...
   
2. OR, run and hope i get home before she does. then lock myself in a closet or the basement or start juggling milk cartons to distract her!
   

i chose the ladder, and high-tailed it down the street. i wasn't even 5 feet in the street before i hear, "COME BACK HERE, EDDIE MUNSTER!" at that point, i prayed for her car not to start. well, that didn't work. here she came, flying out of the driveway, honking, flashing her brights and screaming "YOU CAN RUN, BUT YOU CANT HIDE, ELVIS!" ...i only got half-way down the block before she was on my boot-heels. not even kidding, if i hadn't taken a leap of faith into the grass, i'm pretty sure she would've run over me and i would've been flat as a pancake, yall!

anyway, the point of drudging up my near-death experience... i found a video online of this incident!!! characters have been changed, and it wasn't snowing... but the situation is pretty much the same... enjoy... :)