(Hey Becky I changed it to Robochick but I'm doing a concert for the Astrochick. Astrochick is mine I think. People love your writing- great feedback on this)
Check out this brilliant bit of writing from Girlinshortshorts
It’s Monday, of course that means you need to put on a diaper, grab a couple of deadly weapons and take a quick road trip across the country. That’s what you do if you are Robochick and the object of your vengeance is Billy-O’s boy toy. So say the Orlando Police.
Last summer, Robochick (otherwise known as Lisa Nowak ) piloted a mission of the Space Shuttle. This time she entered the quadrants in an ordinary automobile, on a mission of astrostalking. The police maintain she planned to eliminate Colleen Shipman, her rival for the affections of fellow astronaut William “Billy-O” Ofelin.
After confronting Ms. Shipman at a parking lot at the Orlando airport, Robochick shot pepper spray in her face. Police say the plan was to kidnap the lady and subsequently knock her off, if she didn’t agree to keep her paws off Billy-O. I’ve seen a pic of the guy. He seems to be a stud, in a military kind of way. But, I’ll let others, with a better taste for these things, opine on whether he is worth trashing your life over.
I haven’t heard anyone mention it yet, but it is sure to come up. Just because 2.6 % of the women who have traveled in space have spazed out in a hysterical violent way, does not mean the same applies to the chicks who are terrestrially grounded.
Part of it is, this is a kick ass girl. She is a naval test pilot. In other words, a girl with the right stuff. So I would expect her to fight back. But a little more finesse would have been nice. After all, revenge is our specialty. It is most often the guys who end up looking like a horse's ass, when caught on mission of the broken heart. And that’s another sad thing here, I just know Billy-O has gotta be pimping.
Everyone is acting real shocked about it. However, I don’t think anyone should be. I’ve seen Top Gun, and read The Right Stuff, so I know it’s a high testosterone career. I suspect extramarital affairs and sexual hijinks are more common in the astro- fraternity, than at the Wal-Mart appliance section. But, it also shows how close we all are to the edge.
Everyone likes to think they are profoundly sane. And thus we sincerely act with shock and bewilderment when someone in this type of position acts in such an insane manner. But we are all imminently capable of going instantly postal or otherwise making a total mess of our lives. It just takes a little shove. We are all very susceptible to the catalyst of romance, sex and loneliness.
Nobody should be perplexed. Insanity strikes without warning, rhyme or reason and it is imminently democratic. The type of thing that happened here cannot ever be predicted by any kind of psychological screening.
Robochick’s life, as she knows it, is over. Its too bad, no dude with a name like Billy-O is worth this.
But hey, welcome to the human race.
Shit happens.
Reuters UK - HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. astronaut Lisa Nowak returned to Houston on Wednesday and was to undergo mental evaluation at Johnson Space Centre after her arrest on charges she tried to kill a romantic rival for a fellow astronaut. Nowak covered her head News and Views iafrica.com - Forget newspapers. Sign up now for our daily newsletter and we’ll deliver the latest SA and world news straight to your inbox for free! Bob Schieffer News Busters - Stephanopoulos declared on World News with Charles Gibson
Thanks,
ReplyDeleteI do think "Astrochick" is a lot cuter--but my sources say it was "Robochick"--and the latter probably is more appropriate to this situation.
~Becky