Bad Ass

Posted on July 11th, 2008 by admin

The fourth of July celebration in downtown Houston was the last exciting thing that I’ve done. Obviously when T heads off to another country my exciting-spontaneous-dangerous-glamorous life comes to an abrupt halt. Honestly, I’ve spent the last week doing-well-absolutely nothing. I probably won’t do anything exciting/interesting till he gets back in August. I pretend that I’m a independent person, but that’s not the truth. I need my T with me. For moral support and driving prowess.

So since I have nothing new and exciting to write about I’m going to stretch this fourth of July festival thing as far as I can. Aren’t you excited? :)

At the festival (as with any festival type thing) there were different businesses/organizations which had set up booths throughout the area. One of the more interesting ones was the Houston Police Special Response Group (aka:badasses). It was a showcase of some of the tools that are used for unruly Houston mobs. Like bean bag rounds (ouch!). Smoke grenades. Pepper balls (like BB’s almost). And a 36 inch baton. The 34 inch just wouldn’t cut it. They needed to pull out the big guns.

Special Response Tools

If you look to the left of the display you can see all the protective body equipment. Helmet, chin guards, chest plate. Anyone dressed in that outfit will look awesome. And very badass. Like the dude in the picture. He’s a badass and he knows it. I hate guys like that. Well, not T-he’s the exception.

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To the right of the display you can see the tools. It was pretty interesting to see the stuff up close. I shuddered at the thought of getting hit with any of that stuff. Remember on Jackass when Johnny Knoxville let the guys shoot him with the rubber ball things. No freakin’ way. I have officially done away with my dreams of leading an angry mob.

T was especially excited to see that the Houston Police Department chooses to use a Tippmann Pro/Carbine paintball gun to shoot innocent mob participants.

T uses a Tippmann Pro/Carbine when he plays paintball. So the badass-ness rubbed off on him after seeing that and he was a total tool for the rest of the night. Kidding. The police use the gun to shoot not paintballs (although they would be a slightly effective tool) but pepper balls. A pepper ball releases pepper spray once it hits the ground or the forehead of the mobster. I would rather be hit with a paintball. A frozen paint ball.

It was interesting to get to see this stuff on display. I can only hope that I’m in a situation where I see it put to use. Like an IPod giveaway at the local Wal Mart. Or a zombie attack.