Helicopter. Yikes!

I was flying my RC helicopter today when it inexplicably* came after me. After hovering it over the street just off my driveway I made the necessary twitchy thumb movements to bring it back over the driveway to land. It was slowly coming toward me as per my electronic commands when it suddenly occured to me that it was coming directly toward me and not toward the center of the driveway/landing pad as I intended.

My back was at the wall of the garage so I couldn't step back. Extra room behind me would have been of no use anyway because terror had already raced from my eyes to my legs and as the former widened, the latter weakened. To appreciate my perspective, imagine a lawn mower at eye level, moving toward your head with the blade exposed. No grass catcher, though - in case your imagination is detail-oriented.

At the last moment, the terror that originated in my eyes made contact with my brain which sent instructions to my thumbs to push the left stick forward, the right stick to the right. Then left stick backward, right stick in a kinda whirly motion. This caused the pretty yellow helicopter to plop solidly on its skids on the concrete a couple of feet from my tingling toes.

While the sweat dried I watched the shuttle launch I taped last night from HDNet. Just to return to topic.


*irony