Sunday, January 23, 2005

I love those moments where you're at someplace completely random and you think you see somebody you know, somebody who you're also not quite sure you want to see so you try and see whether it's the person you think it is by glancing over in their direction. But you can't tell, so you stare a little big longer. When you stare, however, they notice you staring so they start staring back. Which, of course means, you have to pretend you're not staring and so look away. But at this point, you're totally invested in knowing whether or not this person is who you think it is so you keep on stealing glances over their way only to find that they're staring back at you. And, of course, once you both realize that you're staring at each other, you both quickly look away to pretend that you're not staring at each other.

Now, on the one hand, they're staring at you so that could be a sign of recognition, but on the other hand, they could be staring at you only because you're constantly staring at them. As a result you can never quite get a good look at them and when the time comes to go, you wind up never really knowing whether or not it was that person to begin with.

Of course, you could go over and see if it's them, but that would be way to easy.

R.I.P Johnny Carson.

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