Often at the bus stop in the morning, I am still in the throes of an abnormally long phase of sleep inertia, and so am not very observant. People come and go, and I stare into space, oblivious to their presence. However, every once in a while, something seems out of place enough that I actually notice it.
Today, for example, a woman on the opposite side of the street caught my attention, even across the numerous dump trucks parked in the turn lane and the usual flow of morning traffic. She had her back to the street, and appeared to be doing some sort of exercises. Her arms were straight in front of her, zombie-like, and she kept squatting and then slowly standing up. Let's be honest, it looked weird. I would definitely be too self conscious to do that at the bus stop. After a few squats, she starting alternately lifting each leg straight out in front of her - arms still zombie-like. At this point, I noticed a few other people curiously watching to see what she would do next. Soon, the squatting and leg lifting wasn't enough for her, and she began full out tai chi (at least, I'm pretty sure that's what it was). Instead of being stationary in her exercises, she was now moving back and forth down the sidewalk, completely oblivious to everyone else.
The bus stop is a great place to people watch.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Word of the Day
Metrolove (term courtesy of Leonard, definition extensively added to by me)
Occurs when you see someone on the metro (or at the bus stop) from a distance, and become smitten with him/her, proceeding to imagine all possible opportunities for introducing yourself and all possible interactions you could have, but are too chicken to actually do anything about it. Therefore, you live for each morning and evening when you might possibly catch a glimpse of this person, and spend all day in agony over what you will say if you do. When you do see this person, but wimp out on the interaction front, you dwell on your failure for the rest of the day, then proceed to go through the same process the next day. Of course, the day that you prep yourself for some serious interaction is the day that you don't see him/her. And the day that you are exhausted and grumpy is that day that you do.
Suggestions for overcoming these obstacles are welcome.
Occurs when you see someone on the metro (or at the bus stop) from a distance, and become smitten with him/her, proceeding to imagine all possible opportunities for introducing yourself and all possible interactions you could have, but are too chicken to actually do anything about it. Therefore, you live for each morning and evening when you might possibly catch a glimpse of this person, and spend all day in agony over what you will say if you do. When you do see this person, but wimp out on the interaction front, you dwell on your failure for the rest of the day, then proceed to go through the same process the next day. Of course, the day that you prep yourself for some serious interaction is the day that you don't see him/her. And the day that you are exhausted and grumpy is that day that you do.
Suggestions for overcoming these obstacles are welcome.
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