Eerie

I forgot my phone cable today so can’t write about the latest subway siting. I finally realized that it is 'sighting' and I’ve been labeling all my posts like an illiterate mongoose. I’m slow to change – we’ll just phase into the proper spelling. Anyways, low and behold looking through the computer, I found this picture I took last month and never got around to posting about.

I was on my way home after a late night at work. These three individuals got on a stop later and were conversing. More accurately the two on either end were caring on the majority of the conversation. What struck me was the guy in the middle. I can’t remember his voice too much, but his mannerisms were eerily similar to my brothers. How he held himself – a slightly taller than average guy so the little stoop to better hear his neighbors. The way he held his jaw. He even had the same peripheral language – the yeahs and modes of agreeing and keeping the conversation going. I remember how eerie it was to see something so similar from a stranger.

Well, as you can see I was mesmerized and wanted to document this strange occurrence. I carefully studied the tableau in front of me behind the thin guise of reading my book. I was so enthralled I had to take a picture and tried to pretend I was checking stuff and snapped a picture. I wasn’t looking at them, trying to be all covert and it wasn’t until later when I took a look at the picture that I realized I’m not as sly as I’d like to think. Looking at the picture a month later I realize I was so stunned of the similarities that I didn’t realize that the flat picture wouldn’t capture it all. I wish I had taken video. Although if this is the result of a second trying to record the moment, imagine what the 10 second video would have captured.

In completely unrelated news, I was just trying to hunt down a wish list on amazon I used to park items I was interested in. My current wish list is grossly empty as if it’s been cleared. I have to say there is something strangely eerie peeking at the wish lists of others with your same name. As if they are other versions of you (split personality or something). There was everything from kindles to books on starting a restaurant to an anger management book. And no, I didn’t find my list. It was full of awesome stuff I'm sure. I did make it to 250 on LinkedIn - yay! Enjoy your t-day tomorrow.