6.27.2008

..commute

1. Made eye contact with a  homeless boy. He started swearing profusely at me/the world. It is a very strange feeling to invoke that amount of anger in a stranger.

2. Gave a man a cigarette because he asked  for one. He complimented my toes, hair, smile, and bike. I hate getting compliments when I  give people things. Perhaps its a way to repay  the  favor  but it  makes me really uncomfortable.

3. Almost was hit by a red sports car turning left onto a side street. He complimented my 'rig'. This form of flattery is also not appreciated. Please just apologize if you are going to scare me to death. 

6 comments:

Andrea said...

Toes? Who does that?

Unknown said...

The next time you give me food when I come over to your house: "Thanks, I really like your jawline."

Unknown said...

Yeah, I was thinking about life stories as I wrote that, and how it's a little embarassing for me to realize they're useful. But you're right, it is a very contrived form of getting to know someone, and when I think back to the life stories that I listened to, I honestly don't remember a whole lot of details, especially when I heard 3 or 4 right in a row. So maybe their usefulness isn't real.

Part of the problem for me is sensing that people want a point, or a lesson, or an argument, to a story about my life, to the point that I'm self conscious talking about my life if there isn't some lesson. Unless it's funny, because funny things usually aren't questioned as being relevant.

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