this post is coming months overdue, in my own classic timeline, however, i thought i'd share some thoughts because i felt like it.
sometimes, at work, when i'm talking to clients on the phone or if i'm looking at their names, if they have an unconventional name, i often wonder if they were teased about it as a child, or if they developed a reputation or nickname because of it. this happens often. i also try to picture how they look like when talking to them on the phone and wonder if the portrait in my head is accurate, and if i'd be disappointed if it looked nothing like how i envisioned. this is how i pass the time and entertain myself.
also, in my commute to and from work, i'll people-watch; especially those who are listening to a music player. i'll try to imagine what they're listening to solely based on what nationality, culture, and age, i assume, they are from. for example, there was this brown woman sitting by one of the windows on the subway and, in my judgmental mind, i imagined she was listening to some high-pitched indian music. then i played out in my head what the video to the song would have looked like: a lot of group dancing and wrist twisting. also, there was this old asian lady sitting next to me another day listening to music and all i could think of was that she was probably listening to chinese music and the music video looked something like a theme set in ancient china and a girl playing one of those chinese zithers and singing. kinda like something that looked like this:
i have also learned a very important lesson today: i've learned, today, that you should not cut your own hair, little too late. i am slow.
[ end rotation ] :: "theme from a summer place" - percy faith
