A collection of things
A collection of things
For instance, last weekend I was thinking about a coworker of mine. He bought an iPod several months ago, but barely uses the thing. For some reason on Saturday I was thinking about this fact and decided to tell him on Monday that the next time he gets a car, he should get one with a tape deck in the stereo. Then, he could do what i do, and use his iPod to hold his CDs, instead of having to figure out what he's going to be listening to that day (a big problem for me). Then, later in the day, I went to the local Pakistani restaurant for lunch and ran into the owner's son. He'd talked to my coworker before about Lexus's (he owns one, the coworker has considered buying one). He mentioned that he'd gotten the new catalog thingy that Lexus sends it's customers and that my coworker should come by to have a look at it, since there was some new car that they've got out or something like that (I've never been big on cars).
So, where does all this lead? Monday, I get in and damn if the coworker hadn't bought a car that weekend.
In another instance, I was reading an article at Game Girl Advance on gender in gaming, and Will Wright of Sim City fame was mentioned. Later in the day, with no prompting what so ever, the same coworker suddenly mentions, out of the blue, that he's thinking about picking up Sim City.
The big one though happened on Monday. A different coworker was looking to buy a Darrel Green jersey for his brother-in-law's birthday this weekend, but was having trouble tracking one down that didn't cost a fortune. Later that day, as I'm leaving work, I pull out onto the parkway and what do I see in front of me? A motorcycle rider wearing a Darrel Green jersey.
Like I said, none of these things are big. They're just the ones that kind of make you smile when they happen. For me though, it makes me smile a little wider. After a couple years now of living a boringly normal life. I now have some hope, that may be things will get a little strange again. May be I will be saved from this mind numbing sanity.
Seriously, I have no idea of how people deal with this stuff.
Posted by Matt at April 18, 2003 05:06 PM