You know, that guy. Looks like a B-movie mad scientist. Skinny. Over sized glasses. Gray hair. Always carrying a briefcase. (Must have blueprints to some top secret doomsday device in that case!) Yeah him. Right. Anyway he takes my bus at night now. Gets on at the mill. So I guess he's some kinda blue collar worker, he's not a scientist at all. The other day he was waiting at my bus stop. (Man! That threw me for a loop!)
Ever see that creepy homeless guy around? The one with the scraggly beard? Looks like he could be Charles Manson's little brother? You know... he wears that winter coat all year 'round. Got oily black stuff all over it? Mumbles to himself all the time. (I heard he goes to the library everyday and listens to the same Led Zeppelin record, like over & over again.)
Ok, well, you must have seen that girl? The teenager? Always wears those jeans with the little belted coat and the impractical shoes. Dresses like a grown up, but when you look closely she's got a face like a little cherub.... I'm sure you've seen her. She's usually with that guy. The one who dresses all like hip-hop style... he wears a patterned hoodie and a ballcap.
Speaking of impractical shoes: Did you notice those 2 women with the spiky heels who just walked past? Did you see how they hold their coffee cups out straight to balance while they walk? You know who I mean, we saw them before at R.W. & Co. Or was it Aeropostale? Or was that them? They could have been sisters. I don't know. Anyway, one of them looks like she has a "baby bump" now.
Do you notice that woman who walks her dogs past here every morning? You know. She's got two of 'em. Identical. (That dog was so nice she bought it twice!) Yeah, the brown dogs. She's always out there early, like when we go to work. We always drive past her right on that block. There she is again. Damn! She's like clockwork!
Here's the weirdest thing: You know that guy that I always see getting coffee? The one who always wears the khaki slacks... looks like someone I went to high school with only balding...(but it couldn't possibly be him because I'm not that old!). Anyway, I saw him at the mall! Yeah! I'm thinking, "Whoa! What's HE doing on THIS side of town?"
As I was reading this, I pictured all the people you described in my mind. They all sound eerily familiar! I know I've seen these exact "types" of people during my travels through town! :)
ReplyDeletehaha, what a strange redundancy in buying the same dog twice. double the symbolic value! do you get extra points?
ReplyDeleteI've noticed the double-dog phenomenon a lot lately. They must get them in one of those "BO/GO" sales. ;)
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's because my life has become so structured & routine but I find I see the same people over & over again. It's like a video game where they just use the same background characters at every stage. Or, maybe my life really is a low-budget "Truman Show" and they could only hire a handful of "extras". :) When I see someone outside of their normal context it's a bit jarring!
Of course, it doesn't help that most people just basically look & act the same, so maybe I just think I'm seeing the same people over & over but they're actually someone else. (Therefore I've always been drawn to people who have a more distinctive look or demeanor.) No matter in what city I've lived I see the same people.
Mad-scientist man used to go into the Book Broker a lot when it was still open. I saw him on the bus frequently, too. I forget what his actual occupation is. I think he's a writer or newspaper editor or something...
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