Sunday, October 11, 2009
People You Don't See But You Haven't Forgotten

How is everyone doing? I wonder occasionally how people are doing. How are you doing?

I met up with a friend recently. It's a busy time for me now with school and all, but I thought that I'd be glad to see an old face. Anyway, I thought it was about time too! I'd been missing that person a little, with scarcely a phone call for months. It felt really good to see a familiar face. Back in school sometimes it was just plain annoying. But it felt great and we fell back into the same comfortable relationship we always had with each other with more or less no awkwardness.

Talked and teased each other a lot. Caught up with each other and it felt great to be talking the same old nonsense I was spewing years ago. Not that I don't talk nonsense now. That would be an understatement. Just speaking casually with whatever was on our minds, I thought about how much I missed the old days.

These days school is so different. I don't have to wake up early, it's more demanding and I definitely need more discipline. And of course, the people are different. The people right now are more grown-up, less childish. Feels more proper and serious.

So my friend and me, we had a good time. The closeness is still there. But things have changed. People are seeing people. And people like me who aren't seeing people, and aren't seeing things, are not seeing people. Alright, anymore people talk and I'm getting confused.

The point is, how are you doing? You! Person sitting staring at the screen right now. Maybe it's only me, but I think of people a lot. Then I wonder if people think of me. Do you think of me? Call me. Huh? Okay? Call. If you've got something to say. Now I've got nothing to say. I must be the most boring person in the world right now...