At breakfast

[prolium]

I was finished breakfast (at my local diner) this morning and went to the cash to pay when an odd man (sort of scruffy, a bit smelly) came up to me and asked "Were you in love when you came in today?" I didn't know what to say and went back to paying my bill. He then went over and showed me the gloves I'd left on my seat. ("Were you wearing

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[it_is_personal]

That is a great story. I feel like it has "meaning", but I'm not sure it does.

[stockdude]

It doesn't.

[prolium]

Meaning schmeaning. It's the rush of thoughts at the "I didn't know what to say ...": am I in love? what does he mean? with myself? do I love myself? do I know? is that an okay answer? do my parents count? no, that's dumb, I'm single, of course I'm not in love, so what? who does this guy think he is? or what about that woman at the coffee shop? of course not, that's just a dumb crush, or the one who I fell for a while back? no, I'm over that; crap; Here's six dollars. Thanks. See you tomorrow. WTF?

[it_is_personal]

Right, no meaning, per se, but thought-provoking. That's even better.

[gothamasian]

Greetings, prolium.

Have you interest in being LJ-friends? Have espied your comments from time-to-time via other Nerve-In-Exiles member posts.

re: "Were you in love" vs "Were you wearing gloves":

One of the quirkiest misinterpretations I've ever heard of comes from "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds."

The lyric phrase "The girl with kaleidoscope eyes" was misheard as "The girl with colitis goes by."

[prolium]

You are friended. I post elsewhere more than I post here.

I'd forgotten about the song misinterpretations. You can carry them around for years.