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Technology breeds familiarity

I just sat down at the computer and noticed that I never finished putting in my earrings this morning. My cousin, whom we met for lunch, must have thought it odd that I had one kind of earring in my right ear and two of another kind in my left ear with the first hole on that side empty. Oh well, maybe my hair covered it.

Today, while we were at the mall, I spotted a familiar face. My first thought was that this was a friend, and I should go greet him. My brain continued processing and realized that the "friend" was not actually someone I know, just someone I see. On TV. It was the guy who plays the rock star on Lost, and played Merry or Pippin (we can never remember which one) in LOTR. He was just walking along, trying to avoid eye contact. He did not succeed in avoiding mine, but maybe his eyes were drawn by my, "Hey!" blurted to Sam, to make sure he took note even though he was on the phone. Dominic Monaghan. I now see he played Merry. And owns a forest in India.

After the mall, we stopped at Borders. As we entered the magazine section, my eyes fell on the cover of Fortune magazine. Mena! You go girl!
"Sam, it's Mena Trott."
"Who?" asks my husband, wondering if I actually know this person on the cover of a magazine.
Again, must remind myself, knowledge of does not mean friends with.

Related to this line of thought, I came home and spoke with Meisa. In the course of our conversation, I asked if she'd noticed we had a new blog brother, George. Both of us then thought of Heather's cousin, GEORGE!. I've never met George or GEORGE!, but I think the latter would be pleased that he's made such an deep impression.

Posted by Shokufeh at January 9, 2005 10:16 PM