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Have you ever been thinking about a song, and then a short time later heard it on the radio? Or maybe been thinking about a person, only to see them later that day? Every now and then, I'll go through week or so long phases of experiences like this in heavy concentration. Over the last week these bizare coincidences seem to be popping up left and right.
It started last Saturday. My dad and I went to State College for Free Comic Book Day (which was totally awesome, by the way!), and as soon as I walked into Comic Swap, I saw Ross Wolfe standing before me. I haven't seen him in a few years. When I got home that night, I told Andy about it, and Andy was kind of weirded out because he had apparently been thinking about Ross earlier that day. We started talking about this odd coincidence as we sat outside of his mom's house. He said he had been thinking about Ross, among other former/current bandmates, because he was going to hang out with Brooks and Wertz the next day. No sooner did he get their names out than Brooks and Wertz pulled up in front of the house.
A few days later, I was looking over some old writing assignments I had done in college. I reread a Shakespeare final in which I had written an essay about the character Iago from Othello. I got up to go to the bathroom, and I was thinking about Iago's character traits, and how you could probably write a really effective allusion to him if you were talking about lies or something like that. As soon as I came back from the bathroom, I logged onto facebook and started reading a survey my friend Matt had posted. I was really freaked out when he mentioned Iago in one of the answers to his questions.
One day I put a CD in my CD player (which is set on random) because I really wanted to listen to one particular song. As soon as I put it in, it started playing the exact song I was thinking of.
I've been reading the book Barrel Fever by David Sedaris, and was quite shocked to find a reference to the Swine Flu. Keep in mind this book was published in 1994, and I just happened to be reading it this week for the first time.
On Saturday, I left to go to Sylvan in the morning, and I saw a mail man leaving in a mail truck. When I got to Sylvan, the exact same mail man was bringing our mail into the building.
On Saturday night, I went to a dance recital at the Jaffa to see one of my students. There were a lot of cars in the parking lot when I showed up. In fact, the main parking lot was full, and they were directing cars to the back lot. When I pulled in, my student and her family pulled up, and literally parked right next to me! Let me restate that there were hundreds of cars in the parking lot.
I'm pretty sure my bizare experiences came to their climax tonight, and for some reason, I get the feeling that this wave of them is over.
A couple nights ago, I had a strange dream that Andy kept bringing home pets. First it was rabbits, and then a squirrel. I was getting really frustrated with all the pets, and then, to make matters worse, our mice got out. In the dream, Barrett caught Zuko and I could hear the poor mouse making horrible noises because Barrett was killing him.
Tonight, (back to real life now) I heard Barrett making a commotion behind our TV. He ran out of the room, and Maggie chased him. When I ran over to the steps where they were both sitting, Barrett had Zuko hanging out of his mouth.
What. The. Fuck.
I scared the cats away and managed to get Zuko back in his cage before they had a chance to do him any harm. Miraculously, he wasn't bleeding or anything. He was just very scared.
I wonder what (if anything) it all means.
It started last Saturday. My dad and I went to State College for Free Comic Book Day (which was totally awesome, by the way!), and as soon as I walked into Comic Swap, I saw Ross Wolfe standing before me. I haven't seen him in a few years. When I got home that night, I told Andy about it, and Andy was kind of weirded out because he had apparently been thinking about Ross earlier that day. We started talking about this odd coincidence as we sat outside of his mom's house. He said he had been thinking about Ross, among other former/current bandmates, because he was going to hang out with Brooks and Wertz the next day. No sooner did he get their names out than Brooks and Wertz pulled up in front of the house.
A few days later, I was looking over some old writing assignments I had done in college. I reread a Shakespeare final in which I had written an essay about the character Iago from Othello. I got up to go to the bathroom, and I was thinking about Iago's character traits, and how you could probably write a really effective allusion to him if you were talking about lies or something like that. As soon as I came back from the bathroom, I logged onto facebook and started reading a survey my friend Matt had posted. I was really freaked out when he mentioned Iago in one of the answers to his questions.
One day I put a CD in my CD player (which is set on random) because I really wanted to listen to one particular song. As soon as I put it in, it started playing the exact song I was thinking of.
I've been reading the book Barrel Fever by David Sedaris, and was quite shocked to find a reference to the Swine Flu. Keep in mind this book was published in 1994, and I just happened to be reading it this week for the first time.
On Saturday, I left to go to Sylvan in the morning, and I saw a mail man leaving in a mail truck. When I got to Sylvan, the exact same mail man was bringing our mail into the building.
On Saturday night, I went to a dance recital at the Jaffa to see one of my students. There were a lot of cars in the parking lot when I showed up. In fact, the main parking lot was full, and they were directing cars to the back lot. When I pulled in, my student and her family pulled up, and literally parked right next to me! Let me restate that there were hundreds of cars in the parking lot.
I'm pretty sure my bizare experiences came to their climax tonight, and for some reason, I get the feeling that this wave of them is over.
A couple nights ago, I had a strange dream that Andy kept bringing home pets. First it was rabbits, and then a squirrel. I was getting really frustrated with all the pets, and then, to make matters worse, our mice got out. In the dream, Barrett caught Zuko and I could hear the poor mouse making horrible noises because Barrett was killing him.
Tonight, (back to real life now) I heard Barrett making a commotion behind our TV. He ran out of the room, and Maggie chased him. When I ran over to the steps where they were both sitting, Barrett had Zuko hanging out of his mouth.
What. The. Fuck.
I scared the cats away and managed to get Zuko back in his cage before they had a chance to do him any harm. Miraculously, he wasn't bleeding or anything. He was just very scared.
I wonder what (if anything) it all means.