Coffee/Darjeeling

That is the flavour of drink that I'm drinking today. This phenomenon was achieved by me being a lazy bum and not washing my thermos cup between Monday, when I brought coffee to school, and today, when I ran out of time and brought Darjeeling tea instead. Don't try it, kids. It's not fun.

Here's what I love: eavesdropping. Not eavesdropping as in listening to things that I shouldn't be, but people-watching-eavesdropping. for instance, I am writing this post in the coffeeshop at school, and so far I have overheard conversations about people who get offended when someone mentions their race, a impromptu tenor aria, Fight Club (every manly man's favourite movie), YouTube, and the philosophical implications of Looking For Alaska, which is a book I skimmed through without liking much (but really. A dedicated DFTBA listener can't not at least try to read books that Hank Green's brother wrote).

The best thing about peoplewatching is that you don't have to talk to the person at all, but you can observe them at your leisure. I always make sure to make up a background, however abbreviated, for the more interesting-looking people. Of course the background has to involve things like ninjas, car chases, and deadly secrets. It's even better when they're talking with someone else. If you can hear snippet sof their conversation, you can guess at their relationship and what one thinks of the other. For instance, the young man sitting behind me really likes the girl he's talking to, and you can tell that they're not together yet but he's really psyching himself up to asking her out or something. The girl appears to only have a passing interest, but you never really know. Some people are good at real-life acting. Are you?

-Amy