Sunday, September 28, 2003
Here's weirdness:
I spent a good portion of the day studying in Borders. This means that I heard one particular CD four times today and one particular song four times. The song is called "Oh What A World" and is by Rufus Wainwright and is pretty good. Near the end of the song he samples Ravel's Bolero. Now those of you who are familiar with Ravel's Bolero know that is THE song that you cannot shake out of your head after hearing. It is truly hypnotic that way. So I heard it four times today and as I was walking into the engineering building tonight, the song magically jumped out of my head! I heard the tune seeping from beneath an office door. Someone else was humming it! What can be the explanation for this?
Well it could be pure coincidence. The Bolero-humming man/woman could have been in Borders that day. The fact that Borders played the album four times, could indicate that the album is being hyped across the country. Or could power and strength of my thoughts have radiated and been received by this other person's brain. Nah, of course I do not believe that. But it is the first thing one thinks when someone starts echoing what one is singing in their head. Maybe I wasn't singing it in my head...
I also noted a conversation between a toddling girl and her dad and made this observation today:
A "grown-up/grown-up" conversation consists of questions and statements, in that order.
A "grown-up/child" conversation consists of statements and questions, in that order.
Examples:
Grown-up 1: Why are you jumping up and down?
Grown-up 2: No reason, except that of illustrating Katie's point.
Child: I am jumping up and down!
Grown-Up: You're jumping and down?
I DID hear the second of the two conversations today, and noticeably the first of the two conversations was fabricated to illustrate this point.
I spent a good portion of the day studying in Borders. This means that I heard one particular CD four times today and one particular song four times. The song is called "Oh What A World" and is by Rufus Wainwright and is pretty good. Near the end of the song he samples Ravel's Bolero. Now those of you who are familiar with Ravel's Bolero know that is THE song that you cannot shake out of your head after hearing. It is truly hypnotic that way. So I heard it four times today and as I was walking into the engineering building tonight, the song magically jumped out of my head! I heard the tune seeping from beneath an office door. Someone else was humming it! What can be the explanation for this?
Well it could be pure coincidence. The Bolero-humming man/woman could have been in Borders that day. The fact that Borders played the album four times, could indicate that the album is being hyped across the country. Or could power and strength of my thoughts have radiated and been received by this other person's brain. Nah, of course I do not believe that. But it is the first thing one thinks when someone starts echoing what one is singing in their head. Maybe I wasn't singing it in my head...
I also noted a conversation between a toddling girl and her dad and made this observation today:
A "grown-up/grown-up" conversation consists of questions and statements, in that order.
A "grown-up/child" conversation consists of statements and questions, in that order.
Examples:
Grown-up 1: Why are you jumping up and down?
Grown-up 2: No reason, except that of illustrating Katie's point.
Child: I am jumping up and down!
Grown-Up: You're jumping and down?
I DID hear the second of the two conversations today, and noticeably the first of the two conversations was fabricated to illustrate this point.
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