arc of time

air travel is like a gold mine for talking to random people.  on the plane from TPA to MEM i talked with a guy who lives in tampa but was on his la to scuba dive off of catalina in kelp forests.

from MEM to SAT i talked to a guy who is a paralegal for wells fargo and was on his way to do a mortgage deposition and this guy - http://www.willandanthony.com/Multimedia.html - well the anthony of the will & anthony.  interesting fellow.

viva l’estranger.

so yesterday - 08/01 i attempted to strike up a conversation with a guy in line at chipotle over the long wait.  he wasn’t really biting, made a quick affirmation comment and went back to looking at the menu board.  can’t win ‘em all i guess.

today - 08/02 back at chipotle, this time asked a clearwater fire/rescue guy about a commendation he had.  found out he got it on a water rescue off the bay bridge.  also discovered both of them knew one of my crossfit trainers.  then they went back to their own conversation.

part of this exercise is learning that it’s okay to try and not succeed to strike up a conversation.  so much of initial shyness is fear of being judged.  these attempts are as successful in that endeavor as the ones that lead to a long chat, i think.

more to come….

CONGRATS TO JENN ON ANOTHER APP TRAIL RECORD!!

jenniferpharrdavis:

After 46 days, 11 hours and 20 minutes Jen has finally finished the 2,181 mile trail. She reached the end at 3:26 p.m. today. Hard to express how proud of her we are.  Pics and more stories from the trail to come soon.