Saturday, November 14, 2009

On people watching.

I know of a few people who also enjoy this as much as I do.

'This' being people watching.

Sitting on a bench in a crowded mall can be more fun for me then others would never be able to guess. I don't know why I enjoy this weird... I'm not even sure what to call it.

A person could walk by and by the time they leave my sight I've already made up their life story inside of my head. What type of job they have, if they're married, widowed, divoreced.

If it's in a grocery store, I make up a whole new level of stories. What they eat, family size, whether or not they're lonely.

I've always had a creative mind. Ever since I was very young I have been writing stories or thinking up crazy adventures. To that end I attribute my people watching.

In fact, that's probably where I get half of my story ideas from in the first place.

Forgetting about where the source of the idea comes from, I turn a story of some stranger inside my head into a fictional piece.

People watching makes me laugh sometimes too.

I don't always make up stories about people becuase some people are so entertaining to watch you don't even have to fillt hat void.

It's funny to watch how people act in social situations. I especially enjoy the 'alpha male' show downs.

Even funnier to watch them in small town bars.

Truth be told that most men have no game when it comes to women.

A lot of guys think they do, but they really don't. And I'm not going to say that I'm some casanova, because clearly I'm not, but I also know my boundaries. 

That's where a lot of guys fail, they enter uncharted territories.

Nothing wrong with showing confidence, but you have to be smart about it too. 

Another funny thing about watching people in small town bars is groups of women out on a 'girl's night.'

Every group has one, and I'm talking about the mother hen. The mother hen is the one that keeps her girls together in this situation.

It's funny to watch some guys try their game on one of the mother hen's friends and get blind-sided. 

A true alpha male would be ready to intercept the mother hen and win her over in order to even think about continuing the conversation.

But like I've seen thousands of times, the male fails miserably and the mother hen keeps her coop together and the night continues.

I could probably go on and on about different people watching scenarios but maybe I'll save that for another time.

Until then, whenever you're feeling at your worst, surround yourself with a positive infuence and life will feel a little easier. 

1 comment:

  1. "I'm not even sure what to call it"

    ...it's called "non-sexual voyeurism"! haha

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