People Watching

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:07:44 GMT

I was talking with a fellow camp counselor across the room from their group of kids they were supposed to be watching. As we talked, from across the room:

"Don't choke me with the string!"
"I'm not! I'm making a bead lizard!"
"ACK! Stop trying to choke me!"

Reaction from counselor: None.

Girls Hallway Conversation

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:12:03 GMT

"On a scale of one to five...one being "I don't want kids" and five being "I want a baby right now and I'm going to get pregnant with the next man that walks by"...I'm a zero."

Overheard From the Bar Restroom Urinal

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:56:31 GMT

Two buddies taking a good ole piss together at the urinals.
One to the other says: "If I go to that party I'm gonna tear it up, dude. Because whenever I go to parties, I tear it up. Seriously."

I stifled my laugh as best I could.

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:19:28 GMT

At a coffee shop with some buds, the table right in front of us, this woman is arguing with the man about something horrendous (it seems). I have never seen an angrier, bitchier woman in my life. Watched her for the entire night, couldn't see the man's expressions at all as his back was facing us. Couldn't hear a word of the conversation because there was a band playing. She didn't smile once. Made me sad to think that there are people out there who truly don't smile. It seemed to be a familial argument, definitely not lovers.

I feel that her face is going to haunt me for awhile.

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:04:34 GMT

A guy was saying this to his friend and I guess a female friend on my way back from the library:
"I really think that beautiful girls are out of my league. I think that every male thinks they are out of their league. When you think about it, us males are pretty much monkeys compared to these beautiful girls, or any female for that matter. We don't deserve them. Women are the fairer race."

Nicknames

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:29:01 GMT

Girl: Have you see Mark?
Boy: He was in the canteen talking to Lovely Sue
Girl: I hate Lovely Sue
Boy: Yeah, she's not so lovely...

Today

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:40:43 GMT

I was walking along, and went past two boys of about fifteen. They were messing around and one stuck his arms out and went "Superman!", to which his friend replied, quite calmly: "Dat ho?"

It amused me to no end - the boys must've thought I was some laughing crazy or something.

This happened to me during the summer when I was working in Singapore:

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:46:59 GMT

I didn't know anyone so the only thing I would do all day was people watch. I loved it. Anyway, so one day I was at lunch when two women sat down at the table next to mine. One of them had a cute fringe. They had to borrow one of the two chairs from the table I was sitting at, so I felt slightly more self-conscious about eating alone than usual, haha. Before they started to eat, the woman with the fringe asked the other woman to say grace. I watched attentively because public praying has always fascinated me. They both closed their eyes as the woman quietly spoke. However, midway, the one with the fringe opened her eyes wide and stuck out her tongue, waiting for the non-fringed woman to open her eyes. When the non-fringed woman finished saying grace and opened her eyes she noticed her friend. They both laughed loudly and, mortifyingly, so did I. It was one of those laughs that you think you can hold in, but escapes at the last second. I froze. I was horrified at being caught eavesdropping, or in this case, spying. But when the non-fringed lady turned to look at me, she smiled, gestured at the fringed woman, and said, "Haha, she's so naughty!" The word choice struck me as odd, but I was just relieved that they weren't weirded out by me, hahaha.

Things to Make You aww on Valentines Day

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:20:21 GMT

there are different ways that you can 'aww' about something.

The aww in that quirky cute way. "Aww, HAHA!"

The Mustachioed hispanic gentleman in his 60s, a modern day gaucho in his acid washed black jeans, worn cowboy boots and thick black leather jacket, using the reflective surface of the bus stop's advertising space as a mirror while spritzing his silver streaked pompadour with a generous abundance of hairspray he got from his plastic bag filled with grooming supplies and flowers.

The aww in a tragically sad, way. "Aww, poor thing"

The big haired lady that sat picking through her appetizer for much longer than 45 minutes at a table she waited longer than an hour and 15 minutes for, waiting on her Paramour to arrive. Never showing, she eventually asked quietly for the check and departed. This is Olive Garden we're talking about mind you.

Cornwall, England

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:01:02 GMT

Two elderly ladies in the street:

1: Good bye my lover, go home and have a cup of tea
2: Good bye. Think of me
1: I will. Have a cup of tea

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 09:59:50 GMT

Setting: Fourth grade classroom in which I was observing. The teacher is teaching a science lesson. All of the students have been paired up and each has a string bean in front of them. The lesson is going to be for each pair of students to cut open their string bean, count the seeds inside, and then record this data on a classroom chart. The teacher explains this and then begins passing out small plastic knives for the students to use to disect their beans.

Adorable Boy: She's giving us knives!
Know-it-all Girl: So?
Adorable Boy: We're going to get to digest the beans!
Know-it-all Girl: (rolls her eyes) No we're not.
Adorable Boy: Yes we are! That's what she said!
Know-it-all Girl: No, she said we're going to disinfect the beans.

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:26:56 GMT

[Two students standing in front of the Sparknotes section at Barnes and Noble.]

Boy: Just watch The Lion King.
Girl: ..What?
Boy: Don't read Hamlet, just watch The Lion King...it's the same.

Sculpture by the Sea

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 06:26:12 GMT

Could be my first entry here but I thought you guys would enjoy a picture update. This one was taken at Sculpture by the Sea on the 17th of November 2007 heading south along the coastline from Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia.

Note: lj-cut because it's a huge image (1024x768) and I don't want to clutter friendspages :)

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 05:45:21 GMT

He
The homeless man,
had only a windbreaker jacket.
no shoes. Just sandals.

And as you're walking past him, as he's starring at the sun, because in the winter time everyone feels the heat of the sun, you think:

If only. If only I didn't have debt, I'd buy him those shoes.

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:59:40 GMT

Freshman girl talking to her friends next to my locker:
"Personally, I think she's only dating Jared to get closer to Michael."

Well, it definitely made me laugh.

New Photography Community

Sun, 04 Nov 2007 12:40:44 GMT

http://community.livejournal.com/candid_cameras/profile

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 14:08:12 GMT

"Do not worry little one, I will not let the Wicked Witch of the East
take you away and make you one of her play things."

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:36:22 GMT

As I was loading my things from my dorm room to the car, I overheard a conversation from two girls that passed by me..

Girl to the other girl: All animals are retarded. The chicken is the most retardedist.

I turned around to see their facial expressions and there was no hint of any smirks. Not even one little wrinkle! heh!

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:55:33 GMT

I heard the following conversation take place behind me in the office:

Woman: Where are your hr forms?
Man: In that tray
Woman: Why are they in there?
Man: [hurt] That's where I keep my hr forms.
Woman: Let's just put them over here so we know where they are
Man: I know where they are
Woman: But that's the paper work tray, this is the in tray
Man: They are paper work
Woman: [silence]

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:06:34 GMT

It is sad that we have lost words to describe simple things, in which we need photographs to explain it all. This use to be a community about describing things, not showing. I guess I just prefer... the old stuff.

well... what is it?

Sat, 18 Aug 2007 09:32:15 GMT

Beach Umbrellas

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:41:47 GMT

sunset cruise

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 06:56:58 GMT

monkey girl

Sun, 12 Aug 2007 10:04:41 GMT

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:30:25 GMT

Samana, Dominican Republic, 2007.