Thursday 14 July 2011

An anally retentive, and surprisingly boring, list of things that surprisingly surprise me

When someone who is really rugged is really meticulous about their nail maintenance.
How much people care about their mobile phones.
What my shoulder blades look like from the back.
What my hair looks like from the back.
That I'm an actual person like the people that I see through my eyes as opposed to a walking talking thinking voice.
Graffiti in unexpected places.
Genuine accounts where people make really solid judgements on superficial or superfluous things.
Seeing a butterfly or moth really really close up when it's drinking nectar. Surely thats a sight that only cameras get to see?
People my age getting married, having children, having mortgages, infact anyone who is able to talk about mortgages and credit rating and money with understanding and without total mindmelt astounds me..!
When cafes give free water.
An uncalculated step on the stairs.
When people just don't care about something, or genuinely don't believe that any input that they give will make a positive difference.
Even though I've been doing this for 20 years (discounting the 6 months where I was gummy faced) how good brushing my teeth STILL feels.
That I can run, and it feels good.
How quickly I get bored with skipping.
That people don't know that Norwich exists.
That people are surprised that I don't drive, and that suddenly its this skill that everybody just assumes that everybody can and wants to do.
How different people spread butter.
How boring this list is because I thought it was going to be really exciting...