challenges and make believe

I never lost touch with my inner child. In fact, I could go so far as to say my imagination and sense of wonder grows with me. The older I get, the more fantastic the world becomes. 

And why not? If I am to take a walk through an empty field, why not it be a grand adventure, pushing the limits of strength and endurance if only for 10 minutes and merely in my head? Should I care about the looks thrown at me for adding my own obscure sound effects? Well, I don't. 

"Are you growling?" I was asked one time. Yes, yes I was. The project at hand was proving more difficult than I had anticipated so obviously, I pretended I were a bear because bears have no such obligations or concerns. 

"I require honey, damnit!" Side note: when you use a mock-serious tone and throw in a damnit or two for good measure (extra points if you can fit "god" in there), your chances of being rewarded with the thing you are requesting are significantly higher than they otherwise might be. 

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You were bored with nothing planned, casually skimming through your local craigslist of missed connections. Would that attractive blonde you saw earlier at the supermarket post a request for you to contact her? Quickly, you try to recall what you wore that day and the conversation you might have had with her -- just in case she noticed you and was also a visitor to the forum. 

I was disappointed in the lack of strangers longing to venture into the possibilities. I posted a short tangent regarding my thoughts to which I would later second-guess myself -- should I have posted that to the rants & raves? Hmmm.. 

And for a moment, our minds met in the spaces between the lines of text. It was destiny.

two piece puzzle

You claimed to have seen me, but now I know you never did. You thought you had and even convinced me.. For a while. But it wasn't me you saw; it wasn't what I did or didn't do but could have done, given the spotlight. It wasn't my voice, or thoughts, or expressions you fawned over and admired with such dedication, I was inspired. No, you never saw me. You only saw yourself reflected through my eyes. It was beautiful because I was beautiful.