random encounters

On my way home from school I randomly stayed later (to have a delicious plate of garlic soba noodles with a friend) and took a different path and ran into a guy I know who works at Starbucks, goes to school downtown and lives a block away. We're so closely related geographically that it was no surprise to me when I noticed him leaning along the railing waiting for the train.

So we rode the train home together and talked, the kind of things that you want to ask and say in the space of two minutes as you pick up your drink, but you don't because he's too busy and you're too tired. It was kind of pleasant. He said it went by fast. I think we were both at the point where we just wanted to veg out and relax on the train. Sometimes that's the problem with being gracious and polite...you never just say hi and walk away. I really wanted to do today's Red Eye Soduku puzzle and he was listening to music, but we still sat next to each other and just chit-chatted.

I'm always amazed that in a city this big I still manage to bump into someone I know. Maybe that's the sign that I've been around here too long?

The only thing that kept me from really enjoying myself was thinking there was something in my teeth. When I got home, the first thing I did was look in the bathroom mirror and there was a little black speck of pepper in there. I hate that!