I just spent the past 10 minutes watching a young, homeless couple wake up from their sleeping spot on the roof of the auto repair place across the street. They gathered some (but not all) of their stuff and headed off...climbed down the back of the building, and peed in the bushes before beginning their day.

I wonder where they're going next? And how they are ended up homeless?

*sigh*


Do you people watch? Invent stories for the stangers you pass on the street?

Please tell me I am not the only one!

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Life is too short not to love and be loved....preferably multiple times in one night.

I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can talk to them. ~ Jay McInerney

Sometimes I'll do that. It's usually while I'm in the waiting room at my pulmonologist. I'll see the other patients waiting to see their doctors and I'll sort of let my mind wander and try and come up with what I think their situation may be and if perhaps they are going through similar things as me.

I hate to say it but I probably wouldn't let myself try and come up with a story for the couple you saw today. It's just so depressing to even think about that I guess I sort of block it out of my mind. I'm very ashamed to admit that.

I always people watch, just immersing in people, what they do (and don't) and why.

I don't make up stories or such, just watch (and sometimes perv).

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Calm, quiet, smooth, devastating

Lord knows I do. My last trip I spent several hours in 2 different airports. There's a place you can see extremes on all sides of humankind!

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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will. He will be sure to repent - Socrates

Love is not looking in each other's eyes, but looking together in the same direction - Antoine De Saint-Exupery

I do. A lot of times when I've gone shopping with my wife, she'll keep shopping and I'll find a bench to just sit back and watch the people going to and fro. Not sure I've tried to imagine stories to go with those I see, but do sometimes wonder what they're shopping for or looking for. But, now that I have the idea, it might be fun to imagine a scenario with the person or people involved.

People are endlessly interesting. And sometimes it's hard to tell much about a person's background unless oyu really study them....I just wish I had time to do it more!

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Life is too short not to love and be loved....preferably multiple times in one night.

I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can talk to them. ~ Jay McInerney

i'm also a people watcher, especially with my kids. well, the older one anyway. the boy can't sit still long enough.

someitmes we try to make up stories only 'cause i love to spark her imagination, expressive language skills and capacity for empathy.

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Trees give peace to the souls of men * Nora Waln

The forest would be very quiet if no other birds sang than those who sing the best * Henry van Dyke

some fairly sordid tales, rambles, and anecdotes
Hypothetically Speaking * Something More * Cammy Interrupted * An Experimental Vacation * Masked * so..damn..hot * Thank You * My toy, his idea * no.19 Maple Lane * I Have A Surprise For You * Yesterday * In a Quiet Kitchen * help me decide * untitled prose * more untitled prose

I do people watch, especially at airports when I am waiting for my next flight. I am always impressed with the diversity of our world.

I love to people watch. I don't take enough opportunities to do so though.

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When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and swing.

I watch people all the time....... goes with the job, I guess!! Although, sometimes who/what I see can form the basis for a story, like the one I wrote last Xmas..........

.......it's here, somewhere!

DM

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The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind

I people watch and YES I do make a story of their actions. In thinking about it it seems I usually make up stories about the sadder cases. Hmmmmm...I hadn't realized that till now.

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Minds are like parachutes. They only work when they are open.

~Thomas Dewar~

I love to people watch. I find their subconscious movements and actions fascinating.


But it's not much fun after they turn the lights off.

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Though I am different from you,
We were born involved in one another.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.

Apparently...people watching has attracted the attention of someone else.


click here


Was anyone else holding their breath, hoping not to see a picture of their parents...or themselves?

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Though I am different from you,
We were born involved in one another.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.

This morning, the people on the roof have a blue tarp over them and their stuff. It's raining. I wonder if it's warm under the tarp, and what they're doing in there.

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Life is too short not to love and be loved....preferably multiple times in one night.

I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can talk to them. ~ Jay McInerney

I people watch, but my secret is that I look at crotches and wonder what is hidden behind the zipper.