This morning I was in the gas station, stopping to buy cigarettes, totally in my own little world..thinking of things I had to do when I got to the office and things I needed to do when I had a few moments of time for myself, innocently standing in line, when all of a sudden this large women starting talking to me about her low tire and how she had gone to three gas stations..first one, air hose was out of order; second one, you had to pay for it; this one, you had to have it activated for you. Then she started to tell me how her tire always felt and looked low but it never was really low and she wasn't sure if it really was low. And it struck me, some people must not have anyone to talk to often because here she was telling me about this low tire, I doubt she realized that one I didn't really care about her tire, I didn't know her and I was somewhere else in my mind. I'm not trying to sound mean by either her description or that I didn't care..but it was just an odd moment in time where I realized that I'm not really lonely..just a loner. I have people to talk to and I don't strike up odd conversations with strangers in order to just have someone to talk to. But I guess there are people out there, that have no one to talk to and strike up odd conversations with complete strangers. Also I wonder if I look like someone that is willing to listen to them.
11:18:43 PM 
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