Another snow day! God, I can't even remember now the last time we had a full week. It reminds me of swimming class in high school, which I had first hour. I never once swam a full week. I'd find a reason at least once each week to lie on the bleachers and nap instead. It's what I was known for. Also, during the gym basketball unit, I was famous for never once touching the basketball.
The guy across the hall is awful. I like the crazy lady down the hall and the bowling ball dropper upstairs MUCH better. The guy across the hall drives a ridiculous, big truck, which I park next to. We barely ever cross paths, but when we do he completely ignores me. He has never once even said hello to me (or Pam, who was with me once). Yesterday he was cleaning snow off his car when I pulled in. It was all awkward to me as I got my things out of my car. Do I say hello because it's the normal thing to do, and risk feeling like an idiot, or do I just act like an asshole like he does? In my lame midwestern way, I chose being normal and said hello. He didn't even look at me, just glowered.
Glowered, people.
I had another neighbor like that once, though. I think his name was Breck. It was Ann Arbor, and I was living with Jen in the upstairs apartment on Division Street. Breck was really snobby, and did nothing to dispel the stereotype of snobby peoples' noses being all lifted into the air. His was all pointy and lifty and you could see right into his nostrils. We always seemed to get home at the same time and we'd both be unlocking our doors, and he'd just totally ignore me even if I said hello.
So then one day I was walking on campus and I saw him coming towards me with his pretentious trench coat and floppy hair. He started talking to me! "Hey! Um, have you talked to the landlord recently? I'm having a problem with...blah blah blah..."
And I just fixed my face with a blank look and cut him off. "I'm sorry. Do I know you?"
He got all stammery and said that he lived next door to me. "Oh," I said. "Really? I don't think I've ever seen you."
He got red and skulked away! It was awesome! After that we just ignored each other equally and it felt right.
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..which just goes to show that the Cool people are the most uncool, or maybe that the beautiful people are ugly too, or if it was your mother she might just say, "People shouldn't ignore you, dear. That's just not nice."
god, he sounds soooo familiar. i feel like i used to know who that was, but so many people from ann arbor dropped out of my head years ago.
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