brilhante

I could keep a very extensive blog on the topic of my traffic woes, alone. I know all the major impound lots and will probably be on a first name basis with them before long. Yeah, I've been parking in all the wrong places, racking up a total of $382.20 this week. Actually, most of that was from this afternoon when I went for coffee and unwittingly parked in the "gridlock free zone". The whole ordeal was fairly painless this time because the tow company was only about a mile away. It could have been avoided though, by just reading the signs. The kicker is that I was only inside long enough to drink an iced coffee and read a few pages of a book. Most of the time I sit outside there and would've caught my mistake, but not today. I'm ashamed to admit that I decided to stay inside because I was slightly discomforted by a man who was sitting out there. This man had a concave face with no distinguishable facial features, save a chin and a pair of sunken eyes that followed me as I passed by pretending not to notice. His face was about two inches concave, with no nose and a wrinkled mass of flesh where his mouth might have been. I feel weird commenting about him here, but he left quite an impression on me. I have to consider what it might be like to not have a face. Could an activity as simple as getting a cup of coffee ever be a normal one? What would it be like if everyone around you went conspicuously out of their way to pretend not to notice you? I ended up spending about a half hour out there getting my car situation figured out, and he looked directly at everyone who passed by, almost demanding that they take a good look back. Maybe next time I'll give him, as well as the traffic signs, more than just a quick glance.