nocturnalist

I'm wondering if I'm some kind of karma vampire. This last week I've been sauntering happily through life, enjoying the early autumn and savouring several bits of good news, but around me I've seen screaming fights and brawls, family problems hit friends and colleagues, accidents and crimes befall acquaintances, and more than a little general weirdness. Like the guy at the cafe table near me the other night, perfectly normal looking, well-dressed, who every so often would put down his coffee cup and throw half a dozen vigorous punches at empty air before he calmly picked up his coffee again.

Am I somehow siphoning off the good fortune of people around me and consuming it myself? If so, should I feel bad about it? I'm not doing it on purpose.

(Okay, I'm sort of joking here. I'm not superstitious, and my attitude to underlying patterns of fate is "shit happens, what the hell". I went through a phase when I was a kid where I was convinced I was bad luck for people but I'm over that now. But it is strange.)