These are the thoughts in your neighbor's head...

Have you ever had free time? (A silly question, but I know my audience.) Have you ever had enough free time to do some extensive people watching? If you are me, the answer is "Yes, of course!" Now the important question: aside from looking at the hotties, have you ever created a dialogue of what those people are thinking/saying? Because I have (duh, otherwise why would I have asked. Unless I was being a jerk and was gonna say "You do? You freak!" But I digress.....)

I have found this activity particularly entertaining of late, as I watch the people I pass in other cars while driving to/from Albany on I-90. (I-90, for those of you not in my area, is the main access for many a commuter to get to albany from the suburban/rural areas we call home.) People seem to have this bizarre idea that when they are in their car, no one can see them. Or maybe they just doin't care. After all, it is not like you are likely to see the other commuters ever again, except maybe commuting another day.

I was watching a guy the other day. He was talking to someone, or so I thought. As I got closer, I realized there was no one in the car. So I assumed he must be on a cell phone, despite the fact that he was gesturing wildly (wildly enough to swerve a number of times.) Still closer I could see that there was no cell phone anywhere near him. He seemed to be reciting a speech of some sort, and every swerve seemed to coincide with him checking the speech. I can only imagine what he was saying in his car. Maybe he is a minister, and he was preparing to do a service. "And He SAID (swerve swerve) to the PEOPLE (swerve) I AM the LORD (swerve.)"

Or maybe he was a wrestler, preparing for a big match. "I am gonna POUND (swerve) the purple MAN (swerve) into the GROUND (swerve weave adjust)!!"

I like to think he was a guy who was planning on going nuts at work, and this was him getting his game face on. "Is there a REASON (swerve) that all of you INCOMPETENT (swerve) people canNOT do your jobs RIGHT (swerve)! Must I make ALL the FRIES mySELF (Swerve swerve damn!)"

Of course, he could have been singing to the radio like I was. "thuderbolts and lightening, very very frightening...."