Stop and Stare

...And today's post is fuelled directly by something odd that happened in Psychology this morning. My Psychology teacher is, well, a little insane...but this morning I noticed that he was watching me work. There was nothing interesting about the way I was working, but he was watching me nonetheless. It creeped me out a little, but then I forgot about it when we all found out he'd stolen Hannah's (well, I think she's called Hannah, it's bad that I don't know that...) shoe and hidden it (as you do).

Then, I found myself watching my friend Eleanor as she arranged her college bag at lunchtime. Not exactly breaking news, but it got me wondering what's so fascinating about the simple things that we do?

Because it is fascinating really, isn't it? We watch soaps because there's something very basically realistic about them and what the people in them do. My grandma always sits on a bench in town while my mum runs errands and she always watches people. She says she likes to imagine what their lives are like and where they're headed next. I think I've inherited that from her.

I think there's something intriguing in strangers - the fact that they're right there in front of you but you know nothing about them. Note: I'm aware that this is similar to my post about talking to a German guy in Croatia. But then sometimes, there are strangers who you know everything about. For instance, 17 year old Ben Manning went missing in my hometown on the 22nd. Today, his friend had posters put up all around college and one of the personal tutors forwarded an email from her. Local and national news are barely covering the case.

I was reading the Facebook page set up by his family/friends and something struck me as important - the people arranging to pick up tons of posters and distribute them...they're all strangers. It's heartening to read comments left such as those on the page and realise that even in the face of something as horrible as that, there are complete strangers offering their time to help fix things.

In slightly cheerier news, I think I've found the Norwegian Josh Groban (who also likes wearing yellow skinny jeans...) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezz4Rcq2QLE

Besos ♥
Rachel

"And in the spring, the bluebells sing, and love and life are dancing." - Didrik Solli-Tangen, Next To You