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\"\"Last night was a late night watching horror movies with the roommate and his lady-friend. They started with Hackers<\/em> and eventually moved onto Night of the Living Dead<\/em> and finished up with The Fly<\/em>, starting Jeff Goldblum.\u00a0 While they were on the couch, I was in back of them on my computer, looking at Boardgamegeeks.com for a specific boardgame, and local store locations where I could find it. One store was mentioned as a great place to find deals.\u00a0 They said it was next to a store I frequented quite often.\u00a0 I thought, “Well, if I’m in that area, I’ll definitely stop in.<\/em>” I gotta get my boardgame fix sometime soon, and Fury of Dracula is calling my name.<\/p>\n

The next morning, I headed downtown to take care of some errands.<\/p>\n

While walking across the street, in search of a cheap electronics store, I saw a familiar face. It was not someone I knew well, but definitely someone I had conversed with.\u00a0 Judging her by her dreadlocks, I assumed I knew her from 10 years prior, when I used to drive up and party in this city. I locked eyes and she had a look of, “Can I help you?<\/em>” in her eyes.<\/p>\n

When I reached the other side of the street, I walked up to her and said, “I know you.<\/em>” and she said, “Oh yeah?<\/em>”<\/p>\n

I immediately recognized the voice.<\/p>\n

I through out some names and when I mentioned a specific artistic individual, she immediately lit up and replied, “Didn’t they throw parties a few years back?<\/em>”<\/p>\n

Haha!\u00a0 I knew it! We did know each other!.<\/p>\n

She was on her way to the Occupy gathering and I told her I was looking for Futureshop. \u00a0She told me that we were going the same way, so I asked if she wanted to walk together and chat. We were an odd couple, her with her dark skin, dreads, and BMX bike, while I was clean-shaved, wearing a button up with cuff-links. I mentioned how I liked that the Occupy movement was not setting any demands.\u00a0 I told her that I recently have been trying to give up labels and definitions and that it has opened up so many more possibilities. She had differing thoughts, but we had a great dialogue.<\/p>\n

I had mentioned to her that my neighbor had a terrible accident and that she might have heard about it in the news.<\/p>\n

“She was your neighbor?\u00a0 Really?\u00a0 I know her!\u00a0 She was my teacher!<\/em>”<\/p>\n

I laughed and said something silly, like, “It’s a small world.<\/em>”<\/p>\n

Eventually we reached a point where we had to travel our separate ways.<\/p>\n

As I continued my path, alone, I thought of our conversation. After a few minutes, my thoughts were distracted by some toys in a store window.\u00a0 I took a step back and… what?\u00a0 “Wait?\u00a0 This isn’t supposed to be here, I thought it was on the other side of town.” I thought.\u00a0 It was the store I had been researching the night before.\u00a0 As it turns out, the store that it was supposed to be nearby had two<\/em> locations. I popped in and found the game I was looking for, and it was significantly cheaper than anywhere else I had looked up online.<\/p>\n

Perfect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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