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01/25/02 10:28 PM: Foot Socks
So a guy got in trouble for going on a plane with a knife and then calling a radio station to tell them about it. I don’t know the whole story, but I’m guessing he just did it to see if he could get away with it? I also read a couple days ago about a Columbia professor who is being sued by six restaurants for libel or some such thing. He sent letters to 246 or so restaurants saying he got sick from eating there, as part of a research project on restaurant customer service, to see how they would handle the complaints.
I was going to relate these two items to how I took a “disposable foot sock” (if you don’t know what that is, ask a girl) from a store today and wore it around the mall as a skullcap. But somehow when I thought about it a bit, the connection didn’t seem as strong as it did at first. I guess the point was that those two people did those things to see what other people’s reactions would be, more or less. And that was kind of what I did. I really just wore that around because I thought it was funny, but it was interesting to see people’s reactions. Most didn’t betray any particular thoughts, but I did get the occasional stare. In the parking lot I ran into a kid that was in my biology class last year. He was with what I presumed to be his girlfriend. I was curious to see if he would acknowledge me with my new attire. I pretty much kept looking right at him, and he tried to ignore me until we were about two feet away frome each other. He whispered, “Hey, how’s it goin’?” and barely looked at me. I don’t know. I was amused. Maybe I’m odd.
Playlist:
Koufax – It Had to Do With Love
Ohio State University Marching Band – Across the Field
Alkaline Trio – From Here to Infirmary
Pop Unknown – If Arsenic Fails, Try Algebra
Gorguts – Obscura
Opeth – Still Life
