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A Funny Thing Happened…
Life is absurd. How do you react to the utter randomness of people?
No, for real, this actually happened to me.
In February of 2007, I decided to drive through the parts of the United States I had largely not visited before. My trek would take me from New Jersey to Arizona and back, crossing 16 states over the course of three weeks.
Epic road trip! Me, my less than six-month old Honda Fit, a Garmin GPS, and the open road. Along the way I visited each state for at least a short time, and stayed in some hotels and with friends who lived along the path of my trek.
In New Mexico, I spent a couple nights with a friend in Albuquerque. I decided to venture up to Taos and Santa Fe.
I spent a pleasant afternoon walking around and exploring Santa Fe. It was a really likeable, artsy city. I looked at the architecture, walked into some shops here and there, and generally explored.
I love people watching. Among the many people walking around, I noticed a guy who looked quite a bit like the actor Orlando Jones. He was also walking around, but he had a camera on a tripod and was stopping to take photos here and there.
At some pome point during my explorations of Santa Fe, I saw this man purposefully strolling directly towards me. Curious, I waited, and as he…
