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Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
I'm addicted to people watching - so much so, in fact, that it's almost a problem.
When I'm walking around town...
When I'm shopping...
When I'm looking out of my apartment windows...
When I'm riding mass transit...
When I'm waiting for a friend...
...I'm people watching.
Among the many things to watch people doing, I particularly enjoy watching them share hellos and goodbyes.
My favorite hello is the classic two-lovers-reunited at the airport. It begins with the first eye contact as the traveling lover passes through the arriving gate, followed by a rush to weave through the crowd until the two lovers collide in a tight embrace, often leaving the arriving lover's baggage in the path of other travelers who are often trying to do the same damn thing. It's a wonderful spectacle.
My least-favorite goodbye is the end-of-summer white-trash teenage breakup at the bus terminal. Need I say any more?
Hello And Goodbye
07/28/08 - 08/03/08
- Hello | Poe
- Hello, My Treacherous Friends | OK Go
- Hello Amsterdam | American Music Club
- Hello It's Me | Fisher
- Hello | Oasis
- Bye Bye | Marcy Playground
- Bye Bye Baby, Goodbye | Crash Test Dummies
- Last Goodbye | Jeff Buckley
- Goodbye Pisces | Tori Amos
- Goodbye My Lover | James Blunt
- Say Hello, Wave Goodbye | David Gray
...plus, a hard to find bonus...
- Hello (Band Version) | Poe
Actually - I take that last comment back. My least favorite goodbye is the loss of great talent. Music is art, and art is a gift to us all. We've lost so many who had so much more to share.
Jeff Buckley, rest in peace.
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::::: | Posted Monday, Jul 28 2008 at 2:24 PM
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