People, People, People

thought: i have the world's best hobby.

my hobby is people watching...i am sure i have blogged about it before. if not on here, then on another blog i had a while back. it may sound creepy, but it really is entertaining. i went to the mall friday night and had to buy a journal so that i could write about what i had seen.

in society today, we are all about watching what the celebrities do. their lives are on public display for all to see...every little detail. things that we shouldn't know about other people, we know about celebrities. they have no privacy. i cannot imagine what it would be like to have your every move scrutinized. which is funny coming from someone who watches people. i wonder what life would be like if we all took time to notice each other a little bit more. not go crazy like the paparazzi or the tabloids do, but what if we tried to "read" people..or observe them more? Heck, if we smiled at random people i'm sure the world would be a thousand times better.

really though, if we decided to take a small interest in the lives of people we know, we could learn a whole lot more about them. i kinda learned this tonight. i was talking with someone and they mentioned something about themselves...based on a reaction i got from them a few weeks ago, i had guessed that what they said was true. when i told them this, they were shocked i guess is the best way to put it. i had told them that their reaction time and the look on their face didn't match up with how they answered the question. what did i do? nothing really. i just watched their body language and their facial expression for that fraction of a second.

my favorite though, is watching two people who may have a romantic interest. the body language, facial expressions, and even what they say is great stuff. what's even better is when one party is interested and the other doesn't know it or isn't interested. the ultimate, however, is when a guy is trying to catch a glimpse of a girl. man will they look at her like there's no tomorrow. it's great cause you know that they are wanting her to look at him so their eyes can meet and he can try to woo her. most girls don't look though...they are either playing hard to get, don't care about the guy (in the romantic sense), or are simply too busy to see them.

yes, watching relationships blossom is one of the best observations one can, um, observe (haha!).
it doesn't matter what their outcome is either. if the people end up as friends or an item, lots of laughs, tears, and glances stolen will be exchanged along the way. all makes for a great book...

.....or sketch. my friends have an on going joke that everything they say or do will end up in a sketch one day. part of it is true...i do take people i know and put some of their traits into characters i create. writing is where i learned to watch people. every creative writing class i have taken says to watch people. in my acting classes too, they will tell us to observe someone and copy their actions. then you can put them away in your "character bank" and pull it out when you need it. well, i don't know if they phrased it that exact way, but you get the idea.

it's all fascinating stuff....even if i sound like a creepster for watching people....its the cheapest form of entertainment i can think of...i mean really, who needs celebrities and movies to entertain us...why not head down to the local mall and see who is around....but remember you could be getting watched yourself!

- I should mention that another celebrity of sorts passed away today. Billy Mays, the oxy clean and other things sold on TV guy, passed away today. The cause is still unknown...I think he was 50 years old.