This seems like a great forum in which to write about a couple of weird little confluences in my life. What do they mean? Probably nothing, but here goes:

Firstly, we have the strange case of David Cross. My friend Eben has insisted that I download and watch the show Arrested Development. I just watched an episode. Haha, moderately funny. Then I have nothing better to do, so I toodle around Facebook, and click on the profile of some random friend of a friend. No, get your minds out of the gutter, it wasn't even a cute guy. It was just some girl. I don't even know what was so interesting that I clicked on her profile; I had never heard of her before. Oh, she's a fan of David Cross. Who's that? Click. OMG he's that actor on Arrested Development that I just watched 5 minutes ago.

Then there's the slightly more meaningful case of Naomi, a coworker. We did not hit it off, for a reason that nobody knows, but I will go into only here, where nobody EVER READS. GAWD. Anyway, y first week here, I was going through manwithdrawl, and toodling around in some online chatrooms. Some guy offered to meet me in a neighboring town the following day, and I was taking a tour there--led by Naomi--so I said yes. The only catch was, the tour ran a little long, so I cut it short, and ran off to meet this guy. TOTALLY SKEEVY, I KNOW, so shut up. He stood me up anyway. You will be pleased to know that was my one and only attempt at romance so far this trip. And by romance, I mean fucking. The point of which, is that I was a bit of a dick to Naomi, and we got off on the wrong foot.

Eventually, she warmed up to my charming and fascinating self, and we started hanging out. As it turns out, we have a bit in common. Oh what's that? You were also raised a Jehovah's Witness? Freaky! What are the odds (I calculated it. .1% of the American population are Witness at any given time, there are 40 teachers, there is a around a 4% chance that one of the has at least a Witness background)? Cool. Not mindblowingly odd, but cool. What's that? Your Mom also has Lyme disease? Whoah! Super weird! Those are two rare, and deeply personal things to have in common. It's not like both liking rhubarb pie, or something pedestrian like that (we both do). Wonder what it all means; things like this couldn't happen without THE HOLY FUCK! WE HAVE THE EXACT SAME BIRTHDAY?!?!?!?!? hominahominahomina

So the obvious question is, "What does it mean?" Of course it is easy to reply that the odds of something improbable happening are extremely high--the improbable is extremely probable. This is beyond that explanation. The elements involved are so miniscule and personal, that I can't help seeing it as a cosmic message of some sort. The David Cross thing I would simply cast off as a reminder that the universe smiles on me, and sends me little reminders of its love on occasion. The "Naomi Effect", as I shall call it, seems more powerful. The Celestine Prophecy was a book for which I didn't much care, but one thing that stuck with me was that "everyobdy who crosses your path has a message for you." Enough. I'm freaking out over here.