Me From the Future

The other day I met someone that I'm frightened is actually me from the future. This guy did everything like me, cracked jokes like me, and finally looked a helluva lot like me. The biggest difference was he looked to be mid-twenties to late-twenties while I'm sitting comfortably in the late-teens.

It all started with me heading the bus stop down by my house. I was looking at my phone when I heard, "Hey, buddy look out behind you." I barely had time to jump out of the way before some moron on a bike sped through the spot I'd been standing in not even a second before. The guy then started talking about how annoying seeing bad bikers on the sidewalk when legally they should be on the road. I completely agree, and told him. We only really talked for a couple minutes, but this guy was throwing down some truly awesome vibes. At one point the wrong bus drove by and on the side of it it said 'Green Power'.... And this is when this guys true comedic genius came out. He didn't think that green power was a legitimate thing, he believed that it was definitely some propaganda. Truly this man had me in stitches the entire time he was talking. He decided to prove to everyone that green power was not nearly as difficult to attain as advertised. How did he do this you might ask? Well he picked up a piece of garbage from the ground and threw it in the garbage bin... BAM GREEN POWER!

There were two main clues that led my imaginative mind into thinking that this was me from the future. For one his reaction when he saw a woman walking beside her partner who was pushing the baby stroller. At first the lady walked by and he remained silent, then when the man strolled by pushing the stroller he piped up, "You sir, are a great man. Thank you." The poor guy pushing the stroller had almost no idea what happened, but i knew. Because as he had been approaching the future Filip went on a tangent about how that was a real man, treating his woman like a queen. It gave me an eerie feeling of deja vu because I've said almost the exact same thing as he did to some guy I saw with a stroller before. But finally when he got off the bus he said, "Have a good one Filip." The only issue was that I don't recall giving telling this guy my name so the only logical conclusion is that he was me from the future... Or something like that

My Health Mentor

It's nice, because I've been preoccupied lately, and haven't been doing my usual stuff like having random interactions with strangers. Yet somehow I've been having a decent amount. In my last post I talked about only meeting one person, but i mentioned meeting a couple during the day. The other funny interaction I had was outside of coffee culture as well (I was waiting a really long time.) This one involved an ecstatic woman who really seemed to care about her vitamins. Honestly this lady caught me more off guard than the homeless man. She rounds the corner and first thing she says to me is, "are you sick?" Now then, I have been sick for the past few months, it's just been waves of minor cold symptoms and the occasional days where I don't leave my bed. Since she guessed so well I went along with it. She started rambling, and when I say rambling I literally couldn't get in a word. She started telling me about how important it was to get my vitamin C and D, I replied. "I get enough of the C, but I try to avoid getting the D!" She didn't really get the joke and kept on going without missing a beat, talking about zinc... which is something I don't even know how people get. I tried telling her this, which did absolutely nothing to stem the flow of knowledge that was being dropped on me. Instead she switched topic to how I was great for reminding her to take her zinc for the day. She didn't stop there oh no she didn't, she just kept on going. Next thing I knew i was answering the question, "What did you have for breakfast? If you're sick you need to eat healthy!" I told her I had eaten eggs because A, it was true, and B it would give me an opportunity to talk about Omega-3's which she hadn't touched on yet. Still I didn't even have a chance, the second I mentioned Omega-3's she started thanking me for reminding her she still needed her daily Omega-3's. This went on for about another minute or two before she just dipped. I mean she literally just turned around and left, I'm not even sure whether or not she heard me yelling, "Have a good day Mme!". Over all that was one very peculiar day with some very nice people. Now i know though, zinc is important.

Nice guy

The other day I went to get a tattoo drawn out and estimated, but throughout the day I had some weird interactions. I've never had a tattoo before so I figured I'd go down with one of my friends that has already had work done. She friend was supposed to come pick me up around 11:30, but came a good two or three hours late. Which I'm quiet thankful for because it let me meet a couple peculiar people. Actually peculiar is a rude way of saying it, quirky is more accurate. Considering the stuff I do I'm really not allowed to call anyone "peculiar". But anyways, it all started down by coffee culture uptown when I was just hanging out waiting for my friend. I remember looking behind myself and seeing a big man lumbering towards me. I could tell he was homeless, but I don't care about that crap. Homeless people always have cool experiences to share. I also had a feeling he was going to ask me for a cigarette. Sure enough that happened, I gave him one and expected him to go on his way, but he didn't. He lit it up right beside me and started asking me questions about myself. I wasn't too taken aback. And I had already been waiting for like an hour so I figured what the hell. It was cool, he started asking me about what I was doing for school, I'm not sure why, but I said I was in university. I wasn't planing on lying, but somehow it happened... Really it just slipped out, I was going to correct myself, but by then this man had already taken off! he just started talking and talking, which I didn't mind being the chatty son of a beautiful woman that I am. He ended up leaving shortly after that, and having absolutely nothing to do I bought the first comic book of my life. (I've always been more of a real book rather than comic book kinda guy.) 

You'd think that would be the end of it all, but no... He was back. I was perusing through my comic book, Captain Canuck, when out of no where this massive man just rolled up on me... "Eyy buddy you think I could grab another smoke?" I did a little jump, but of course it's just a smoke and I had no problem hooking him up again. We got to talking and I realized just how nice of a guy this man was. It made me sad that such happy and nice people can be put into such terrible situations. He asked why I had been uptown all day just wandering around, I told him how I was waiting for a ride to Berlin tattoo and he started telling me that it's the best tattoo place in town. He started saying how the place was very clean and safe which led to me joking about how cleanliness is important or you might get hepatitis or something while getting a tattoo done. He took on a more serious tone of voice and started asking about whether I was into drugs, drinking, all that stuff. I replied that I might partake in the more than occasional hand rolled "cigarette" and beer. But that was about the extent of my substance abuse, he told me to shape my shit up and wait until I was done with school to do those sorts of things. It actually clicked hearing that, because he must have done something to end up in his situation. I don't mean that as an insult, but i'm doubtful he wanted to be homeless at any point in his eyes. Most people don't wish for that. It hit 1 o'clock and he needed to go meet his friend at the library. But before that he needed to use a phone, and I like to help people when I can so I let him use mine. And just like anyone else that uses my phone when he was done with it I got it right back, he was another man just like any other... to be honest he was better than most people. Everyone is in such a hurry that they won't even talk to a homeless man for an hour, or their too distrusting to allow a stranger to use their cellphone. This guy was honorable and kind. I wish that one day I can help people put into terrible positions, regardless of whether it's their fault or not... Humans should help humans