Despite my myriad experiences of the realities of the dating world, I occasionally slip into the movie mentality of a sweeping, scripted scene. I don’t think it’s because I’m a romantic; I think it’s because I’ve watched too many predictable romantic comedies. In the rare instances that my life resembles a romantic comedy I slip into that frame of mind and think that somehow my movie education will help me see what is about to happen.
In this instance, I turned the radio channel just in time to hear in that classic DJ voice: “If you’re stopped at a light right now and look over to see someone winking at you, it may not be your imagination – it might just be the effects of the great love song by…”
And cue the love song.
And there I was! A rare moment when I’m in my car, and I was even stopped at a light that very second! I felt the camera pan with my gaze as I turned to look at the car beside me. Could I make a connection this way? Would the person in the car beside me be listening to the same song? Would the background music appropriately crescendo with the introduction of this new protagonist?
These were the thoughts as I slowly turned my head to see the man in the car beside me…picking his nose.
And I, laughing, turned back to reality.
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