friday october 16

today i ran into a friend while out running errands. i hadn't seen this friend in a while and was surprised to see her in my neighbourhood. but after she asked me, "do you live around here?" i felt as if i couldn't ask the same question myself -- like i had to ask a new, different question to avoid the conversation feeling repetitive. as a result, when i got home and told my girlfriend about the run-in, the first question she asked about the friend was, "does she live around here?" and i had to confess i had no idea.