I'm a Doctor!
Taking this year off from school (an thus deciding to stay this way) has let my mind open up to another aspect of life, a little more so than I could have with such distractions as Essays and so on...
that being Observation.
I've had a lot of time on my hands to observe people, note how they act in certain scenarios, decide how they will act when this is added to the equation.. something I've played with.
One example would be a recent one, of the man coming into the store, and my knowing SOMEHOW that when he came back with his wallet, he would also decide to get the movie Munich.
This isn't psychic ability. it's observation.
see, he's a regular customer. so I know his body language... well. not very well, but enough to say Well.
The first time he was in the store (just before he realized he forgot his wallet at home), he was by the movies. Not looking, but he was around there.
Now, there was another woman down that isle, who WAS looking at movies, and looking at MUNICH.
you could say that it was just a guess, but basically, it was logic. He probably saw her looking at the movie, and while he was driving home, probably thinking "well, now that I have my wallet, I could get something else as well...", his thoughts probably returned to what he had seen in the store, while thinking of what else to get. And he thought of the woman looking at the movie.
Munich.
and that's how I came to the conclusion that he wanted Munich. that and the fact that we all want what other people want/have. for the most part.
and I was right.
it wasn't a guess, but it wasn't psychic ability. It was logic... kind of a twisted logic.
It's the same thing with people wanting Propane. I can tell, by how a person stands, STARING at you, that they want propane.
I'm right 99% of the time with that.
It's freaky... it's true.
I did it again tonight with my mom and gord. I was watching TV, and saw Manhunter was coming on. I wasn't going to watch it, because I didn't want to be in a room with Gord, but I knew that if I left it there, they would watch it.
that was at nine.
it's almost 11, and they're still watching it.
Not a guess, just their habits, giving them away.
same with knowing if someone needs a lighter. Not because they don't have one, and you know that without actually knowing, but just that you notice them feeling their pockets (with just the right amount of hesitation upon realizing they don't have what they seek), and you act. "oh here's a lighter"
It's just being able to tell what people are thinking. Not, what they're thinking, it's... being able to put yourself in their exact spot, and knowing what you would think and what you would be doing, or rather, doing what they're doing, and figuring out why you're doing it. It's seeing the possibilities, and picking out the right one that fits. sort of like diagnosing someone by their symptoms.
i'm a doctor!
man... It's fun. a lot of fun. it brings a sick satisfaction with it.
I aim to break those bonds!
that being Observation.
I've had a lot of time on my hands to observe people, note how they act in certain scenarios, decide how they will act when this is added to the equation.. something I've played with.
One example would be a recent one, of the man coming into the store, and my knowing SOMEHOW that when he came back with his wallet, he would also decide to get the movie Munich.
This isn't psychic ability. it's observation.
see, he's a regular customer. so I know his body language... well. not very well, but enough to say Well.
The first time he was in the store (just before he realized he forgot his wallet at home), he was by the movies. Not looking, but he was around there.
Now, there was another woman down that isle, who WAS looking at movies, and looking at MUNICH.
you could say that it was just a guess, but basically, it was logic. He probably saw her looking at the movie, and while he was driving home, probably thinking "well, now that I have my wallet, I could get something else as well...", his thoughts probably returned to what he had seen in the store, while thinking of what else to get. And he thought of the woman looking at the movie.
Munich.
and that's how I came to the conclusion that he wanted Munich. that and the fact that we all want what other people want/have. for the most part.
and I was right.
it wasn't a guess, but it wasn't psychic ability. It was logic... kind of a twisted logic.
It's the same thing with people wanting Propane. I can tell, by how a person stands, STARING at you, that they want propane.
I'm right 99% of the time with that.
It's freaky... it's true.
I did it again tonight with my mom and gord. I was watching TV, and saw Manhunter was coming on. I wasn't going to watch it, because I didn't want to be in a room with Gord, but I knew that if I left it there, they would watch it.
that was at nine.
it's almost 11, and they're still watching it.
Not a guess, just their habits, giving them away.
same with knowing if someone needs a lighter. Not because they don't have one, and you know that without actually knowing, but just that you notice them feeling their pockets (with just the right amount of hesitation upon realizing they don't have what they seek), and you act. "oh here's a lighter"
It's just being able to tell what people are thinking. Not, what they're thinking, it's... being able to put yourself in their exact spot, and knowing what you would think and what you would be doing, or rather, doing what they're doing, and figuring out why you're doing it. It's seeing the possibilities, and picking out the right one that fits. sort of like diagnosing someone by their symptoms.
i'm a doctor!
man... It's fun. a lot of fun. it brings a sick satisfaction with it.
I aim to break those bonds!
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