Odd mental experiences

[unixronin]

So zeekar's entry to Livejournal brought up one of those odd little mental conversations you have with yourself sometimes, when you see a photo for the first time of someone you've known for years but never met face-to-face.

"Funny," you say to yourself, "I never pictured him looking like that."

"OK," you reply to yourself, "so what DID you picture him looking like?"

At which point you sort of stare blankly at yourself and make incoherent ".....Uuuhhh...buh......" noises as your brain throws a general logic exception....

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[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

I usually have a pretty clear picture of what I expect people to look like if I interact with them online or by phone etc before meeting them in person. It's usually wrong, but sometimes it's pretty close.

But then there was the time I dreamed of meeting the university's web designer, and the next day he walked into my office to introduce himself... and it was _the same guy_ -- face, hair style and colour, clothes, earrings, _everything_. Spooky, possums!

(BTW, the pic I put on this is out of date -- my hair is shorter than this and black these days, although that's going to change again, so stay tuned.)