I rode the Metro with myself today. Well, obviously. But I also rode the Metro with my twin or, at least, someone who looks a lot like the woman I see when I look in the mirror.
I make that distinction because I have a theory that none of us have any concept of what we really look like. I recently saw myself in a wedding video, for example, and was left completely confused. I didn't look or sound like how I know myself to look or sound at all. Anyway..
So I swear this woman could have been my twin sister. She was pulling a bit of a hippie dippy crunchy granola look, but I was ok with it. But I just kept staring at her, willing her to look at me, begging for that common recognition. But, she just looked straight ahead, just like I would, really, if I felt some random person staring me down on the Metro.
It was a very jarring experience, I must admit, and had me a bit freaked out. When we exited the train we went in completely opposite directions, which I found appropriate. Perhaps she owns property and was taking the train to the Metro stop where her car was parked, just as my exact opposite would do.
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