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Thursday, April 12, 2007

Hypothesis: I Am Invisible

posted by on April 12 at 12:09 PM

Evidence:

1. This morning, I did a Slog post at 9 am. I hit “publish,” assumed it went up, and went about my business. Two hours later, all evidence that my post had ever existed had vanished.

2. On my way to work, I saw the bus approaching. I made eye contact with the driver, waved at him, and ran the three blocks to my stop alongside the bus. Upon arriving at the stop, the driver took one passenger and drove away. I was fewer than 20 feet from the bus. I yelled, “Wait! Please!” He did not stop.

3. Afterward, I went to the coffee place by the stop. I stood in line for about 10 minutes while two 12-year-olds dithered about whether they had enough change to buy a grande frappuccino or a venti. I tried to get the attention of the World’s Slowest Starbucks Barista (isn’t the point of going to Starbucks that they’re fast?) but she didn’t appear to hear me. The super-slow non-express bus came. I left.

Conclusion: I do not exist.

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1

It's an epidemic. #2 happens to me all the time. The last time it was the day it snowed and the driver wouldn't let me, despite the fact it took him another 15 minutes to make a right turn.

Posted by elswinger | April 12, 2007 12:24 PM
2

what does this post have to do with feminism?

Posted by Mike in MO | April 12, 2007 12:24 PM
3

If you were invisible you'd be out having the time of your life or at least messing with everyone in your office. And, be a heck of a lot jollier, at least if you only just became invisible today.

Ultimately, as Hollywood has taught us time and again, you will pay a terrible price for the luxury of being invisible, but for the time being, you should be stealin' and lootin' and flickin' people in the forehead like there's no tomorrow.

If I feel a flick at the gong show tonight I'm going to know who's responsible.

Posted by jackie treehorn | April 12, 2007 12:30 PM
4

Karma.

Posted by DOUG. | April 12, 2007 12:35 PM
5

Did you guys hear something?

Posted by Ziggity | April 12, 2007 12:37 PM
6

ECB, the city overwhelmingly rejected two bad Viaduct measures, due in at least some measure to your tireless research and your excellent pre-election cover story.

If *you* are invisible, then I don't want to live in this world.

Posted by el ganador | April 12, 2007 12:46 PM
7

wouldn't invisibility still allow you to post a blog entry? conclusion: you must have died and nobody told you.

Posted by ellarosa | April 12, 2007 12:50 PM
8

Works for me.

Posted by frederick r | April 12, 2007 1:04 PM
9

re: #2: the driver must've thought you were crippled.

re: #3: I thought Stranger prohibited its employees from going to Starbucks.

Posted by him | April 12, 2007 1:08 PM
10

I've had that bus thing happen three times from the same 48 bus driver. I am going to give him an earful if he ever makes the mistake of actually picking me up.

Posted by Andrew | April 12, 2007 1:14 PM
11

I'm sorry--is there a post in this space?

Posted by Lola | April 12, 2007 1:39 PM
12

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Posted by something else | April 12, 2007 1:42 PM
13

That last sentence in this post is pure Mudede. So just do what Chuck would do... drink it off!

Posted by longball | April 12, 2007 1:48 PM
14

I saw you walking into Ballet to pick up your lunch today, therefor you are not invisible. Unless it was the ghost of you?

Posted by A Ghost? | April 12, 2007 1:52 PM
15

I am utterly baffled by this post...

On the one hand, I would surmise that you ARE invisible due to counting yourself among the faceless starbucks devotees - you've subsumed yourself into the masses of corporate coffee zombies, and thus, forsaken yourself.

But then you were waiting for a bus, presumably w/o a crowd of people obliterating your presence. You weren't invisible inside your car (a symbol of our emotional isolation and preference for it), surrounded by shielding steel and glass. You were existing in the cold world of human.

The slog post represents your immersion into the anonymous world of the world wide web of ideas and selfless identity.

Today serves as a sort of wake up call for you, a chance to look at how you're living your life, how (even IF) you are perceived by others, the mark you are making on your world. Is it enough for you? If so good. But the occurrence of a day like today may be an indication that it's not.

I always enjoy your contributions invaluable Erica. Let them flow.

Posted by invisiblevisible | April 12, 2007 1:54 PM
16

1. Write your posts on Wordpad and copy and paste them.
2. Catch the bus at a more visible stop... or at least try to get there sooner.
3. Get coffee at a different place if the baristas can't bear to serve you at all, let alone with any efficiency. There's 1000 coffeehouses and some of them have to give better service.

Also, pace yourself and slow down. Get up earlier. Plan ahead so you won't have to rush. Jesus.

Posted by Gomez | April 12, 2007 3:06 PM
17

As if you needed more reasons to NOT go to starbucks...

Posted by catnextdoor | April 12, 2007 7:44 PM
18

Wow, this is totally weird - six or seven inches of blank space on the Slog - did something break, or was there supposed to be a post here?

Posted by Griffin | April 12, 2007 8:18 PM

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