SO MUCH IN COMMON: THE STORY OF THE MODERN ROMANTIC STALKER (APRIL 6)

It was as if he had known her all his life

“We share so much in common.”

Those words.

They can lead into two paths with the opposite sex.

One could become another great friend.

Another person that you become stuck in the ubiquitous friend-zone, a zone equally as entrapping as deep quicksand.

Or that person could become the one you have been waiting for all your life.

The one who shows up with you at the altar a few months or years...or hell....weeks...down the road.

But there it was.

They did share so much in common.

The things she liked to eat.

Well, it was pretty much everything.

But the fact that she liked to eat.

You know...try new things

Ok ok ok.

She calls herself a foodie. He calls himself a foodie.

Then again, anyone who has taken a photo of a french fry calls themselves that....

But still...

The fact that she likes bands and musicians no one has heard of....but he has

Electronic musicians

Cray bands with obscure instruments

Bands that replaces a drum kit with a keypad full of buttons that light up

Oh and yet she still appreciates a jazz trio.

He does too....at least when someone is looking

Oh, and her style.

The way she wears just the right amount of material to tease the male eye, without dressing like a slut. Sometimes she dresses like a Japanese Anime character ready to kick someones ass, other times she dresses like a girl from a mid budget romantic indie film.

Because not all indie films are low budget.

Oh and she likes those mid budget indie films.

Then again, so does everyone these days.

But he still counts that.

Because unlike everyone else, he can name the director AND the cinematographer

And so can she

She quotes the same movies and TV shows as he does

She gets the same references to the same subcultures that he does

She gets sucked into the same TV and Movie shows like he does

Yet still claim a semblance of athleticism when they both post a pictures of a hike or a bike or a ball being thrown

Even if just for a few feet

A picture can lie...

Jesus, they were meant for each other.

They were meant to be one.

That...

Or really good friends, frustrated like the friendzones in many a film or TV show

Where in the series finale they hook up.

Or break up.

Thats them

Thats the magic they have....

But there's only one problem...

It may seem slight...

Well not really...

See, she was actually a friend of a friend.

Of a friend.

Thus, their eyes had met, maybe once

or twice

And though they shared a polite handshake at a bar, or club

Neither of them could probably remember...

Because that's not where he fell in love

Because within the 4 degrees of frienships that seperate them..

is a computer screen

Yes they share so much in common...

Because he can see everytime you post...

Everytime he logs into Twitter, Facebook, Instagram.

No...he is not crazy....

He is just doing what millions do every day

They fall in love

Because of what they see

In the flashes of information in which a fraction of a person suddenly represents the whole.

“We share so much in common.”

Yeah.

Thats what he keeps saying to himself, in his head.

Every time he logs on.