1. i was at a ski resort with my parents, but we had split up. i had just gotten off the lift and was about to go down the trail when i see this grey tiger cat with fluorescent blue pin-stripes in his fur "skiing" down the trail. by skiing, i mean he had tiny little inflatable donuts strapped to each of his paws. somehow he managed to actually control himself reasonably well, but sometimes he would spin out of control or go backwards (its sort of hard to carve when you have donuts for skis). i tried to figure out where his owner was, but there wasn't anybody else around. one guy who was passing by told me nonchalantly that the cat's name was "bob." i was a little concerned about what was going to happen to "bob" with nobody around to look after him, especially since the trail got a lot steeper and bob's skiing skills were sloppy at best. i decided i would put bob in my coat and take him down the trail, and if i couldn't find an owner, i would adopt him. bob would have been such an awesome pet.2. i was visiting my parents' house where i grew up. i went for a walk up my street to visit my grandfather, who lived a few houses away. it suddenly dawned on me that my next door neighbor was Don Levine, a professor of mine. i realized this because he was teaching his Melodramatic Film class on his front porch. i got really excited about the fact that i had never made that connection, but then i recalled that i still owed him a paper from a class i took 2 years ago (its true), and i felt awkward. trying to avoid eye contact as i passed his house, i took out a laptop and checked my Facebook. I made it past and walked up to my grandfather's house, only to remember that he didn't live there anymore. i turned around and prepared for another awkward walk back home.
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