told a squirrel "nice jump!" after he jumped from a horizontal position on the ground to a vertical position on a telephone pole.
gave lots of encouragement smiles to other runners.
pumped my fist and shouted "KILL 'EM!!!" to the mosquito abatement guy, who appreciated my support.
wiped shoulder sweat onto a rich white asshole whose group, in 2x2 formation, refused to cede me an inch of sidewalk despite having seen me coming for over a minute. i wish i'd gotten his bare-armed wife, too, but i was not spontaneous enough.
saw a bum with the same backpack i have. his is dirtier.
conceded, "sooner or later" to said bum when he advised me that "you're just gonna die of a heart attack!". in my mind, i finished with "but surely not today at my 13 minute pace", but kept it to myself as it did not jive with the humorous spirit of his comment.
recalled last saturday's run, when, at the same spot as the 2x2 rich white assholes, i encountered a 2x2 group of skinny, 14 year old asian boys, running uphill to my downhill. one of them had a mohawk! not something you see often on a 14 year old asian SM boy. "Nice haircut!" I said, giving him the thumbs-up, as I bashed my forehead on an overhanging branch. SMOOTH! at least they gave me room to pass.
these are the inter- and intra- species interactions that make life worth living.
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or "werf" if i want to rhyme it with "smurf".
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